A norrible tale I'm going to tell
Of the woeful tragedy which befell
A family that once resided
In the very same thoroughfare as I did;
Indeed it is a norrible tale,
'Twill make your faces all turn pale,
And your cheeks with tears will be overcome,
Tweedle twaddle, tweedle twaddle twum.
The father in the garden went to walk,
And he cut his throat with a piece of chalk;
The mother, at this was so cut-up
She drowned herself in the water-butt.
The eldest sister, on bended knees
Strangled herself with toasted cheese;
The eldest brother, a charming fella,
Blew out his brains with a gingham umbrella.
The innocent infant lying in the cradle,
Shot itself dead with a silver ladle;
And the maid-servant, not knowing what she did,
Strangled herself with the saucepan lid.
The cat sitting down by the kitchen fire,
Chewed up the fender and did expire;
And a fly on the ceiling - the case is the worst 'un -
Blew itself up with spontaneous combustion.
Now this here family of which I've sung,
If they had not died should have all been hung;
For had they ne'er done themselves any wrong
Why, they might have been here to have heard this song.
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made me laugh a little....it was wierd...not sure if I totally liked it, but keep it up, (er...who is this comment goin to?)
um...right...okay...yeah...uhhu....
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see yall later,
~theshadowpoet~ -
very very boring.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
just kidding.
i liked it quite a bit, but who cares what I think?
it's an old poem after all.. -
made me chuckle
Not sure if I liked it but I admire your aplomb !Keep writing.
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Lmao i loved it!! it was gr8!!! wow...lucifer420 says it was gr8 too ....it made us laugh keep it up kid!!!
~melyssa and jeff~ aka maniqueen and lucifer420 -
The title suits this perfectly, It's a norrible poem, with an norrible storyline - I'm not even sure this should be here.
Didn't care for this one at all.
Von -
hahaha. ooh first comment?
I don't quite get the point on commenting on oldpoetry, much less oldpoetry by anonymous authors. what can i say exactly? uh yeah... keep up the good work??
I found this rather amusing if not a bit before it's time but... who is gonna read this comment? I am having real trouble grasping this concept.
Oh well uh. norrible indeed.
Jadey xXxXx
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