Dennis Lee - The Ice Cream Store

Oh, the kids around the block are like an Ice cream store, Cause theres chocolate, and vanilla, And theres maple and theres more, And theres butterscotch and orange Yes, theres flavours by the score; And the kids around the block are like an Ice cream store! Up and down the fire escape, Round and round the alley, The cops ran up, The robbers ran down STOP! said Mrs. OMalley. Its red for STOP, And green for GO And catch him all over Ontario! My girl friends name is Olga, Shes from the River Volga. She can skip, she can vault, she can somersault My acrobatic Olga. My boy friends name is Stinky, He comes from cold Helsinki.

Hes four foot two, and he smells like glue My dinky, slinky Stinky.

Were digging a hole to Australia, But its going kind of slow. And weve got some juice and cookies But theyre getting kind of low. And theres lots of kids in Australia, So we brought a sandwich to share; But if this hole doesnt hurry, The sandwich will never get there Were digging a hole to Australia, Or else to Timbuctoo I hope those kids know were coming, And they make us a snack or two! WAL I had a DOG,
And his name was Doogie,
And I dont know why
But he liked to boogie;
He boogied all night
He boogied all day
He boogied in a rude
Rambunctious way. SO I got a CAT,
And her name was Bing,
And I dont know why
But she liked to sing;
She sang up high
She sang down deep
She sang like the dickens
When I tried to sleep. SO I got a FOX,
And her name was Knox,
And I dont know why
But she liked to box;
She boxed me out
She boxed me in
She boxed me smack!
On my chinny-chin-chin.

SO I got a GRIZZLY,
And his name was Gus,
And I dont know why
But he liked to fuss;
He fussed in the sun
He fussed in the rain
He fussed till he drove me
Half insane! NOW I dont KNOW,
But Ive been told
That some peoples pets
Are good as gold.
But theres Doogie and theres Bing,
And theres Knox and Gus,
And they boogie and they sing
And they box and they fuss;
So Im giving them away
And Im giving them for free
If you want a perfect pet,
Just call on me.

As I went up To Halifax, I met a man With nine black cats. ONE was tubby, TWO was thin, THREE had a pimple On his chin-chin-chin; FOUR ate pizza, FIVE ate lox, SIX ate the wool From her long black socks; SEVEN had a dory, EIGHT had a car, And NINE sang a song On a steel guitar. So tell me true When you hear these facts How many were going To Halifax? Oh, the mumosaurus washed, And the dadosaurus dried, And the kidosaurus took them In her wagon for a ride. STOP! cried the dadosaurus, STOP! cried the mum, And, STOP! cried the lady Who was chewing bubble gum. Maxie drove a taxi With a beep! beep! beep! And he picked up all the people In a heap, heap, heap.

He took them to the farm To see the sheep, sheep, sheep Then, Maxie and the taxi Went to sleep, sleep, sleep.

Mabel dear Its not a stable: Take your front legs Off the table, Place your hooves Upon the floor, And do not whinny Any more. Waiter, dear waiter, please come on the run; Bring me a cheeseburger baked in a bun. Customer, customer, what can I do?A mouse stole the cheese, and the hamburger too. If theres no burger, then bring me the bun. Herman was a hoofer. Herman was a hoofer.

He hoofed the night away. He did a fancy two-step On the streets of Mandalay. He tripped the light fantastic Down by blue Montego Bay. Then Herman hid his hoofing shoes And slept the livelong day.

Pillow, cool pillow, Come snuggle with me, Drift me to sleep Where Im longing to be; Birds in the nest And the nest in the tree So pillow, cool pillow, Come snuggle with me.