My Mum, who has been gone a very long time, pops into my head from time to time, unannounced. I had not thought about this little rhyme for some years now, but my Mum used to say it on the first day of spring every year when I was small.
What is it? Where does it come from? And where would a little country lady who knew no Americans and only left the country once in her life get this from? And it sounds as though it should be said in a New Jersey accent......
The Spring is sprung
The grass is riz
I wonder where dem boidies is?
They say the boid is on the wing
But that's absoid
Because the wing is on the boid!
Answers on a postcard please.........!
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