Jack Sprat would eat no fat,
His wife would eat no lean.
Jack turned into a grumpy old man.
His wife was a sex machine!
The state they lived in banned abortion,
And then contraception, too.
Kids kept coming, one after another,
Considerably more than a few!
The situation was soon out of control!
They didn't know what to do.
They had to move out of their tiny house,
And into a condo-shoe.
The kids ran wild, with shouting and fights.
A few of the boys snuck out at night.
Poor old Jack was soon exhausted.
His wife was a pitiful sight.
One day she said, "I need a vacation!"
"My God - I need one, too!"
Jack packed a bag, and the very next day,
Hopped in his truck, and went away.
As you might suspect, Jack and the wife,
Are no longer hubby and spouse.
He got to keep the pick-up truck.
She got the new shoe-house.
So now ends the story of Jack and the wife
- a pitiful tale of domestic strife.
But now that this grim story is through,
It becomes the tale of the
Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe.