Mother Goose for Grownups

Contents

To Constance

The Admirable Assertiveness of Jilted Jack

The Blatant Brutality of Little Bow Peep

The Commendable Castigation of Old Mother Hubbard

The Discouraging Discovery of Little Jack Horner

The Embarrassing Episode of Little Miss Muffet

The Fearful Finale of the Irascible Mouse

The Gastronomic Guile of Simple Simon

The Harmonious Heedlessness of Little Boy Blue

The Inexcusable Improbity of Tom, the Piper's Son

The Judicious Judgment of Quite Contrary Mary

The Linguistic Languor of Charles Augustus Sprague

The Mysterious Misapprehension Concerning a Man in Our Town

The Opportune Overthrow of Humpty Dumpty

The Preposterous Performance of an Old Lady of Banbury

The Quixotic Quest of Three Blind Mice

The Remarkable Regimen of the Sprat Family

The Singular Sangfroid of Baby Bunting

The Touching Tenderness of King Karl the First

The Unusual Ubiquity of the Inquisitive Gander

American poetry

Humorous poetry

Modern poetry

Parodies