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seanan_mcguire) wrote2008-10-31 01:44 pm
seanan_mcguire) wrote2008-10-31 01:44 pm
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Help! I need somebody! Or some bodies. Whatever.
So Mary and I have found this poem:
Spos'n the witches began to witch,
And you didn't know which witch was witch?
Well, spos'n?
Spos'n a h'ant appeared to you,
An' an old black rooster up and crew?
Well, spos'n?
Spos'n a pump-kin pumped hot flames,
From a place, you know, what nobody names?
Well, spos'n?
Spos'n a great big bug-a-boo
Reached out his long sharp claws for you?
Well, spos'n?
We both believe that we've seen it before, and that it is thus probably traditional, or a very close variant on something that is traditional. Lo, I beg of thee: can you find the source of this poem? We've sought. We've searched. We've...mostly told bad jokes and eaten candy corn.
Help!
Spos'n the witches began to witch,
And you didn't know which witch was witch?
Well, spos'n?
Spos'n a h'ant appeared to you,
An' an old black rooster up and crew?
Well, spos'n?
Spos'n a pump-kin pumped hot flames,
From a place, you know, what nobody names?
Well, spos'n?
Spos'n a great big bug-a-boo
Reached out his long sharp claws for you?
Well, spos'n?
We both believe that we've seen it before, and that it is thus probably traditional, or a very close variant on something that is traditional. Lo, I beg of thee: can you find the source of this poem? We've sought. We've searched. We've...mostly told bad jokes and eaten candy corn.
Help!
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Looks like trad.
Page 7 of this suggests it dates back to at least the 1920s.
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