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Below
are 69 variations OF the Month Poem
as of February 2008
Submitted by Leap Day babies, and
Annual Birthday babies.
If you
have a different version we hope you'll email it to
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Version 67
30
days hath September
April,
June, and November.
All the rest have 31,
save
February - the shortest one.
28 is all it stores,
till Leap
Year gives it one day more. |
Version 68
30 days hath
September,
April, June, and
November.
All the rest
have 31--
Just a minute,
we’re not done!
February’s the
shortest one.
With 28 most of
the time,
but in Leap Year
twenty-nine.
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Version 69
(very much like Version 48)
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and
November.
All the rest have thirty-one
Excepting February alone,
To which we twenty-eight
assign
‘til
Leap Year makes it
twenty-nine.
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Version 64
30 days has September
April, June and November
All the rest have 31
February has 28 alone
But in every Leap year
That come once in four
February has just 1 day MORE!
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Version 65
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
February has twenty-eight alone.
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting leap year, that’s the time
When February has twenty-nine |
Version 66
30 days has September...
April, June, and November...
All the rest have 31...
But...this year...2008...
we definitely all get the
cake, cuz...
February 29th is on the
make!
LEAP ON!!!!
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Version 61
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November.
All the rest have
thirty-one
save February, with 28 fine
'til Leap Year makes it 29!
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Version 62
30 days hath
September,
April, June, and
November.
28 days makes
February fine,
But in a Leap
Year it has 29.
All the rest
have 31,
and now the poem
has been done.
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Version 63
Thirty days hath
September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have 31
except February which hath 28
and sometimes 29 |
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Leap
back up! |
Version 5830
days hath September
April, June and November
February has 28 alone and
all the rest have 31
Leap year comes once in four
and February has 1 day MORE!
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April, June, and
November
All the rest have 31
Except for February,
the shortest one
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Version 60
30 days hath
September
April, June and November
all the rest have 31
save February with 28
but once in
four
has 1 day
more.
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Version 55
Thirty days has
September,
April, June and
November.
All the rest have
thirty-one,
But February has
twenty-eight,
And in a Leap Year,
That is when,
February has
twenty-nine.
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Version
56
Thirty Days Hath
September
April, June, and
November
All the rest have 31
Excepting February
28 is all it
stores
Till Leap Year give
it
one day
more
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Version 57
Thirty days hath
September
April, June, and November
All the rest have 31
Except February on 28 is done
Unless the Leap Year doth combine
And give to February 29 |
Version 52
Thirty days has
September,
April, June and
November.
After February’s
done,
The other months
have thirty one.
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Version 53
Thirty days has
September,
April, June, and
November;
All the rest have
thirty-one,
But February, which
is fun:
With twenty-eight,
it does just fine
'Til Leap Year makes
it twenty-nine!
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Version 54
Fourth, eleventh, ninth, and sixth,
Thirty days to each affix,
Every other thirty-one
Except the second month alone. |
Version 49
Thirty days hath
September,
April, June and
November,
All the rest
have 31 except
the second month
alone,
Which has 4 and
24
And Leap Year
makes it
one day more!
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Version 50
Thirty days hath
September
April, June and
November
All the rest have 31
Except for February
which has 28
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Version 51
30 days hath September,
April, June, and November,
All
the rest have 31,
Excepting February which alone,
has
28, and 1 day more,
in
which we add in "the year of four"... |
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Leap
back up! |
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Version 46
Thirty
days hath September,
April, June, and November,
All the rest I don't remember.
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Version 47Thirty days hath
September
April, June, and November
The 2nd month has 28 days of rhyme
'til Leap Year gives her 29.
All the rest get thirty-one
Repeat the mnemonic, as it is done.
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Version 48
30 days has September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have 31
except the second month alone,
To which we 28 assign,
'til Leap Year gives it 29. |
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Version 43
30
days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one
Except February -
That's the weird one.
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Version 44
Thirty days hath
September,
All the rest I can't remember.
The calendar hangs on the wall;
Why bother me with this at all? |
Version 45Thirty days hath
September,
April June and November.
All the rest have thirty-one
Excepting February alone,
Which has twenty-eight days clear,
But twenty-nine each Leap Year.
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Version 40
Thirty
days has September,
April, June and November,
All the rest have thirty one,
Excepting February, fun!
And that has twenty eight days clear,
And twenty nine in a Leap Year!
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Version 41
Thirty
days hath September,
April, June, and November.
All the rest have 31,
Though February's underdone
With 28--hold the line!--
Leap Day makes it 29. |
Version 42
Thirty
days has September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have 31
except February which has 4 and 24,
'til Leap Year gives it one day more. |
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Version 37
Thirty
days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one
Excepting February alone:
Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine,
Till Leap Year gives it twenty-nine. |
Version 38
Thirty
days hath September,
April, June, and November;
all the rest have thirty-one,
except for February alone.
February has twenty-eight days clear,
and twenty-nine in each Leap Year.
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Version 39
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest of thirty-one,
Excepting February alone,
Which has but twenty-eight days clear
And twenty-nine in each Leap Year. |
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Leap
back up! |
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Version 34
Thirty
days have September,
April, June, and November,
All the rest have thirty-one
Except short February
Which in line
Has twenty-eight,
Leap Year makes it twenty-nine.
