King Kokem — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

King Kokem lay snoozing upon his brass bed?
Oh, play an old tune on your fiddle!
With shoes on his feet, and a crown on his head?
Oh, tune up your rusty old fiddle!
He dreamed of a land where the lions were tame,
Where they fried their lamb-chops on a griddle,
Where they called all the parrots and monkeys by name?
Oh, play us a tune on your fiddle!
[67]He dreamed of a sea filled with raspberry pop,
With a cocoanut isle in the middle,
Where the stones and the boulders had icing on top?
Go strike up a tune on your fiddle!
He dreamed of a sky where the moonbeams all danced
While a comet was telling a riddle,
Where the stars and the planets and sun-dogs all pranced
While the moon played his fiddle de diddle.

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What are the words to King Kokem?
The lyrics to King Kokem are: King Kokem lay snoozing upon his brass bed? / Oh, play an old tune on your fiddle! / With shoes on his feet, and a crown on his head? / Oh, tune up your rusty old fiddle! / He dreamed of a land where the lions were tame, / Where they fried their lamb-chops on a griddle, ... Read the full 16-line nursery rhyme at Rhyme Buster.
How many lines does King Kokem have?
"King Kokem" has 16 lines of verse.

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