HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
Willy with a thirst for gore,
nailed his sister to the door.
Mother said with humor quaint;
“Willie Dear don’t scratch the paint.”
*****
In the family drinking well,
Willie pushed his sister Nell.
Mother lost her darling daughter,
now we sterilize our water.
****
Willie found some dynamite,
didn’t understand it quite.
Curiosity never pays,
it rained Willie ten whole days.
****
Father nailed his darling wife
fast to the parquet flooring.
He was loathed to take her life
but he had to stop her snoring.
****
With a wink and a nod to “ruthless rhymes” these are my remembrances of poems I found it a joke book from my childhood. I think it was printed in the 1930s, though Little Willies come from the very early 1900s but these have cracked me up since I read them as a child, so for my finale here is the last one I remember.
Making toast by the fireside,
Nurse fell in the fire and died.
What makes matters 10 times worse,
all the toast was burned with Nurse.
****
NIGHTIE BYES ALL.
CAT OOOoooo , MY CAT, MY OLD OLD OLD CAT; TELL ME WHY, TELL ME WHY DO YOU DOO DOO THAT?
I heard what you did for a Klondike Bar…Call me!