nursery crime.

el_tiddlero

Sometimes its fun to take an already existing poem and play around with the characters in it:


The man on the moon
jumped over the spoon
and there he lay down to die

Both brokeneck giraffe
and little dog laughed
no tears shed they from their eye

The cat got on fiddle-
strung out of his middle-
and played a hi-diddle-di

While the cow's friend dish
climbed into a fish
that swam its way cross the sky

Poor cow all alone
broke down was his home
and he welled up inside to cry

His thunder half stolen
his eyes red and swollen
and his life just a horrible lie.

Mr Benevolent

Have you been by any chance reading Jasper Fforde's Nursery Crime series ?

el_tiddlero

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Have you been by any chance reading Jasper Fforde's Nursery Crime series ?

nope.. i do a fair bit of stuff like this (there's some buried in some ancient threads round here). inspired by my love of Roald Dahl's revolting rhymes that i read when i was small.

Is fforde's stuff any use?

Fartmonger

Hey diddle diddle,
The cat did a piddle,
Just lifted his leg and sprayed.
The little old maid shrieked with disdain:
"The filthy wee bastard will be spayed!"
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My attempt at corrupting a nursery rhyme ^_^