Children need a good does of life, in a fun and safe place. Neither nursery rhymes nor fairly tales really need to be abridged for their benefit. It is for their benefit that they were written in the first place, or so some have thought.
Thoroughly enjoy your Wednesday poems, it is a fun re-enactment of "Anything can happen day".
No offense to this poem or any other Wednesday poem. I always like the Wednesday poem. I would like to mention that two very funny poets are Clive, James and Craig Brown.
I seem to recall that in some earlier versions line 3 is not "little raccoon" but "big baboon."
Almost universally "big baboon" now. But, as I said in the discussion, the "little raccoon" is the earlier phrasing.
When I saw the title, this tune immediately plopped into my brain and is now a raging earworm. Lots of lyric changes here, too.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1q3EmqLX7GE
The Tex Ritter version is already linked in the piece—along with the Captain Kangaroo version!
Oops! So they are! I had thought that maybe I learned the tune—which Tex Ritter gets right—on Captain Kangaroo, but apparently not.
Children need a good does of life, in a fun and safe place. Neither nursery rhymes nor fairly tales really need to be abridged for their benefit. It is for their benefit that they were written in the first place, or so some have thought.
Thoroughly enjoy your Wednesday poems, it is a fun re-enactment of "Anything can happen day".
Yes I imagined that was the reason. I thought it would be rude to respond to the offering of the day by saying ‘Is Clive James still in cooyright?’ 😐
No offense to this poem or any other Wednesday poem. I always like the Wednesday poem. I would like to mention that two very funny poets are Clive, James and Craig Brown.
Both still in copyright, alas. James's "The book of my enemy has been remaindered" has always been a favorite.
https://www.clivejames.com/the-book-of-my-enemy-has-been-remaindered.html
A lovely piece.
Thanks for the early morning smile. Now back to sleep.