Living
The King of Oo-Rinktum-Jing
From Armazindy (1894)
Dainty Baby Austin!
Your Daddy's gone to Boston
To see the King
Of Oo-Rinktum-Jing
And the whale he rode acrost on!
Boston Town's a city:
But O it's such a pity!--
They'll greet the King
Of Oo-Rinktum-Jing
With never a nursery ditty!
But me and you and Mother
Can stay with Baby-brother,
And sing of the King
Of Oo-Rinktum-Jing
And laugh at one another!
So what cares Baby Austin
If Daddy has gone to Boston
To see the King
Of Oo-Rinktum-Jing
And the whale he rode acrost on?
Cite this poem
MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “The King of Oo-Rinktum-Jing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/660/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “The King of Oo-Rinktum-Jing.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/660/.
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