Living
Bobbily Boo and Wollypotump
From In My Nursery (1890)
Living
Bobbily Boo, the king so free,
He used to drink the Mango tea.
Mango tea and coffee, too,
He drank them both till his nose turned blue.
Wollypotump, the queen so high,
She used to eat the Gumbo pie.
Gumbo pie and Gumbo cake,
She ate them both till her teeth did break.
Bobbily Boo and Wollypotump,
Each called the other a greedy frump.
And when these terrible words were said,
They sat and cried till they both were dead.
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Richards, Laura E. “Bobbily Boo and Wollypotump.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/28/.
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Richards, Laura E. “Bobbily Boo and Wollypotump.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/28/.
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