Years ago, we learnt a poem in school, I have been searching for it on the net since some of my sleeping brain cells woke up and the little voice in my head recited the some lines of this very unusual poem. I then decided to pass it on as my creation....However, I am curious to know the full poem..the poem goes something like this...
okie pokie crack me crown
king of island gulp em down...
(following is my creation)
one shoe black and other shoe brown
king of island gulp em down
If he can't swim he will drown
king of island gulp em down..
if anyone one decides to feel good about his/her own writing and hence reads the blog, you r welcom to add to this poem or post the original one....cheers...
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i remember 4 lines of the original poem....
Okie pokie crack me crown
King of the island of gulp 'em down
was thought the finest young fellow in town
when dressed in his best for a party
Oka poka chinga ma ling
eighteenth wife of this mighty king
loved her lord above everything and dressed him up for the party.
.... i wish i could find the whole poem.
next verse is:
satins and silks the queen did lack
but she'd some red paint that looked well on black
so she painted her lord and master's back
before he went out to the party
i think there's one more that describes the painting - something about ships and sails and dragons and tails but i can't recall it. sorry! it's only been fifty years since i memorized it. :)
Guys, I managed to remember a part of the last stanza
Okee Polee crack me crown
King of the island of Gulp 'em Down
Was thought the finest young fellow in town
When he dressed in his best for the party.
Okaa Pokaa Ching Ma Ring
Eighteenth wife of the mighty king
Loved her Lord above everything
And dressed him up for the party.
Satins and silks the queen did lack
But she'd some red paint, that looked well on black
So she painted her Lord and Master's back?
Before he went to the party
....and ships with sails
And flying dragons with curly tails
And so dressed Okee Pokee, without a coat or a vest
But yet, in his best for the party.
hi... when i was a kid my mom used to recite this poem to me n i loved it. Now that i m a mom i would loved to do the same for my kid... however i can't seem to recollect the whole poem.
Few missing words have been added friends :)
Okee Polee crack me crown
King of the island of Gulp 'em Down
Was thought the finest young fellow in town
When he dressed in his best for the party.
Okaa Pokaa Ching Ma Ring
Eighteenth wife of the mighty king
Loved her Lord above everything
And dressed him up for the party.
Satins and silks the queen did lack
But she'd some red paint, that looked well on black
So she painted her Lord and Master's back?
Before he went to the party
Crowns and stars and ships with sails
And flying dragons with curly tails
And so dressed Okee Pokee, without a coat or a vest
But yet, in his best for the party.
thanks for the poem.. i was searching it for my son, glad to see someone remembers it
Does anyone remember the poet's name?
crowns & stars & ships with sails,
flying dragons with curly tails,
"thats the dress" said the queen
that never fails to ---- all folks at the party..
I'm 50 now and someone said it in the school elocution about 35 years ago. It was called 'The Cannibals' Party' and I would try to remember it, so my son, himself 18 now, sent me this link! Wow, bless you all! The lines i remembered have been written, "Oka Poka Chinga ma Ling...."
Crowns and stars and ships with sails
And flying dragons with curly tails
That's a dress, said the Queen that never fails to charm folks at a party
So, painted up till he looked his best
With pipe in mouth and feather in crest
Okee-Pokee marched out without a coat or vest
Yet in full dress to the party
Hi Shilpa,
So amazed to see this post.
Today I was telling my daughter that we had a poem with funny character names. I remembered okee Pokke and Oka poka Chinga ma ring, the 18 th queen... and nothing more.
I casually put a google query and so astonished to find this blogpost that gave me the full lyrics, that too from a Shilpa from Pune.
Thanks and Cheers,
-Shilpa M, Pune
So glad I found this. I was just muttering this poem and couldn't remember past the first 2 lines. Thanks. Will forward to my grand daughter. BTW I'm 65.
Elvira Fernandes, Mumbai
Okee Pokee
Okee-Pokee-Crack-me-Crown,
King of the Island of Gulp-em-Down
Was thought the finest young fellow in town
When he dressed in his best for the party.
Okaa-Pokaa-Ching-Ma-Ring
Eighteenth wife of the mighty king
Loved her lord above everything
And dressed him up for the party.
Satins and silks the Queen did lack,
But she'd some red paint that looked well on black,
So she painted her lord and master's back
Before he went out to the party.
Crowns and stars, and ships with sails,
And flying dragons with curly tails--
"That's a dress," said the Queen, "that never fails
To charm all folks at a party."
So, painted up till he looked his best,
With pipe in mouth and feather in crest,
Okee-Pokee marched out without a coat or vest,
But yet in full dress, to the party.
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