Sheldon Allan Silverstein's Poetry, by popularity

• Who does she think she is....

  I asked the Zebra:
  Are you black with white stripes?

  23 lines, 1 comment
• Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony

  There was a girl named Abigail
  Who was taking a drive

  38 lines
• Daddy What If?

  (Daddy what if the sun stop shinin' what would happen then?)
  If the sun stopped shinin' you'd be so surprised

  21 lines
• The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan

  The morning sun touched lightly on
  The eyes of Lucy Jordan

  48 lines
• A Front Row Seat To Hear Ole Johnny Sing

  Now you know some fellahs, they want fame and fortune
  Yeah, and other fellahs they just wanna swing

  66 lines
• In The Hills Of Shiloh

  Have you seen Amanda Blaine in the hills of Shiloh
  Wandering through the morning rain through the hills of Shiloh

  19 lines
• Acapulco Goldie

  She was dancin' when I seen her, in a Mexican cantina
  In a neighborhood they call "La Zona Roja".

  17 lines
• The Worlds Greatest Smoke Off

  In the laid back California town of sunny San Raphael
  Lived a girl named Pearly Sweetcake,

  58 lines
• Your Time's Comin'

  I knew that she belonged to someone else at the time,
  But lonesome-lookin' women are a weakness of mine;

  16 lines
• Son Of A Scoundrel

  Big Barney Fitch, he got soddenly rich
  He got a big fancy house in Melbourne

  38 lines
• Hey Nelly Nelly

  Hey Nelly Nelly, come to the window
  Hey Nelly Nelly look at what I see

  34 lines
• No Thank You

  No I do not want a kitten,
  No cute, cuddly kitty-poo,

  20 lines
• The Great Conch Train Robbery

  'Twas sunset down in old Key West
  The locals all were high.

  106 lines, 1 comment
• Helping

  Agatha Fry, she made a pie
  And Christopher John helped bake it

  14 lines
• Me-Stew

  I have nothing to put in my stew, you see,
  Not a bone or a bean or a black-eyed pea,

  14 lines
• Lydia Pinkham

  CHORUS
  We'll drink a drink adrink

  69 lines
• Vegematic

  Fell asleep last night with the TV on,
  Oh, what a dream I had.

  52 lines
• Stacy Brown Got Two

  Did you hear bout Stacy brown (no we didn't but we'd like to)
  He had every chick in town (no he didn't but he tried to)

  25 lines
• Sure Hit Songwriter’s Pen

  Now I was hangin' round Nashville writin' songs and playin' 'em for all of the stars
  Watchin' 'em laugh and hand 'em back livin' on h

  34 lines
• Show It At The Beach

  Oh they won't let us show it at the beach no they won't let us show it at the beach
  They think we're gonna grab it if it gets within

  21 lines
• Pour Me Another Tequila Sheila

  (Chorus)
  Pour me another tequila, Sheila.

  41 lines
• They Held Me Down

  It was Sat night at the slammer the gavel was falling like a hammer
  As they dragged in every freak from off the road

  30 lines
• A Couple More Years

  I've got a couple more years on you, baby...that's all.
  I've had more chances to fly and more places to fall.

  21 lines
• Man Who Got No Sign

  Ko-we-ha Gemini Jim taw Scorpio Salo
  Taw sejno-nej-o-to-kono o-ha-na-shi-te-saw

  22 lines
• Workin’ It Out

  Well I've been spendin' my life lookin' for a shoulder
  To rest my head when the nights get colder

  23 lines
• Pathetic Way Of Getting Over Me

  Oh if you read in the papers that she's been seen
  A gettin' in an out of some millionare's long custom made limousine

  22 lines
• Somebody Stole My Rig

  I'm haulin' twenty tons of freight into New York state
  Started thinkin' bout Mary Jane

  40 lines
• Someday’s Here

  Well I've told you someday I'd have a lotta money
  And you would see me grinnin' from ear to ear

  21 lines
• Peace Proposal

  Said General Clay to General Gore really must we fight this silly war
  To kill and die in such a bore I quite agree said General Gore

  13 lines
• 25 Minutes To Go

  They're buildin' the gallows outside my cell.
  I got 25 minutes to go.

  76 lines

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