Nursery Lore
this is a scary nursery rhyme
One from an olden time
Full of tales of blood and gore
isn't that children? what you really here for?
Mary Contrary from gardening rhyme
The one whose victims are spoke of after all of this time
next it is Humpty Dumpty who was full of gold coins
Who fell off of the wall stretching his loins?
All broken and cracked he lay on the ground
Screaming and yelling “look its gold that I found”
then we will hear of Jack be Quick
Burned himself with a candlestick
While running around and jumping up high
He burned his britches all the way past his thighs
And the girl with little lambs
She petted and bathed and fed from her hands
Their fleece, were sure was white as snow
But after a day at school the blood stains showed.
The blind mice with tails no more
Ran all through time to settle a score
They found the wretch that cut off their tails
And did despicable things that i will not tell
And for my final rhyme
I will tell of three little pigs this time
They were attacked by a wolf while building their home
The wolf ended up missing, that’s why wolves don’t walk alone.
Copyright © Lorraine Peterson | Year Posted 2021
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