The Poetry Corner

Coquetry

By Eugene Field

Tiddle-de-dumpty, tiddle-de-dee-- The spider courted the frisky flea; Tiddle-de-dumpty, tiddle-de-doo-- The flea ran off with the bugaboo! "Oh, tiddle-de-dee!" Said the frisky flea-- For what cared she For the miseree The spider knew, When, tiddle-de-doo, The flea ran off with the bugaboo! Rumpty-tumpty, pimplety-pan-- The flubdub courted a catamaran But timplety-topplety, timpity-tare-- The flubdub wedded the big blue bear! The fun began With a pimplety-pan When the catamaran, Tore up a man And streaked the air With his gore and hair Because the flubdub wedded the bear!