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Version 35
30
days hath September,
April, June and November
(all the rest have 31 except February
which has 28 and 29 in a Leap Year). |
Version 36
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone,
And it has twenty-eight days time,
But in Leap Years,
February has twenty-nine. |
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Version 31
Thirty
days hath September
April, June, and November
Except the second month alone
Which has but twenty-eight, 'tis fine
'Til Leap Year makes it twenty-nine
All the rest have thirty-one
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Version 32
Thirty days hath September,
April, June and November;
all the rest have thirty one
except for February alone,
which has twenty eight each year,
twenty nine each Leap Year. |
Version 33
Thirty
days hath September,
April, June, and November;
February has twenty-eight alone,
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting Leap-Year, that's the time
When February's days are twenty-nine.
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Version 28
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one,
Excepting February alone,
Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine,
Till Leap Year gives it twenty-nine.
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Version 29
Thirty
days hath November,
April, June, and September,
February hath xxviii alone,
And all the rest have xxxi.
Richard Grafton:
Chronicles of England. (1590.) |
Version 30
Thirty
days hath September,
April, June and November;
All the rest have thirty-one
Save February, she alone
Hath eight days and a score
'Til Leap Year gives her one day more. |
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Version 25
30 days hath September
April, June, and November
All the rest have thirty-one
Save February
Which has 28 in fine
Till Leap Year gives it 29 |
Version 26
Thirty days
hath September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
with February's 28 to make it fun.
Leap Year happening once in four,
Gives February one day more.
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Version 27
Thirty
days has September
April, June, and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
Except February, which has
twenty-eight,
In a Leap Year, twenty-nine. |
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Leap
back up! |
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Version 22
Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November;
All the rest have thirty-one
Except February alone:
Which has twenty-eight 3 years in four,
Till Leap Year gives it just one more.
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Version 23Thirty days has September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
except that one contrary, February,
which has twenty-eight,
most of the time,
but in Leap Year twenty-nine.
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Version 24
Thirty days hath September,
April June and November.
When short February's done,
All the rest have thirty-one |
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Version 19
Thirty days has September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have 31
excepting February which alone has 28,
and one day more
we add to it each year in four.
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Version 20
Thirty Days hath September,
April, June and November
To all the rest we add 31,
Except the shortest month alone,
February, which has twenty-eight,
And twenty-nine in Leap Year |
Version 21
Thirty Days are in September,
April, June and also November
All the rest have thirty-one,
Except for February, which, when done,
Has twenty-eight that we assign
But Leap Year gives it twenty-nine |
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Version 16
30
days hath September
April, June & November
All the rest hath 31
Except February
Which alone has 28
And 1 day more
When Leap Year comes
One year in four.
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Version 17
Thirty
days have September,
April, June and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
Except February the only one
Which Leap Years change
each fourth time
From twenty-eight to twenty-nine.
Century 100s don’t always leap,
each 400
years that leap we keep.
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Version 18
Thirty days hath
September
April, June and November
All the rest have thirty-one
Save February, and it alone,
Has twenty-eight we do confine
Till Leap year gives it twenty nine. |
Version 13Thirty days hath
September
April June and November
All the rest have thirty-one
But Leap Year coming once in four
February then has one day more
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Version 14
30 days in November
with April, June
and September
of twenty-eight there is one
all the rest have
thirty-one |
Version 15
Fourth, eleventh, ninth, and sixth,
Thirty days to each affix,
Every other thirty-one
Except the second month alone. |
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Leap
back up! |
Version 1030 days hath September,
April, June, and November.
The rest have 31... no, wait!
February has only 28!
Except in Leap Year, that's the time,
When February's days are 29!
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Version 11
30 days (or not)
Thirty days has September
April June and November
All the rest have 31 save February
That's the real odd one |
Version 12
30 days hath September
April June and November
all the rest have 31
except for February which alone
has 28 and 1 day more, 1 year in 4 |
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Version 7
30 days hath September,
April, June and November;
all the rest have 31
excepting February alone,
which has 28 days clear
and 29 in each Leap Year.
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Version 8Thirty days has
September,
April, June, and
November.
Thirty-one days for all the rest,
except February has 28, which is less.
This happens three years in four
until a leap year gives it one day more.
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Version 9
30 days hath September,
April, June, and
November.
All the rest have 31,
excepting February,
that contrary son of a gun. |
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Version 4
Thirty days hath
Septober,
April, June, and no wonder
All the rest have thirty one
Except Gramma
And she has a little red wagon
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Version 5
Thirty day hath Septober
April, June, and Montana
All the rest have cold weather
Except in the summer
which ain't very often |
Version 6
Thirty days hath
Juvember,
Apples, Noon and No Wonder,
All the rest have Peanut Butter,
Except my Grandma
And she has a little red tricycle. |
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Version 1
30 days hath Septober
April June and no wonder
All the rest eat peanut butter
Except Grandma and
she rides a tricycle
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Version 2
Thirty days hath
Septober
April, June and Novober
All the rest have peanut butter
Except Grandma
and she rides a Harley Sportster |
Version 3
Thirty days hath
September,
April, June, and no wonder,
all the rest eat peanut butter
except for my Grandma...
she drives a Ford. |
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Twenty-eight days has
February
A very light load for one
month to carry
The other months have 2 and
3 more
Thirty and thirty-one being
their big score
In Leap Years the days
they do vary
Making 29 days in February
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Thank you! to all who have submitted to this list.
It wouldn't be here otherwise. |
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