THE DUCK AND THE KANGAROO.
I.
Said the Duck to the Kangaroo,"Good gracious! how you hopOver the fields, and the water too,As if you never would stop!My life is a bore in this nasty pond;And I long to go out in the world beyond:I wish I could hop like you,"Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
II.
"Please give me a ride on your back,"Said the Duck to the Kangaroo:"I would sit quite still, and say nothing but 'Quack'The whole of the long day through;And we 'd go the Dee, and the Jelly Bo Lee,Over the land, and over the sea:Please take me a ride! oh, do!"Said the Duck to the Kangaroo.
III.
Said the Kangaroo to the Duck,"This requires some little reflection.Perhaps, on the whole, it might bring me luck;And there seems but one objection;Which is, if you'll let me speak so bold,Your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold,And would probably give me the roo-Matiz," said the Kangaroo.
IV.
Said the Duck, "As I sate on the rocks,I have thought over that completely;And I bought four pairs of worsted socks,Which fit my web-feet neatly;And, to keep out the cold, I've bought a cloak;And every day a cigar I'll smoke;All to follow my own dear true Love of a Kangaroo."
V.
Said the Kangaroo, "I'm ready,All in the moonlight pale;But to balance me well, dear Duck, sit steady,And quite at the end of my tail."
So away they went with a hop and a bound;And they hopped the whole world three times round.And who so happy, oh! who,As the Duck and the Kangaroo?