Cry-baby.

This is an excerpt from Gardner' s 1969 book Never Make Fun Of A Turtle, My Son (Simon and Schuster, illustrated by John Alcorn).

Cry-baby

   A cry-baby whimpers wherever she goes.
   She cries if a pussycat steps on her toes,
   Or a ladybug lights on the end of her nose.
      Boohoo! Boohoo! Boohoo!

   A cry-baby weeps if she can't have her way.
   She screams and she yells for the rest of the day.
   She'd much rather whine than dine or play.
      Boohoo! Boohoo! Boohoo!

   A cry-baby sobs if her mother says "No--
   You cannot stay up for a late TV show.
   It's past nine o'clock--to bed you must go."
      Boohoo! Boohoo! Boohoo!

   The least little thing makes a cry-baby bawl,
   Like bumping her knee on a chair in the hail.
   Indeed, she will wail over nothing at all.
      Boohoo! Boohoo! Boohoo!

MARTIN GARDNER

Norman, Oklahoma