I like the intent of this piece. It’s informal and fun. However, once I’ve worked out the meter of a piece, I get tripped up when the meter changes unexpectedly.
The first two verses are iambic trimeter and give the piece its bounciness. The first two lines of the third verse are tetrameter and the switch is really helped by the use of the repeated “I’ve got the”. The next line is the one I have trouble with. Depending on how I look at it, it either has 4 or 4 1/2 iambs, which makes it an uncomfortable fit. The first two lines set the expectation that stress should be placed on the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th syllables of the line, but that seems untrue here.
August 2nd