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Sheldon Allan Silverstein's Poetry, by popularity

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  • Who does she think she is....
    I asked the Zebra:
    Are you black with white stripes?
    23 lines, 1 comment
  • 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
  • Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony
    There was a girl named Abigail
    Who was taking a drive
    38 lines
  • The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
    The morning sun touched lightly on
    The eyes of Lucy Jordan
    48 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hey Nelly Nelly
    Hey Nelly Nelly, come to the window
    Hey Nelly Nelly look at what I see
    34 lines
  • Son Of A Scoundrel
    Big Barney Fitch, he got soddenly rich
    He got a big fancy house in Melbourne
    38 lines
  • No Thank You
    No I do not want a kitten,
    No cute, cuddly kitty-poo,
    20 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
  • Helping
    Agatha Fry, she made a pie
    And Christopher John helped bake it
    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
  • The Great Conch Train Robbery
    'Twas sunset down in old Key West
    The locals all were high.
    106 lines, 1 comment
  • Smoke Off
    In the laid back California town of sunny San Raphael
    Lived a girl named Pearly Sweetcake you probly knew her well
    67 lines
  • Pour Me Another Tequila Sheila
    (Chorus)
    Pour me another tequila, Sheila.
    41 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
  • 25 Minutes To Go
    They're buildin' the gallows outside my cell.
    I got 25 minutes to go.
    76 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
  • 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
  • Aphrodisiac
    Now, listen to me, folks...
    Hear what I say.
    74 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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