Sunday, 10 May 2009

Little Miss Bobbitty-Boo

I originally came up with this version of Lorena Bobbitt's nursery rhyme, based on the rhyming and rhythm schema of "Three Blind Mice"

Little Miss Bobbitty-Boo. Little Miss Bobbitty-Boo.
Whatever did she do? Whatever did she do?
With a carving knife commit a deed
That caused her man to thrash and bleed.
She threw his knob into the weeds.
That Little Miss Bobbitty Boo.

For comparison's sake:

Three Blind Mice. Three Blind Mice.
See how they run. See how they run.
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Have you ever seen such a thing in your life,
As Three Blind Mice?

The rhyme retains the convenient carving knife element and also borrows the the "title" of Little Miss Muffett. 

Soon afterwards, I came up with something a little more colorful and original:

Sad Missus Bobbitt. 
Mad Missus Bobbitt. 
Glad Missus Bobbitty-Boo.
She served her man a cold revenge,
with verve and derring-do.

When one night Mister Bobbitt 
Came home quite besotted
A cleaver she did wield.
She chopped her husband's knob right off
And tossed it in a field.

Soon later the Bobbitt 
Appendage was spotted.
And swiftly sewn back on.
Then Bobbitt and his Knobbit had
A brief career in porn.

Sad Missus Bobbitt. 
Mad Missus Bobbitt. 
Glad Missus Bobbitty-Boo.
Don't cross her path when she is mad
You might lose your knob too!



Bobbitty-Boo, which uses Lorena's name, is also a reference to the magical song sung by the Fairy Godmother in Disney's Cinderella, "Bibbidi bobbidi boo".

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