"There is a Newborn Pumpkin"
by Marie "Grandma" Corwin
There is a newborn pumpkin
Picked in time for Halloween
From a patch in Boston town.
She’s plump and round and clean.
A little Polish pumpkin
On cue for Halloween.
Her Italian name’s Giuseppa,
But in English, Josephine.
Her daddy calls her Josie,
And she’s still a little green.
She just came this October
In plenty time for Halloween.
She came a good deal early,
Not on twenty or thirteen.
She surprised us on the seventh,
Way ahead of Halloween!
She’s bigger than a mango,
An orange or tangerine,
Seven pounds and four ounces,
Exactly right for Halloween.
We think she’ll be a president,
Ambassador, or queen.
For real! Not just a costume
Worn one night for Halloween!
We thank God for our pumpkin,
So perfect and pristine.
Our cute Bostonian pumpkin,
She’ll be ripe by Halloween!
Picked in time for Halloween
From a patch in Boston town.
She’s plump and round and clean.
A little Polish pumpkin
On cue for Halloween.
Her Italian name’s Giuseppa,
But in English, Josephine.
Her daddy calls her Josie,
And she’s still a little green.
She just came this October
In plenty time for Halloween.
She came a good deal early,
Not on twenty or thirteen.
She surprised us on the seventh,
Way ahead of Halloween!
She’s bigger than a mango,
An orange or tangerine,
Seven pounds and four ounces,
Exactly right for Halloween.
We think she’ll be a president,
Ambassador, or queen.
For real! Not just a costume
Worn one night for Halloween!
We thank God for our pumpkin,
So perfect and pristine.
Our cute Bostonian pumpkin,
She’ll be ripe by Halloween!
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