Richard Pountney
Stupid John, the cow, dogs and his small sister
That made, the mom said to Stupid John,
'I am gone to work in the field.'
And she had small, a little baby.
She says, 'You will make sleep your small sister.'
He says, 'How?' I haven't not never of lullaby'.
She says, 'You rock 'n roll the chair.'
Then, she says, 'be sure to draw the cow
And put parsley and of onions in the gombo.'
That made, it was.
That made, John drew the cow.
But him, it drew with rifle.
And the cow was drawn.
And he caught the two puppies which were called Parsley and Onions,
and put them in the boiler.
And sat down above to hold them.
There he took his small sister and knocked it on the chair.
And then he threw it on the bed.
It woke more and then no more.
And when mom came home and opened the boiler
the two dogs were boiled in the gombo
the cow was drawn and baby was still.
'I am gone to work in the field.'
And she had small, a little baby.
She says, 'You will make sleep your small sister.'
He says, 'How?' I haven't not never of lullaby'.
She says, 'You rock 'n roll the chair.'
Then, she says, 'be sure to draw the cow
And put parsley and of onions in the gombo.'
That made, it was.
That made, John drew the cow.
But him, it drew with rifle.
And the cow was drawn.
And he caught the two puppies which were called Parsley and Onions,
and put them in the boiler.
And sat down above to hold them.
There he took his small sister and knocked it on the chair.
And then he threw it on the bed.
It woke more and then no more.
And when mom came home and opened the boiler
the two dogs were boiled in the gombo
the cow was drawn and baby was still.
Richard Pountney is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Sheffield Hallam University
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