Walt Kelly


Deck Us All With Boston Charlie

Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower, alleygaroo!

Don't we know archaic barrel,
Lullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou.
Trolley Molly don't love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!

He:    Let's end it all, bequeathin' our brains to science.
She:    What?!? Science got enough trouble with their own brains.

[From "The Pogo Party"] If you want to get elected president, you've got to think up some memorable homily so school kinds can be pestered into memorizing it, even if they don't know what it means.

     Many years ago in a period commonly known as Next Friday Afternoon, there lived a King who was very Gloomy on Tuesday mornings because he was so sad thinking about how unhappy he had been on Monday and how completely mournful he would be on Wednesday...

     Now is the time for all good men to come to.

[From "The Pogo Party"] We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

     We have met the enemy, and he is us.