A funny poem I remember from chidhood

This makes perfect sense to me.

What's this genre called, is it like slant rhyme or something like that? There's a term for it.

I remember this one too I think my mom knew it from when she was little.

You forgot the last line:

"If you don't beleive this lie is true, ask the blind man, he saw it too."

I also think the first line went:

"One fine day in the middle of the night..."

Beat me to it.  Only other person I've ever known to know that line. 

Maybe cause it is a lame line....

:P

I can't help but say it anymore.  It has been programmed in my brain for the phrase "said the blind man..." to be repeated after saying "I see."

Same here.  Drives the wife batty.

Here's one my grandfather told me

Monkey sitting on the end of a rail
picking his teeth with the end of his tail
Sasafrass leaves and calico sleeves
My old teacher is easy to please.

I remember this one over 30 years later - it was from The Biggest Joke Book Ever (ad no idea why I remember it so well):

Ladies and Jellyspoons!

I stand before you to stand behind you

To tell you something I know nothing about.

Since next Thursday will be Good Friday,

There will be a Father's Day meeting for mothers only.

Please wear your best clothes, if you don't have any

And please stay at home, if you can be there.

Admission is free, please pay at the door

Have a seat on me; please sit on the floor

But no matter where you manage to sit, the man on the balcony will certainly spit.

Now I present to you, the next act:

The four corners of the round table.

for some reason I have two ditty's/poems that my dad used to tell us when mum wasn't around.  we thought they were hilarious!

Oh dear what can the matter be

three old ladies locked in the lavatory

they've been there monday to saturday

nobody knew they were there.

and the second

 My auntie mary had a canary, up the leg of her drawers

when she farted, down it darted never went there no more.

both were sung to us in a strong yorkshire accent and we would be in hysterics laughing at him!

A funny bird the pelican

his beak holds more than his bellycan

I don't know how the hellycan

that funny bird the pelican

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The Pobble, who has no toes,

Had once as many as we

When he Aunt Jobisca said he'd lose them all,

He replied, "Fish-diddle-dee-dee!"

The poem continues to describe the Pobble's adventure.  I liked it even more than The Owl and the Pussycat, which is to say:  a lot. 

Johnny came to school and said,

"Durn, I growed another head"

Teacher said "it's time you knowed

The word is grew instead of growed".

Shel Silverstein, Where The Sidewalk Ends

How I remember every word of this I dont know. It is actually a fun little song:

Three Irishmen, three Irishmen
a digging in a ditch.
One called the other one
a dirty son of a, Peter had a dog,
a mighty fine dog was he.
Gave it to a lady friend
to keep her company.
She taught it, she taught
she taught it how to jump.
Jumped up her fanny coat
and bit her on the country boy,
country boy a sitting on a rock.
Along came a bumble bee
and stung him on the cocktail,
ginger ale, five cents a glass.
If you dont like the price
you can shove it up your
ask me no questions
I'll tell you know lies.
If you ever get hit
with a bucket of sh@#,
be sure to close your eyes.