Mad Gardener's Song
Mad Gardener's Song, The by Lewis Carroll
He thought he saw an
Elephant, That practised on a fife: He looked again, and found it was A letter
from his wife. 'At length I realise,' he said, The bitterness of Life!' He
thought he saw a Buffalo Upon the chimney-piece: He looked again, and found it
was His Sister's Husband's Niece. 'Unless you leave this house,' he said, "I'll
send for the Police!' He thought he saw a Rattlesnake That questioned him in
Greek: He looked again, and found it was The Middle of Next Week. 'The one thing
I regret,' he said, 'Is that it cannot speak!' He thought he saw a Banker's
Clerk Descending from the bus: He looked again, and found it was A Hippopotamus.
'If this should stay to dine,' he said, 'There won't be much for us!' He thought
he saw a Kangaroo That worked a coffee-mill: He looked again, and found it was A
Vegetable-Pill. 'Were I to swallow this,' he said, 'I should be very ill!' He
thought he saw a Coach-and-Four That stood beside his bed: He looked again, and
found it was A Bear without a Head. 'Poor thing,' he said, 'poor silly thing!
It's waiting to be fed!' He thought he saw an Albatross That fluttered round the
lamp: He looked again, and found it was A Penny-Postage Stamp. 'You'd best be
getting home,' he said: 'The nights are very damp!' He thought he saw a
Garden-Door That opened with a key: He looked again, and found it was A Double
Rule of Three: 'And all its mystery,' he said, 'Is clear as day to me!' He
thought he saw a Argument That proved he was the Pope: He looked again, and
found it was A Bar of Mottled Soap. 'A fact so dread,' he faintly said,
'Extinguishes all hope!'
