The Carousel Song



I’m a carousel  horse
and I go round the course
yes I circle around all day

and I go up and down
as I go round and round
while the “oom pah pah” music plays

You can have a good time
if you’ll just spend a dime
then hop up on back…Hooray!

You should learn not to frown
when the world lets you down
you must pick yourself up and say,

“Round, round, carousel, carousel,
round, round, here we go, here we go,
round, round carousel, carousel,
Letsl have a good ride today!”

About this poem

sung to the tune of an "oomp pah pah" melody

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Submitted by Snodeel on June 07, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

28 sec read
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Quick analysis:

Scheme aab cxx ddb ccb ExEb
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 469
Words 94
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 4

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