Number one Joy Street

POEMS By B. K. PYKE

Reading edition

THE DREAM

All up the mountains,

All down the vale

Ran Pretty Polly,

Chased by a snail.

Down where the streamlet

Flowed to the sea

Ran Pretty Polly

Fast as could be.

Then our poor Polly,

Turning her head,

Found she had fallen

Out of her bed.

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Illustration from Number one Joy Street: a medley of prose & verse for boys and girls

Alec Buckels “Chased by a snail.”

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Black and white illustration of a young boy sitting on the grass in a garden with a house in the background.

Alec Buckels

FRIENDLESS

I want a wiry pony

With a wild dark mane,

Who’d gallop me

To Anglesea

An’ then come home again.

I want a yellow doggie

With a wet black nose,

Who’d bathe with me

At Anglesea

An’ lick my little toes.

B. K. Pyke.

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Black and white illustration of a boy crying in front of "The Fox Inn," while a girl watches from behind a building corner.

Alec Buckels

JOHNNY MUNNS

Hark to the wailing!

’Tis poor Johnny Munns

Calling for apples

And sugary buns.

B. K. Pyke.

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This black and white illustration depicts a group of people sitting at a table for tea, with a young boy standing in the foreground.

Alec Buckels

RESPECTABLE PEOPLE

It’s very nice to eat your tea,

As Mother does, in company.

But oh, I think it better far

To grab for jam straight from the jar.

And if they send me up to bed

At least I go there feeling fed.

B. K. Pyke.

A colorful scene features a person in green holding a barrel, while another person in red stands in the distance with a sword.

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A black and white illustration shows two people sitting on a beach while another person sits nearby, pointing out toward the sea.

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