Activity 5b- Poetry Puzzle

Activity 5b- Poetry Puzzle

1. An Old Lady of Brooking

- She could bake sixty pies

- Without even going or looking

- There was an old lady of Brooking

- All quite the same size

- Who had a great genius for cooking;

An Old Lady of Brooking

There was an old lady of Brooking,

Who had a great genius for cooking;

She could bake sixty pies,

All quite the same size,

Without even going or looking.

2. The Railway Official

- It cut him-it cut him in two!

- Though he smiled and bowed

- A railway official of Skewe

- That engine was proud

- Met an engine one day that he knew

The Railway Official

A railway official of Skewe,

Met an engine one day that he knew,

Though he smiled and bowed,

That engine was proud,

It cut him-it cut him in two!

3. A Young Lad of St Just
- Who ate apple pie till he bust;

- What finished him off was the crust

- It wasn't the fru-it

- That caused him to do it

- There was a young lad of St Just

A Young Lad of St Just

There was a young lad of St Just,

Who ate apple pie till he bust,

It wasn't the fru-it,

That caused him to do it,

What finished him off was the crust.