The poem consists of four-line sung verses separated by some spoken words.
The verses are sung to the tune of the French-Canadian children's song "Alouette" (1879), which is melodically similar to "Down by the Station" (1948) and the "Itsy Bitsy Spider".
[1] The person performing the song usually includes hand gestures, e.g. for "scooping" and "bopping".
Beverly Cleary's 1970 children's book Runaway Ralph mentions "Little Rabbit Fru-Fru" as a song heard at summer camp, and a 1970 issue of The New Yorker acknowledges "Little Bunny Phoo Phoo, a character in a children's story.
(Spoken) "I'll give you three chances, And if you don't behave, I'm gonna turn you into a goon!"