THE SUGAR PLUM TREE

 

THE SUGAR PLUM TREE -A POEM

From Fifth Reader Rational Method Reading by Silver Burdett & Company By permission 

Have you ever heard of the Sugar-plum Tree? 
Tis a marvel of great renown! 

It blooms on the shore of Lollipop Sea, 

In the garden of Shut-Eye Town; 

The fruit it bears is so wondrously sweet 

(As those who have tested 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 will have 

hard time 

To capture the fruit; which I sing; 

The tree is so tall that no person could 

To the boughs where the sugar-plums swing!

 But up in that tree sits a chocolate cat, 

And a gingerbread dog prowls below; 

And this is the way you contrive to get at 

Those sugar plums tempting you so;  

There are marshmallows, gumdrops, and peppermint canes 

With stripings of scarlet and 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 I ll rock you away to that Sugar plum 

Tree In the garden of Shut Eye 

                          By     Town Eugene Field 

References:

1.ROCKY MOUNTAIN EDUCATOR 1907

2.The Dwarfs Tailor And Others Fairy Tales from all Nations Collected by Zoe Dana Underhill London Osgood McIlvaine & Co 45 Albemarle Street W 1897