Wait a minute Mrs. Potsman

[wood jim]

Born in a satellite near the moon,
His mother was a Martian, his father was a coon;
He caught his braces on a passing rocket
And that was the end of Davy Crockett.
    Davy, Davy Crockett,
    King of the Universe.

                    Perth, c. June, 1956. Enfield,
Fubruary 1958.

See *The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren* Iona &
Peter Opie

These rhymes, usually repeated for counting-out or
skipping, have been collected from schoolchildren all
over the Western World, some of them can be traced to
Swift, to Shakespeare, Henry VIII, the Postal System. 

Postman, Postman, do your duty, 
Take this to my loving beauty. 

Postie, Postie, don't delay, 
Do the rhumba all the way. 

Postie, Postie, dinna fa, 
If Irene's nae in, gie it tae her ma. 

Postie, Postie, dinna dither, 
If Isobel's nae in, gie it tae her mither, 


In addition, of course children write messages to the
Potsman (particularly on Valentine's Day) and often 
include drawings and sketches, hang nooses were
popular. 

Postman, Postman, haste away
To… … without delay







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