No attribution?

Where us that from?

I remember somethin like dat. Dey even said it in Detroit.

A bit of online research reveals (not much):


Though often attributed to Ogden Nash or ee cummings (and popularized in the UK by Spike Milligan), the poem has roots that go back further in time to an anonymous author. There are many versions. Here’s one:

Spring is sprung, de grass is riz; I wonder where dem boidies is? Dey say dem boids is on the wing. But dat's absurd, de wing's on de boid! Or so I’ve hoid.

And there’s a less-known addendum:
Spring is what winta
Always gozinta.

I never heard that before.

Boids are Bums
Said Da Wums