Barry Louis Polisar - The Warning lyrics

Ogden warned against the panther, Hillaire and even Uncle Shel, Cautioned, warned and sometimes bantered, And to children, tried to tell Of the many mortal dangers In talking to unusual strangers. And I, like them, a poet who In that grand and fine traditon Feels obliged to warn you, too With these words of admonition: If you meet a Three-Slinged-Flotchet, If I were you, I'd watch it