Billy Butterfly
liked a flutter,
a gambling butterfly was he;
Billy Butterfly
liked to flutter
to the bookies
at a quarter to three;
where he’d place a bet
on ‘Mother’s Pride’
or ‘Wingin’ It’
or the like;
and Billy Butterfly
often won
the attention of a cashier
named Brie.
Both being of a type,
they dated and flew,
as a pair of courting Flutterbys
are apt to do.
Billy gave up gambling,
and they both settled down,
spending their days
just skimming the hedgerows
on the outskirts of town.
