Mary Pickford from the Movie 

Poor Little Rich Girl © Imbd.com

Poor Little Rich Girl

Refrain

Poor little rich girl,

Way down in New Orleans,

your daddy ran whore houses,

and other nefarious things.

So you ran off to Africa,

to save cheetahs and other big cats,

you met the great White Hunter,

and that was the end of that.

Traveled off to India,

to learn a guru's ways,

ate from the sacred cow,

ending your search's days.

(Refrain)

Arrived in Guatemala,

to save a Mayan child.

Discovered that it was a mummy,

the jungle, still too wild.

Off you sailed to the Arctic,

to save the humpback whale.

Encountered a polar bear hungry,

barely lived to tell the tale.

(Refrain)

For all your dreams and schemes,

little rich girl from New Orleans,

eyes were bigger than your stomach,

when you chased your dreams.

Ended up in an estate in Tuscany,

living off the grapes at hand,

never to roam in search of love,

across the world's vast land.

(Refrain)

Copyright © Ronald W. Hull

5/23/19

You can read this poem at my website here.