There's many pairs I've fathomed A poets stock and trade A thousand couples counted And a hundred poems made But I'm awash with bafflement A word eludes my wits My sleep is interrupted And it's getting on ****
Nothing rhymes with 'women' I've run fresh out of words I'm sick and tired of 'wenches' And bored to death with 'birds' It's hard to write a love song To 'crumpet' or to 'totty' Yes, nothing rhymes with women Those women drive me *****
There's loads of rhymes for 'menfolk' And equally for 'men' βAggressive' goes with 'Passive' And 'Possessive' now and then My brain is drained and knackered And almost rhymes with 'lead' I'd like to rhyme with someone else And leave them in my stead
For nothing rhymes with women And I loath abbreviation There'll surely be no rimmin' Or unsightly punctuation The odds are stacked against me So, exhausted, I persist To find a rhyme for women A word to coexist