Bongaloo

"What is a Bongaloo, Daddy?"

"A Bongaloo, Son," said I,

"Is a tall bag of cheese

Plus a Chinaman's knees

And the leg of a nanny goat's eye."

"How strange is a Bongaloo, Daddy?"

"As strange as strange," I replied.

"When the sun's in the West

It appears in a vest

Sailing out with the noonday tide."

"What shape is a Bongaloo, Daddy?"

"The shape, my Son, I'll explain:

It's tall round the nose

Which continually grows

In the general direction of Spain."

'Are you sure there's a Bongaloo, Daddy?'

"Am I sure, my Son?" said I.

"Why, I've seen it, not quite

On a dark sunny night

Do you think that I'd tell you a lie?