Speak Roughly To Your Little Boy
And with that shebegan nursing her child again, singing a sort oflullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a vio lent shake at the end of every line: — — "Speak roughly to your little boy, And beat him when he sneezes; He only does it to annoy, Because he knows it
US(in which the cook and the baby joined): — — "Wow! wow! wow!"While the Duchess sang the second verse ofthe song, she kept tossing the baby violently up and down, and the poor little thing howled so, that Alice could hardly hear the words: — — "I speak severely to my boy, I beat him when he sneezes; For he can thoroughly enjoy The pepper when he pleases!"
US"Wow! wow! wow!"Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.
The lyrical form of this poem is abab.1.
This poem parodies David Bates'
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