Give Me a Hurdy Gurdy

Leave the monkey at home, 
The hot peanuts in the pot.
Give me a hurdy-gurdy 
Or simply do not.

Leave the funnel cakes in the kitchen,
And the clowns on the shelf.
Give me a hurdy-gurdy 
For my own little self.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Kiser Avatar
August 27, 2019 at 4:15 PM
I'll take the funnel cakes! Enjoyed.
Krutsinger Avatar
August 28, 2019 at 7:37 AM
I love funnel cakes - the plain ones with powdered sugar.
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