The Nursery Rhymes of Polluted Times

							The Nursery Rhymes of Polluted Times
written by 8th graders

Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet Eating her bowl of peas, Along came a spider and died fight beside her, Because of the DDT. N. Pope Little Boy Blue can't blow his horn, Because pollution has already affected his corn. L. Smith Three blind mice, three blind mice. Why can't they see? Why can't they see? Because they pollute and because they waste, Because there's smoke all over the place, Their home is such a terrible disgrace, That's why they're three blind mice, three blind mice. J. Parres

Twinkle, Twinkle little star, How I wonder where you are. Through this dirt, soot, and grime, It's no wonder you don't shine. L. Whitbey Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water, Jack fell down and broke his crown, Because he drank the water. P. Ferguson Row, row, row your boat Roughly down the foamy sea. Junked cans all over the place. Now what a sight to see. S. Bouffard

Hickory, dickory,doc. The mouse went up the clock. When he got there, There was so much smoke in the air, He fell right off the clock. M. Pegler Roses were red, Violets were blue, The environment's dirty And so are you! G. Davis Oh where, oh where has our environment gone? Oh where, oh where can it be? It's beneath the soot, the grime, the sludge. Oh why? Oh how can this be? K. Curtis Yankee Doodle went to town, a-riding in a Chevy. Couldn't see the street in front, Because the smog was heavy. Yankee Doodle clean it up, Yankee Doodle dandy. Yankee Doodle pick it all up, And with the broom be handy. K.Krull

I went to a river and what could I see? A bunch of old cans and a dead bumblebee! It floated down the river with all the mud and slime. I looked around and saw an old shoe of mine. P.Walsh Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. He fell into a pile of garbage and trash And all the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't get close to Humpty again. M.Gary There was an old lady who lived in a shoe, She had so much garbage, she didn't know what to do.... There were boxes and cans, and coke bottles too, That made the old lady move out of the shoe. A.O'Donnell

Hey, diddle, diddle, The cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon. But he got caught up there, because of the polluted air and never was seen again. J.Prince Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard To search for some vittles to eat. She was virtually astounded By the smog that surrounded And decided that scum could not be beat! K.Cleary Old King Coal, Was a dirty old soul. And a dirty old soul was he. He dirtied the air, He dirtied the sea, And he died from pollution, did he! K. Edwards Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack choked before he could get over the oil slick. S.Stallard