Wednesday, 1 April 2015

In what poem is the line He got no Papa He got no Mama found?

In what poem is the line He got no Papa He got no Mama found?
I Will Arise And Go Now

Ogden Nash


In far Tibet
There live a lama,
He got no poppa,
Got no momma,


He got no wife,
He got no chillun,
Got no use
For penicillun,


He got no soap,
He got no opera,
He don't know Irium
From copra,


He got no songs,
He got no banter,
He don't know Jolson,
He don't know Cantor,


He got no teeth,
He got no gums,
Don't eat no Spam,
Don't need no Tums.


He love to nick him
When he shave;
He also got
No hair to save.


Got no distinction,
No clear head,
Don't call for Calvert;
Drink milk instead.


He use no lotions
For allurance,
He got no car
And no insurance,


No Winchell facts,
No Pearson rumor
For this self-centered
Nonconsumer.


Indeed, the
Ignorant Have-Not
Don't even know
What he don't got.


If you will mind
The Philco, comma,
I think I'll go
And join that lama.

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