THIRTY PURPLE BIRDS (anonymous)

Toity poiple boids
Sitt'n on der coib
A' choipin' and a' boipin'
An' eat'n doity woims.

THE BUDDING BRONX (anonymous)

Der spring is sprung
Der grass is riz
I wonder where dem boidies is?

Der little boids is on der wing,
Ain't dat absoid?
Der little wings is on der boid!

THE BRONX (Ogden Nash)

The Bronx?
No thonx!

minus the letter S

Mary had a little lamb,
With fleece a pale white hue,
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb kept her in view;
To academe he went with her,
Illegal, and quite rare;
It made the children laugh and play
to view a lamb in there.

minus the letter A

Polly owned one little sheep,
Its fleece shone white like snow,
Every region where Polly went
The sheep did surely go;
he followed her to school one time,
Which broke the rigid rule;
The children frolicked in their room
To see the sheep in school.

minus the letter H

Mary owned a little lamb,
Its fleece was pale as snow,
And every place its mistress went
It certainly would go;
It followed Mary to class one day,
It broke a rigid law;
It made some students giggle aloud,
A lamb in class all saw.

minus the letter T

Mary had a pygmy lamb,
His fleece was pale as snow,
And every place where Mary walked
Her lamb did also go;
He came inside her classroom once,
Which broke a rigid rule;
How children all did laugh and play
On seeing a lamb in school.

minus the letter E

Mary had a tiny lamb,
Its wool was pallid as snow,
And any spot that Mary did walk
This lamb would always go;
This lamb did follow Mary to school,
Although against a law;
How girls and boys did laugh and play,
That lamb in class all saw.

using only the letters A,C,D,E,H,I,L,M,N,P,R,S,T

Maria had a little sheep,
As pale as rime its hair,
And all the places Maria came
The sheep did tail her there;
In Maria's class it came at last,
A sheep can't enter there;
It made the children clap their hands,
A sheep in class, that's rare.

The windows of the bus have bars and panes,
Bars and panes, bars and panes,
The windows of the bus have bars and panes,
And some have ribbons, too.

The driver of the bus is driver.cab,
Driver.cab, driver.cab,
And when he's off duty he will drive a cab,
All day long

A drop down menu tells you what's the fare,
What's the fare, what's the fare,
It's in a dialogue box up there,
All day long.

Oh give me a home
Where the buffalo roam
And I'll show you a dirty house.

It is I,
Said the spider to the fly

but . . .

It is me,
Said the merops to the bee.