Lipogram - Word Play with Nursery Rhymes
Lipogram - Word Play with Nursery Rhymes using the Letter O
Catherine Giordano gave us a Word-Play Challenge.
I accepted and had some very deep thinking of words to fit the nursery rhymes that meant the same word.
She showed us how "Peter Blinn composed a lipogram based on "Mary Had a Little Lamb" without using the letter “O.”
So I thought I would try to do a few Nursery Rhymes which I enjoyed reading in my younger days.
They are all "Lipogram" without the Alphabet letter "o".
Lipo means "lacking; without," and gram comes from gramma, meaning "letter".
Lipogram refers to any text composed of words which lack a particular letter.
Have a go doing one yourself it's fun, good for the brain.
Three Little Pigs
Without using any "O's,"
The original nursery Rhyme.
"Little pig, little pig, let me come in."
"No, no, not by the hair on my chinny chin chin."
"Then I'll huff, and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down."
My version of Three Little Pigs without the letter "O"
"Little pig, little pig let me walk in."
"Nay, Nay by the hair near my chinny chin chin."
"Then I'll huff, and puff, and I'll sneeze at the hut until it crashes."
The Three Little Pigs - Animated Story Book
Little Boy Blue,
The original nursery Rhyme.
Little Boy Blue,
Come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow,
The cow's in the corn;
Where is that boy
Who looks after the sheep?
Under the haystack
Fast asleep.
My version of Little Boy Blue without using any "O's,"
Little Guy Blue,
Please strike a blast with the bugle,
Because the sheep's in the grass,
The calf's in the maize,
So where is that guy that minds the sheep?
Under the haystack
Fast asleep.
Little Jack Horner
The original nursery Rhyme.
Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner,
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said 'What a good boy am I.
My Version of Little Jack Horner without using any "O's,"
Little Jack Trump-per
Sat in the bean bag,
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And exerted a plum,
And said "What a nice chap I'm."
Have you tried writing a Lipogram?
Take any poem, story, or line and rewrite it without using a specific letter.
It's fun, you will laugh at the end result.
Good for your health - Laughter.
Baa Baa Black Sheep - Nursery Rhymes
The original nursery Rhyme.
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full;
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy,
Who lives down the lane.
My Version of Baa Baa Black Sheep without using any "Os,"
Baa baa black sheep,
Have ewe any fleece?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full;
share it equally with;
The master,
The dame,
And the little man that lives in the lane.
Lipogram Nursery Rhymes
Which Nursery Rhyme That I rewrote do you like best?
Humpty Dumpty
© 2015 Elsie Hagley
