Wobbly Tooth
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
it’s hanging by a thread!
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth,
my tongue is slicked with red!*
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
just pull it quickly out!
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth,
but no! I’d scream and shout!
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
an apple’s worth a try.
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth.
I’m scared. I can’t! I’ll cry.
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
here, try a little drink.
Whoops! I had a wobbly tooth ...
I’ve swallowed it, I think!
it’s hanging by a thread!
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth,
my tongue is slicked with red!*
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
just pull it quickly out!
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth,
but no! I’d scream and shout!
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
an apple’s worth a try.
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth.
I’m scared. I can’t! I’ll cry.
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
here, try a little drink.
Whoops! I had a wobbly tooth ...
I’ve swallowed it, I think!
*If you stick your tonue out and point to it as you say this it will sound more like:
My thtongue ith thlicked with-red.
This poem is copyright (©) Jacqueline Shirtliff 2023
About the Writer
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Jacqueline is a primary school teacher on the Isle of Man. She is passionate about instilling a love of poetry and reading in the children she teaches and encouraging them to be writers themselves. She lives with her husband and youngest son in a rose-covered cottage near the sea, and when she's not teaching or writing she enjoys gardening, crochet and playing the tuba and harp, but not all at the same time!
