Rhymes Have I

[THE POET]
Rhymes, fine rhymes
Rhymes, fine rhymes have I
Rhymes, fine rhymes
Sweet rhymes have I

Rhymes, fine rhymes
Sweet rhymes have I
Sly rhymes, wry rhymes
Neat rhymes have I

To a world too prone to be prosaic
I bring my own panacea
An iota of iambic and a tittle of trochaic
Added to a small amount of onomatopoeia
Lays that sing with rhymes have I
Couplets that ring like chimes have I

Happy rhymes like "Money makes you sunny"
Spicy rhymes like "Virtue can hurt you"
Learned rhymes like "The camel's a mammal"
And others very various
On matters multifarious

Like "beard - sheared"
"Burnoose - loose!"
"Stairs - prayers!"
"Mosque - kiosk!"
"Minoret and parapet"
And many more that I'll beget betimes
Rhymes have I! Rhymes have I!

[THE POET & MARSINAH]
I have- (Rhymes, fine rhymes)

[MARSINAH]
True rhymes has he
Rhymes, bright rhymes
New rhymes has he
Thoughtful rhymes

[THE POET]
Like "Learning leads to earning"

[MARSINAH]
Truthful rhymes

[THE POET]
Like "Drinking stops your thinking"

[MARSINAH]
Healthful rhymes

[THE POET]
Like "Sinning is thining"

[THE POET & MARSINAH]
And others miscellaneous
On matters more extraneous

[MARSINAH]
Like "crutch-"

[THE POET]
"Clutch!"

[MARSINAH]
"Look-"

[THE POET]
"Hook!"

[MARSINAH]
"Vagrant-"

[THE POET]
"Fragrant!"

[MARSINAH]
"Dervish-"

[THE POET]
"Curvish!"

[MARSINAH]
"Horn-"

[THE POET]
"Warn!"

[MARSINAH]
"Caravan-"

[THE POET]
"Afghanistan!"

[MARSINAH]
"Dromedary-"

[THE POET]
"Very hairy!"

[MARSINAH]
"Very hairy?"

[THE POET]
"Very sorry!"

[THE POET & MARSINAH]
Songs of sense and pertinence
In reference to all events
And climes

[THE POET]
Rhymes have I

[MARSINAH]
Rhymes have I

[THE POET]
Rhymes has she

[MARSINAH]
Rhymes has he

[THE POET & MARSINAH]
Rhymes have we! Rhymes have we!
We have rhymes!