This is the tale of Mister Morton   Mister Morton is who?   He is the subject of our tale   And the predicate tells what Mister   Morton must do      Mister Morton walked down the street   Mister Morton walked   Mister Morton talked to his cat   Mister Morton talked   (Hello, cat, you look good)   Mister Morton was lonely   Mister Morton was      Mister Morton is the subject of the sentence   And what the predicate says, he does      Mister Morton knew just one girl   Mister Morton knew   Mister Morton grew flowers for Pearl   Mister Morton grew   Mister Morton was very shy   Mister Morton was      Mister Morton is the subject of the sentence   And what the predicate says, he does      The subject is a noun   That's a person, place or thing   It's who or what the sentence is about   And the predicate is the verb   That's the action word   That gets the subject up and out      Mister Morton wrote Pearl a poem   Mister Morton wrote   Pearl replied in the afternoon   Pearl replied by a note   Mister Morton was very nervous   Mister Morton was      Mister Morton is the subject of the sentence   And what the predicate says, he does      The cat stretched   The sun beat down   A neighbor chased his kid   (Come here, kid - come on!)   Each sentence is completed when   You know what the subject did      Mister Morton knocked on her door   Mister Morton knocked   Mister Morton sat on her porch   Yes, he just sat there and rocked   Mister Morton was a nervous man   When she opened up the door he ran      Mister Morton climbed up his stairs   Mister Morton climbed   Mister Morton rhymed pretty words   Mister Morton rhymed   Mister Morton was lonely   Mister Morton was   Until Pearl showed up with a single rose   Who says women can't propose?   Now Mister Morton is happy   And Pearl and the cat are too      They're the subjects of the sentence   And what the predicate says, they do