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JOSIE'S POEMS

IN THE LAND
OF THE BUMBLEY BOO

By Spike Milligan

In the land of the Bumbley Boo
The People are red white and blue . . 

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan MBE (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002), was a British-Irish comedian, writer, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an Irish father and an English mother, Milligan was born in India where he spent his childhood, relocating to live and work the majority of his life in the United Kingdom.

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IN THE LAND
OF THE BUMBLEY BOO


By Spike Milligan

In the Land  of  the Bumbley Boo
The people are red white and blue.
     They never blow noses
     Or ever wear clotheses.
What a sensible thing to do.

In the Land of the Bumbly Boo
You can buy lemon pie at the zoo.
     They give away foxes
      In little pink boxes
And bottles of dandelion stew.

In the Land of The Bumbly Boo
You never see a Gnu,
     But thousands of cats
     Wearing trousers and hats
Made of pumpkin and pelican glue.

Oh the Bumbley Boo! The Bumbley Boo!
That's the place for me and you
     So hurry let's run;
     The train leaves at one
For the Land of the Bumbley Boo

The wonderful Bumbley Boo Boo Boo
The wonderful Bumbley Boo!

(Of course, it's not my poem, but I love nonsense poems and what can be more poetic-fun than a limerick? Josie

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