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Subject: lyrics/words to an annonymous poem
Category: Arts and Entertainment
Asked by: ervinka-ga
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Posted: 07 Aug 2002 14:16 PDT
Expires: 06 Sep 2002 14:16 PDT
Question ID: 51897
I'm looking for the words to an anonymous poems which I taught many
years ago in Junor High School in California...some of the lines
(which rhyme) go like this:

"Cows do nothing at all besides browse and drowse; thats all they ever
do,
making milk with every chew...------too, 
I wish I could .......__________________________________________________________

The antiseptic baby and the prophylactic pup were playing in the
garden when the bunny gamboled up.  He wasn't disinfected and he
wasn't sterilized...
etc.
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Subject: Re: lyrics/words to an annonymous poem
Answered By: pinkfreud-ga on 07 Aug 2002 14:56 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
The first of these amusing poems is called "Comment on Cows," by
Richard Armour. This poem must be a favorite of teachers, since the
only place I could find it on the Web was on the personal homepage of
an English teacher!

Comment on Cows 
by Richard Armour 

Cows 
Do nothing but browse 
And drowse 
And now and then moo. 
That's all they do. 
Yet even while grazing 
They aren't lazing. 
Even while snacking 
They aren't lacking. 
If not illustrious, 
They are inner industrious, 
Making milk with all their might 
With every bite. 
Cream too, 
With every chew. 
I'd like it fine 
Could I combine 
In such measure 
Business with pleasure. 
  
http://www2.wcoil.com/~keriandtrevorj/lessonunitplans.html

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The second charming verse is entitled "Strictly Germ-proof," written
by Arthur Guiterman.

Strictly Germ-proof
by Arthur Guiterman 
  
The Antiseptic Baby and the Prophylactic Pup   
Were playing in the garden when the Bunny gamboled up;   
They looked upon the Creature with a loathing undisguised;   
It wasn't Disinfected and it wasn't Sterilized.   
   
They said it was a Microbe and a Hotbed of Disease; 
They steamed it in a vapor of a thousand-odd degrees;   
They froze it in a freezer that was cold as Banished Hope   
And washed it in permanganate with carbolated soap.   
   
In sulphurated hydrogen they steeped its wiggly ears;   
They trimmed its frisky whiskers with a pair of hard-boiled shears; 
They donned their rubber mittens and they took it by the hand   
And elected it a member of the Fumigated Band.   
   
There's not a Micrococcus in the garden where they play;   
They bathe in pure iodoform a dozen times a day;   
And each imbibes his rations from a Hygienic Cup 
The Bunny and the Baby and the Prophylactic Pup. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Both Armour and Guiterman have written many other delightful comic
poems which are often collected in anthologies of light verse. If you
enjoy their work, you might also like the poems of Shel Silverstein.
And I expect you are likely to be an Ogden Nash fan already!

Thank you for a most enjoyable question. I had never seen the
Guiterman poem before, and it is a gem!

Before rating my answer, please ask for clarification if it is needed.

Bartleby: Strictly Germ-proof
http://www.bartleby.com/104/50.html

Search strategy:

Google.com: "prophylactic pup"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22prophylactic+pup%22

AlltheWeb.com: "browse and drowse"
http://alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&cs=utf-8&l=any&q=browse+and+drowse&phrase=on

Cordially,
pinkfreud
ervinka-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
just what I wanted.  Thank you so much.  I've been searching for
"Comment on Cows"for many years. You've done a great job and within
hours of my request.
Again, thanks so much.  ervinka...

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