I Dont Want to Go to Mexico — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

I don't want to go to Mexico
No more, more, more.
There's a big fat policeman
At my door, door, door.
He grabbed me by the collar,
He made me pay a dollar,
I don't want to go to Mexico
No more, more, more.

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Nursery rhymes are some of the best teachers of rhythm and rhyme. "I Dont Want to Go to Mexico" uses 8 lines to create a memorable verse — proof that effective poetry doesn't need to be long. Pay attention to the meter: the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is what makes the rhyme stick in your head.

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What are the words to I Dont Want to Go to Mexico?
The lyrics to I Dont Want to Go to Mexico are: I don't want to go to Mexico / No more, more, more. / There's a big fat policeman / At my door, door, door. / He grabbed me by the collar, / He made me pay a dollar, ... Read the full 8-line nursery rhyme at Rhyme Buster.
How many lines does I Dont Want to Go to Mexico have?
"I Dont Want to Go to Mexico" has 8 lines of verse.

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