Volume 13 — HURLY-BURLY.
Reading edition
(A Nonsense Rhyme.)
By Emma Mortimer White.
When the Mother Goose cow jumped over the moon, And the little dog laughed to see, The horse hurrahed and tossed up his hat, And "whistled an air, did he." The camel danced the Highland fling, And the elephant put on skates, While the cat went into the butcher trade And charged the highest rates. The mackerel rode a circus colt; The whale leaped over the trees; While the catfish rode on a bicycle, That ran itself with ease. The tiger went to bed in his boots; The lion shot at a mark; The eagle banged his hair in front, And offered himself to a park. The horned owl laughed till he almost cried, Then cried till his eyes were dim; But the wisest of all was a wise old hen Who taught herself to swim.
