Johnny Crow's Garden

L. Leslie Brooke

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JOHNNY CROW'S GARDEN


A PICTURE BOOK


DRAWN BY


L. LESLIE BROOKE


First Edition, 1903



To the Memory of
my Father, who first told
me of Johnny Crow's
Garden; and to my Boys,
for whom I have set on
record these facts concerning
it.









JOHNNY CROW'S GARDEN.



Johnny Crow
Would dig and sow


Till he made a little Garden.


And the Lion


Had a green and yellow Tie on


In Johnny Crow's Garden.


And the Rat
Wore a Feather in his Hat


But the Bear
Had nothing to wear


In Johnny Crow's Garden.


So the Ape


Took his Measure with a Tape


In Johnny Crow's Garden.


Then the Crane


Was caught in the Rain


In Johnny Crow's Garden.


And the Beaver
Was afraid he had a Fever


But the Goat
Said:


“It's nothing but his Throat!”


In Johnny Crow's Garden.


And the Pig
Danced a Jig


In Johnny Crow's Garden.


Then the Stork
Gave a Philosophic Talk


Till the Hippopotami
Said: “Ask no further 'What am I?'“


While the Elephant
Said something quite irrelevant


And the Goose—
Well,


the Goose was a Goose


In Johnny Crow's Garden.


And the Mouse


Built himself a little House


Where the Cat


Sat down beside the Mat


In Johnny Crow's Garden.


And the Whale


Told a very long Tale


In Johnny Crow's Garden.


And the Owl
Was a funny old Fowl


And the Fox


Put them all in the Stocks


In Johnny Crow's Garden.


But Johnny Crow
He let them go


And they all sat down
to their dinner in a row


In Johnny Crow's Garden.





“GOOD-BYE!”