St Nicholas [serial] . WORLD ONWIRE. By E. L. Bynner. IMMY and Johnny and Susy Highflier, As fine a young trio as heart could desire,They flew round the world on a telegraph-wire:O Billibald—bunkum—bamboo !For they went out to playOn a sunshiny day,When jumpty-jump Jimmy, what does he doBut skip up a pole like a young kangaroo. Up a pole, a tall pole, clambered Jimmy Highflier,Till he got to the top and could clamber no higher,And found running through it a long slender wire:Cliticlack—clutterbuck—cray ! Then he cried out, How queer! Oh, just look a-here ! When, tugging and kicking and scrambl
St Nicholas [serial] . WORLD ONWIRE. By E. L. Bynner. IMMY and Johnny and Susy Highflier, As fine a young trio as heart could desire,They flew round the world on a telegraph-wire:O Billibald—bunkum—bamboo !For they went out to playOn a sunshiny day,When jumpty-jump Jimmy, what does he doBut skip up a pole like a young kangaroo. Up a pole, a tall pole, clambered Jimmy Highflier,Till he got to the top and could clamber no higher,And found running through it a long slender wire:Cliticlack—clutterbuck—cray ! Then he cried out, How queer! Oh, just look a-here ! When, tugging and kicking and scrambling away,Up went Johnny and Susy to see whats to pay. Whereupon—guddy zooks !—lo ! each infant HighflierWas seized and possessed with the reckless desireTo leave the stout pole and get out on the wire :Daffy—down—dilly—heigh—oh ! And at once, when they did it,Without quip or quiddit,Whizz ! br-r-r ! like an arrow shot off from a bow,Away like a flash these three infants did Hilly-ho, hilly-ho ! past wind, steam, and fire,Round the world, round the world on a telegraph-wire,Outstripping swift Thought or fleet-winged Desire:Hi—diddle—diddle—dum—dee ! Over country and town, Now up and now down ;Up high in the air and down under the sea,Huzzah ! hillv-ho ! what a ride this will be ! AROUND THE WORLD ON A TELEGRAPH-WIRE. 68 I Far down in the south, on their course wild and free,They see the broad Amazon roll to the sea,Where sport the iguana and -gay manatee:Whack—fol—dc—ruddy—heigh—oh !In that sunny climeWhere the orange and limeAnd banana and olive and cocoa-nut grow,And purple-tailed paroquets sit in a row.
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