This is a favorite childhood song:
Froggie Went a Courtin'
Burping Betty
Little Betty belched so much
she wound up in the belfry!
Alas those many belches were
such
that they were sad to see!
She tried to stop those big
bad burps
but she belched louder still
And soon she had a booming
chirp
to dance with at her will.
When Betty thought she'd burped
her last,
waking up to greet the sun...
She did not know a spell was
cast
when she stumped her toe in
the fun.
On seeing her charming dance
date,
Betty wished her belch were
back.
To save herself from such a
fate,
she even stuck her head in
a sack!
She tried to burp, she tried
to belch,
she tried to loudly fake it.
She found the best that she
could squelch
was to burp a "br-u-bbet."
Her dancing date was quite
impressed,
he thought she spoke his way.
Betty thought she'd not confess
and hardly knew what to say!
On a brightly moonlit night,
her suitor asked to take her
hand.
Crooning with all his might,
he fitted her with a band.
Burping Betty cried, "I do,
I do!"
and Belcher is her name.
Freddie Frog said, "I do, too!"
Belching just the same.
L.Jean
September
25, 1995
Burping
Betty was a figment of my imagination
when
a guest emitted a dainty little burp after dinner. She seemed to be settling
back into the conversation
when
she unexpectedly and uncontrollably BELCHED,
bringing
laughter and a discussion about burping and belching.
That
evening, my husband presented to our little world another of his atrocious
belches
(more
like a bellow) as we were sitting in bed.
This
was just the beginning...
Between
the frog collection my friend started for me,
the
aggravation of the unmannerly belches and my playful mind,
Burping
Betty was born.
Meanwhile,
my friend is proudly showing off "her" poem.
I
hope you enjoy it as much as we have.
Please e-mail me: ljean@geocities.com
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