Have you ever heard of the Sugar-Plum Tree? <br />'T is a marvel of great renown! <br />It blooms on the shore of the Lollipop sea <br />In the garden of Shut-Eye Town; <br />The fruit that it bears is so wondrously sweet <br />(As those who have tasted it say) <br />That good little children have only to eat <br />Of that fruit to be happy next day. <br />When you 've got to the tree, you would have a hard time <br />To capture the fruit which I sing; <br />The tree is so tall that no person could climb <br />To the boughs where the sugar-plums swing! <br />But up in that tree sits a chocolate cat, <br />And a gingerbread dog prowls below--- <br />And this is the way you contrive to get at <br />Those sugar-plums tempting you so: <br />You say but the word to that gingerbread dog <br />And he barks with such terrible zest <br />That the chocolate cat is at once all agog, <br />As her swelling proportions attest. <br />And the chocolate cat goes cavorting around <br />From this leafy limb unto that, <br />And the sugar-plums tumble, of course, to the ground--- <br />Hurrah for that chocolate cat! <br />There are marshmallows, gumdrops, and peppermint canes, <br />With stripings of scarlet or gold, <br />And you carry away of the treasure that rains <br />As much as your apron can hold! <br />So come, little child, cuddle closer to me <br />In your dainty white nightcap and gown, <br />And I 'll rock you away to that Sugar-Plum Tree <br />In the garden of Shut-Eye Town.<br /><br />Eugene Field<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-sugar-plum-tree/
