A Book for Kids
UPON THE ROAD TO ROCKABOUT
Upon the road to Rockabout
I came upon some sheep -
A large and woolly flock about
As wide as it was deep.

I was about to turn about To ask the man to tell Some things I wished to learn about Both sheep and wool as well,
When I beheld a rouseabout Who lay upon his back Beside a little house about A furlong from the track.
I had a lot to talk about, And said to him "Good day." But he got up to walk about, And so I went away -

Copyright © Perry Middlemiss 2002