"What is a Bongaloo,
Daddy?""A Bongaloo,
Son," said I, "Is a tall bag of
Plus a Chinaman's
And the leg of a nanny goat's eye.""How strange is a Bongaloo,
Daddy?" "As strange as strange," I replied."When the sun's in the West It appears in a vest Sailing out with the noonday tide.""What shape is a Bongaloo,
Daddy?" "The shape, my Son,
I'll explain:
It's tall round the nose Which continually grows In the general direction of Spain."'Are you sure there's a Bongaloo,
Daddy?'"Am I sure, my Son?" said I."Why,
I've seen it, not quite On a dark sunny
Do you think that I'd tell you a lie?
