Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, NONSENSE SONG, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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NONSENSE SONG, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The jack and the jolick and the jamborie
Last Line: They'll reach the stars before they are done!
Subject(s): Nonsense


The Jack and the Jolick and the Jamborie,
They climbed up into the banyan tree.
They climbed to the top,
But they had to stop,
For no more foothold could they see.
The Jack and the Jolick and the Jamborie
To climb still farther did all agree,
So the Jack stood up on the topmost limb,
And then the Jolick climbed over him.
Over the two went the Jamborie, --
He climbed up quickly the world to see.
And then the Jack from the topmost limb,
With grin and chuckle, climbed after him.
To the top climbed he,
The world to see,
And there in the air swung all the three.
The Jolick gleefully followed the Jack,
And quickly reached the topmost back.
And then again went the Jamborie
Up to the top, the world to see.
On they are going, and on and on;
They'll reach the stars before they are done!





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