Nursery Nonsense

They say that the tall ships are going to sea, but I don’t know what tall ships see. Now does that make any sense to you? ‘Cuz it doesn’t make sense to me. They say that a pig went off to the market, I’m assuming there wasn’t a fair? And whether he had his roast beef or none, Tell me, why in the world do we care? If Peter makes pickles from peppers or not, I’d wanna know: dill, sweet, or hot? And whether a peck is a little or lot, ‘Xactly how does that add to the plot? There’s nothing quite like a dead cat bounce, ‘Cuz dead cats don’t bounce very high. 'Tis a strange phrase you hear all the time, And frankly, I don’t know why. These nursery rhyme stories don’t make any sense; They’re really not terribly deep. Monotonous rhythms that hopefully Will send the kids off to sleep! To sleep! Will send the kids off to sleep.