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How Many, How Much
How many slams in an old screen door?Depends how loud you shut it.How many slices in a bread?Depends how thin you cut it.How much good inside a..
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Come Skating
They said come skating;They said it's so nice.They said come skating;I'd done it twice.They said come skating;It sounded nice….I wore roller-They..
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Sick
Sick 'I cannot go to school today,'Said little Peggy Ann McKay.'I have the measles and the mumps,A gash, a rash and purple bumps.My mouth is wet, my..
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Better Not Ask Me
(Hey the truth might hurt so I'm tellin' you now that you better not ask me)Hey you better not ask me where I been all nightWhy my eyes are shinin'..
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Hector The Collector
Hector the CollectorCollected bits of string,Collected dolls with broken headsAnd rusty bells that would not ring. Bent-up nails and ice-cream..
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Daddy What If?
(Daddy what if the sun stop shinin' what would happen then?)If the sun stopped shinin' you'd be so surprisedYou'd stare at the heavens with wide open..
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Boa Constrictor
Oh, I'm being eatenBy a boa constrictor,A boa constrictor,A boa constrictor,I'm being eaten by a boa constrictor,And I don't like it--one bit.Well..
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Aphrodisiac
Now, listen to me, folks...Hear what I say.You got to eat oysters everydayThey'll put your love life back on trackThey're nature's own..
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Crocodile's Toothache
Oh the CrocodileWent to the dentistAnd sat down in the chair,And the dentist said, 'Now tell me, sir,Why does it hurt and where?'And the Crocodile..
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A Couple More Years
I've got a couple more years on you, baby...that's all.I've had more chances to fly and more places to fall.And it ain't that I'm wiser...It's only..
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Somebody Has To
Somebody has to go polish the stars,They're looking a little bit dull.Somebody has to go polish the stars,For the eagles and starlings and gullsHave..
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One Inch Tall
If you were only one inch tall, you'd ride a worm to school.The teardrop of a crying ant would be your swimming pool.A crumb of cake would be a..
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Sarah Cynthia Slyvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out
Sarah Cynthia Sylvia StoutWould not take the garbage out!She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans,Candy the yams and spice the hams,And though her..
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Colors
My skin is kind of sort of brownishPinkish yellowish white.My eyes are greyish blueish green,But I'm told they look orange in the night.My hair is..
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My house is my castle
Murder will out
Much will have more
Much ado about nothing
More haste, less speed
Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain
Money often unmakes the men who make it
Money is a good servant but a bad master
Money begets money
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is
Misfortunes never come alone (singly)