One Child's Nursery Rime

He was a little child once All innocence and laughter He thought his days must surely be 'Happy ever after'. But innocence was taken from His tiny little paws Too soon he met the Big Bad Wolf And felt it's rakish claws! Mary had her little lamb She kept it in her room And everywhere that Mary went - There followed doom and gloom. Up he grew and sailed away Forever heading South Never once an utterance - He 'Shut his bleeding mouth'. Still in his sleep, at his ripe age He will turn and toss For always hanging round his neck... A dirty Albatross!