Your Baby Is Really Ugly
Your Baby Is Really Ugly
By Elton Camp
At no time and in no way
Will anyone these words say
For electing to tell the truth
In such a case is too uncouth
Wise folks play the praise game
Even when the words sound lame
Tell the parents what they’d hear
Or never again, to them, come near
The baby’s head come to a point
And its nose looks out of joint
Plus, it is terribly cross-eyed
And couldn’t smile if it tried
There’s nothing that it can do
Except from its orifices spew
Spindly leg and undeveloped arm
Blue skin should sound an alarm
But if the truth you ever dare to tell
Expect to hear, “You can go to hell.”
If words you are compelled to utter,
“Oh, how cute,” you’d better mutter
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