When come back, bring Oldupai.
The technical term is “sight rhyme”, and it has been with us for ages. But I’m inclined to agree that allowing, say, glove and prove as a rhyming pair is something of a cop-out.
Even though the work of art now under consideration is classified as a Nursery Rhyme, I wonder if any rhyme scheme was intended at all. And if so, that scheme obviously is ABCDB, not ABCBD!
When did hogs start eating cattle, anyway?
Pull it over and pork it, all of you. It’s the wurst I’ve seen here.
Little piggies do squeal, especially if they are are at the opposite level of the stairs from their human. They also pee in litter boxes. And go for swims. http://www.cuteoverload.com/2009/02/kingsford-is-on.html
The pronounciation of words changes over the centuries. I’ve read that in Jack & Jill, the words “water” and “after” rhymed properly in the 17th century. Maybe the same thing applies here.
It gets wurst.
I glove and prove almost certainly rhymed at one point. If the poetry you this came from was older (or from a dialect that kept the old pronunciation) this isn’t lazy in the slightest but a perfectly normal rhyme.
Squee! I want a house pig! Other than my two-legged one.