SUGAR PLUM TREE

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 21, 16 April 1927, Page 23 (Supplement)

SUGAR PLUM TREE

nave VO * e ver heard °f the Sugarplum Tree f >Ti3 a marvel of great renown ! It blooms on the shore of the Lollipop sea In the garden of Shut-Eye Town; The fruit that it bears is so won--1 drously sweet those who have tasted it say ) That good little children have only to eat Of that fruit to be happy next day.

When you've got to the tree , you would have a hard time To capture the fruit which I sing; The tree is so tall that no person could climb To the boughs where the sugarplums swing! up that tree sits a chocolate cat , ind a gingerbread dog prowls below, ±nd this is the way you contrive to get at Those sugar-plums tempting you so.

You say *> ut the tcor(i to that gingerbread dog And he barks with such terrible ;zest That the chocolate cat is at once all agog, her swelling proportions attest. And the chocolate cat goes cavorting around From this leafy limb unto that , And the sugar-plums tumble, o] course , to the ground , Hurrah for that chocolate cat!

There are marshmallows, gumdrops, and peppermint cans With striping s of scarlet or gold, And you carry away of the treasure that rains As much as your apron can hold! So come, little child, cuddle closer to me In your dainty white nightcap and gown , And Til rock you away to that SugarPlum Tree In the garden of Shut-Eye Town.