I figured the rest of the "Little Willy" rhymes had to be on the Web somewhere. Whereupon I discovered that "Sue Veneer", "Little Willy", and "Japalac" are all performers with lotsa fans -- and Glidden is still making Japalac.
But "poke poor wilily" turned up a large number of disgusting and badly-written rhymes, and the information that the original rhyme that Elizabeth quoted was in "Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless Homes" by Harry Graham (1874-1936). It also turned up a set of poetry-writing lessons that includes definitions of the rondel, the sonnet, and the "Little Willy" -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. where we got 5.5 inches of rain Wednesday night. The plants loved it, the fire I baked a pizza on didn't. (All the wood was wet.) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
