In Araby, in Araby, <br />In Araby the blest, <br />There lived a man who thought he'd like <br />To travel to the west. <br />On a lumpy humpy camel he <br />Departed with hs family; <br />His uncle's name was Sammy Lee, <br />But I forgot the rest. <br /> <br />From Araby, from Araby, <br />From Araby the free, <br />They amble-ramble-gambolled <br />Till they came unto the sea. <br />But the camel could not swim, you know, <br />It disagreed with him, you know, <br />He waved his hinder limb, you know, <br />And yelled ferociously. <br /> <br />To Araby, to Araby, <br />To Araby the fair, <br />They turned their faces home again <br />In anguish and despair. <br />But the camel, they'd such grief of him, <br />They wished to find relief of him, <br />And so they made corned beef of him, <br />And ate him then and there.<br /><br />Laura Elizabeth Richards<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-brief-ballad-of-araby/
