Living
Wiggle and Waggle and Bubble and Squeak
From In My Nursery (1890)
Wiggle and Waggle and Bubble and Squeak,
They went their fortunes for to seek;
They went to sea in a chicken-coop,
And they lived on mulligatawney soup.
Wiggle and Waggle and Bubble and Squeak,
They cooked their soup every day in the week;
They cooked their soup in a chimney-pot,
For there the water was always hot.
Wiggle and Waggle and Bubble and Squeak,
Each gave the other one's nose a tweak;
They tweaked so hard that it took their breath,
And so they met an untimely death.
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Richards, Laura E. “Wiggle and Waggle and Bubble and Squeak.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/133/.
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Richards, Laura E. “Wiggle and Waggle and Bubble and Squeak.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/133/.
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