Song to Be Sung by the Father of Infant Female Children by Ogden Nash My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; Contrariwise, my blood runs cold When little boys go by. For little boys as little boys,
My Dream by Ogden Nash This is my dream, It is my own dream, I dreamt it. I dreamt that my hair was kempt. Then I dreamt that my true love u
I Yield to my Learned Brother or Is There a Candlestick Maker in the House? by Ogden Nash The doctor gets you when you’re bo The preacher, when you marry, And the lawyer lurks with costly c If too much on you carry. Professional men, they have no car
The Camel by Ogden Nash The camel has a single hump; The dromedary, two; Or else the other way around. I’m never sure. Are you?
The Guppy by Ogden Nash Whales have calves, Cats have kittens, Bears have cubs, Bats have bittens, Swans have cygnets,
First Child ... Second Child by Ogden Nash Be it a girl, or one of the boys, It is scarlet all over its avoirdu It is red, it is boiled; could the Have possibly been a lobstertricia His degrees and credentials were h
What’s the Use? by Ogden Nash Sure, deck your limbs in pants, Yours are the limbs, my sweeting. You look divine as you advance . . Have you seen yourself retreating?
Look What You Did, Cristopher! by Ogden Nash In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Someone sailed the ocean blue. Somebody borrowed the fare in Spa For a business trip on the boundin And to prove to the people, by act 1
The Joyous Malingerer by Ogden Nash Who is the happy husband? Why, in 'Tis he who’s useless in the time Who, asked to unclasp a bracelet o Contrives to be utterly futile, fu Or when a zipper nips his loved on
