The Lady With the Alligator Purse & Considering Freedom

Do any of you remember this childhood rhyme or something similar?

Miss Lulu had a baby, she called him Tiny Tim.

She put him in the bathtub, to see if he could swim.

He drank up all the water! He ate up all the soap!

He tried to swallow the bathtub, but it wouldn’t go down his throat!!

Call for the doctor!

Call for the nurse!

Call for the lady with the alligator purse!

“Mumps!” said the doctor.

“Measles!” said the nurse.

“Vote!!” said the lady with the alligator purse!!

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