THE HOUSE THAT CRACK BUILT by Felix Dennis

The House That Crack Built

By Felix Dennis

This is the pipe

That lay in the house that crack built.

This is the puff,

That filled the pipe

That lay in the house that crack built.

This is the stuff,

That would not puff,

That filled the pipe

That lay in the house that crack built.

This is the sod,

That sold the stuff,

That would not puff,

That filled the pipe

That lay in the house that crack built.

This is the gun with the barrel sawn,

That shot the sod,

That sold the stuff,

That would not puff,

That filled the pipe

That lay in the house that crack built.

This is the room with the curtains drawn

That hid the gun with the barrel sawn,

That shot the sod,

That sold the stuff,

That would not puff,

That filled the pipe

That lay in the house that crack built.

This is the man who slept at dawn,

That lived in the room with the curtains drawn,

That sold the gun with the barrel sawn,

That shot the sod,

That sold the stuff,

That would not puff,

That filled the pipe

That lay in the house that crack built.

This is the frock all tattered and torn,

That kept the man who slept at dawn,

That lived in the room with the curtains drawn,

That sold the gun with the barrel sawn,

That shot the sod,

That sold the stuff,

That would not puff,

That filled the pipe

That lay in the house that crack built.

This is the maiden all forlorn,

That wore the frock all tattered and torn,

That kept the man who slept at dawn,

That lived in the room with the curtains drawn,

That sold the gun with the barrel sawn,

That shot the sod,

That sold the stuff,

That would not puff,

That filled the pipe

That lay in the house that crack built.

This is the babe that never was born,

That died in the womb of a maid forlorn,

That wore the frock all tattered and torn,

That kept the man who slept at dawn,

That lived in the room with the curtains drawn,

That sold the gun with the barrel sawn,

That shot the sod,

That sold the stuff,

That would not puff,

That filled the pipe

That lay in the house that crack built.