©1992 by Susan Noyes Anderson

A noisy noise annoys an oyster,
(a little known fact, yet true).
But a rackey racket attracts a raccoon;
does that make any sense to you?

If a whimpering whippoorwill warbles at dawn,
what must woodpecking woodpeckers do?
Why, just what they please with a rat-a-tat-tat
and a tippety-tappety, too!