Spring is (has) sprung

Subject: RE: Spring is (has) sprung
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 22 Apr 09 - 05:01 PM

The second verse I'm trying to recall starts (IIRC):

Spring has gone,
The grass is dead,
I wonder where dem birds is fled ...

Subject: RE: Spring is (has) sprung
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 22 Apr 09 - 04:51 PM

The Spring has sprung,
The grass has riz,
I sometimes wonder,
What I iz.
I wish I was,
A little frog.
No taller than,
The grass.
I'd climb up all,
The big oak trees.
And slide down on
My.........
Hands....
and....
Knees.

Yes it does rhyme!!!!!

Subject: RE: Spring is (has) sprung
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 22 Apr 09 - 04:35 PM

I grew up with:

Spring has sprung,
The grass is riz.
I wonder where
The flowers is?

From my Dad -- circa early 1950s.

Linn

Subject: RE: Spring is (has) sprung
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 21 Apr 09 - 09:45 PM

It is not one of Piet Hein's Gruks (Grooks).
But I would like to see a translation into Danish.

Subject: RE: Spring is (has) sprung
From: Joe_F
Date: 21 Apr 09 - 08:40 PM

No, it's a good deal older than Piet Hein. I suspect it's anon.

Spring is coming.
He is?
Not "He is", "It is".
It is what?
It is coming.
What is coming?
Spring is coming.
He is?

And bloody well about time, if you ask me.

Subject: RE: Spring is (has) sprung
From: Diva
Date: 21 Apr 09 - 06:16 PM

spring is sprung
the grass is riz
I wonder where my thermals is?

Subject: RE: Spring is (has) sprung
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 21 Apr 09 - 06:15 PM

Spring has sprung,
Fall has fell.
This summer
Will be hotter
Than last summer.


The lovely lass
Strolled through the Grass
That came up to her knees.
When the Grass grows higher,
This poem will rhyme.


Thank you, thank you very much.

Subject: RE: Spring is (has) sprung
From: Moses
Date: 21 Apr 09 - 05:35 PM

I can't remember the rest but it's said to be by Piet Hein (not sure of the spelling). The old memory is not what it was, but I think it was published in 'Motes & Beams' which I have been told is long out of print.

He also wrote:-

If, of thy worldly goods thou art bereft
and of thy slender store, two loaves alone to thee are left
sell one
and with the dole
buy hyacinths to feed thy soul

Subject: Spring is (has) sprung
From: Nigel Parsons
Date: 21 Apr 09 - 01:56 PM

Spring is sprung,
De grass is riz.
I wonder where dem birdies is.
Them little birds is on the wing.
Now ain't that just absurd.
I always thought the wings
was on the bird!

I'm sure there was a second verse, but I can't find it!!

HELP!!!