Best Biddy Poems
Three plump old biddy birds full of birdseed and whey
Sat on a limb spreading gossip and rumors that day
I heard she did this and he did that said Mrs. McVey.
They all had a story, about things crazy and gray.
One-upping each other on this nonsensical Tuesday.
Surely you have something better to do cawed a blue jay.
They took out their sling shots and forced him away.
I never should have married that fool said Mrs. McVey
Joe Biddy-dee-doe
He didn't know
How careful he ought to be
Joe Biddy-dee-day
Went outside to play
And wandered too near the sea.
Along came a shark
And just for a lark
He ate Joe Biddy-dee-dee.
-1969
You can never have too many flowers the old woman said.
She pushed a bunch of them into the cage with the parakeet, Fred.
Unfortunately, said many, the poor parakeet is dead.
What is wrong with her? Her persnickety relatives asked her son Ted.
Did she mean to smother Fred? Is the woman daft in the head?
She might be insane; the most outspoken cousin has said.
Fred was named after her husband who caused her face to get red.
An abusive guy who liked the bird better and fed it expensive bread.
That old biddy had probably wanted Fred the parakeet dead
This is a true story about an old Wise Woman who lived in the wilds of
West Ireland in the late 1800's.
She was a Seer, Healer. The stories about her are legendary. People
used to come to her with ailments & troubles.
She would look into a blue glass bottle that had 'things' in the
bottom. She would shake it and peer inside.
By this she would tell the folk what their problems & ailments were
and how to solve them.
It is said that the Faerie Folk gave her this blue glass bottle, and
that she could see & speak to them.
Upon her death, her blue glass bottle disappeared never to be seen again.
Put your eye on me Biddy Early Biddy Early
Put your eye on me Biddy Early
Look inside your blue glass bottle Biddy Early
What can you tell me Biddy Early Biddy Early?
The priests don't like you Biddy Early
The preachers try to stop you Biddy Early
But the people come to you and say
Put your eye on me Biddy Early Biddy Early
Put your eye on me Biddy Early Biddy Early
Look inside your blue glass bottle Biddy Early
Can you see my troubles Biddy Early?
Put your eye on me Biddy Early Biddy Early
Can you see the Faeries with your eye Biddy Early Biddy Early
Did they give you your blue glass bottle Biddy Early?
Do they sing and dance with you Biddy Early?
Please put your eye on me Biddy Early Biddy Early
You helped those who asked Biddy Early Biddy Early
You never asked for anything Biddy Early
You died poor Biddy Early Biddy Early
You died alone Biddy Early
Heal me with your eye Biddy Early Biddy Early
Tell us the truth with your eye Biddy Early
You left too soon Biddy Early
Please come back Biddy Early Biddy Early
There was a little boy
In a great big house
With a great big yard
On a tree lined street.
The little boy was happy
He had food, clothes, toys, and treats
Yeah, you could say his life was pretty sweet.
But as he got older
He began to wonder
'When will I find true love'?
But little did he know
That a little biddy girl
In a little biddy house
With a little biddy yard
On a street with no trees
Yearned for her own true love.
And then one day
The little biddy girl
Saw the little boy from the great big house.
They married and formed a love so sweet
That they bought a little biddy house
With a great big yard
On a mountain full of trees.
saw pretty kitty
who was little and biddy
being very witty