The Bathwater Chorus.(Poem)

 
The Bathwater Chorus 
 
      I know a rule that any fool 
      Should treat as more than maybe. 
      When you throw out the bathwater 
      You don't throw out the baby. 
 
   So listen up, my buttercup, 
   Pin back those hairy lugholes-- 
   This rule of thumb, my sugarplum: 
   Keep infants out of plugholes! 
   They gurgle and they gargle so 
   As out the liquid swishes. 
   Then horrorshow! Away they go 
   And mingle with the fishes! 
 
      So here's a song that can't go wrong 
      However bad the day be. 
      When you throw out the bathwater 
      You don't throw ...