Sunday, August 30, 2020

Put a ring on it

The Trump and the Pussycat went to sea
 In a beautiful pea-green boat
They took some honey, and plenty of money
 Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Trump looked up to the stars above
 And sang to a small guitar,
'O lovely Pussy, O Pussy, my love,
 What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are, you are!
 What a beautiful Pussy you are!'

Pussy said to the Trump, 'You elegant lump,
 How charmingly sweet you sing!
Oh, let us be married; too long we have tarried,
 But what shall we do for a ring?'
They sailed away,  for a year and a day,
 To the land where the bong-tree grows;
And there in the wood, a Piggy-Pence stood,
 With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose, his nose
 With a ring at the end of his nose.

Trump gave Puss a hug, yanks Pence with a tug
 And the Piggy froze, offering the ring.
So soon they were wed
 But Pussy in bed, cried
'There's snot on this Piggy-Pence thing."

   ---Edward Lear, 1812-1888
       (mostly)

 

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