The Phlebotomous Flea
The Phlebotomous Flea
2Assailed a Hippopotamus;
3 The Hippo, he
4 Sat on the Flea,
5And, goodness gracious! what a muss!
Notes
1] phlebotomous: in the mood for blood-letting or cutting flesh. Back to Line
Publication Notes
Guiterman, Arthur, The Light Guitar (New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1923): 139-140.
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire