Roald Dahl Poems

'My teacher wasn't half as nice as yours seems to be.
His name was Mister Unsworth and he taught us history.
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Gooses, geeses
I want my geese to lay gold eggs for easter
At least a hundred a day
And by the way
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Hey diddle diddle
We're all on the fiddle
And never get up until noon.
We only take cash
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'Dear friends, we surely all agree
There's almost nothing worse to see
Than some repulsive little bum
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I never thought my life could be
Anything but catastrophe
But suddenly I begin to see
A bit of good luck for me
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I had a little nut-tree,
Nothing would it bear.
I searched in all its branches,
But not a nut was there.
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'Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop!
The great big greedy nincompoop!
How long could we allow this beast
To gorge and guzzle, feed and feast
On every ...
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Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew
Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two
The candy man, the candy man can
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'This famous wicked little tale
Should never have been put on sale
It is a mystery to me
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'No animal is half as vile
As Crocky-Wock, the crocodile.
On Saturdays he likes to crunch
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