I had a penny, <br />A bright new penny, <br />I took my penny <br />To the market square. <br />I wanted a rabbit, <br />A little brown rabbit, <br />And I looked for a rabbit <br />'Most everywhere. <br /> <br />For I went to the stall where they sold sweet lavender <br />("Only a penny for a bunch of lavender!"). <br />"Have you got a rabbit, 'cos I don't want lavender?" <br />But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere there. <br /> <br />I had a penny, <br />And I had another penny, <br />I took my pennies <br />To the market square. <br />I did want a rabbit, <br />A little baby rabbit, <br />And I looked for rabbits <br />'Most everywhere. <br /> <br />And I went to the stall where they sold fresh mackerel <br />("Now then! Tuppence for a fresh-caught mackerel!"). <br />"Have you got a rabbit, 'cos I don't like mackerel?" <br />But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere there. <br /> <br />I found a sixpence, <br />A little white sixpence. <br />I took it in my hand <br />To the market square. <br />I was buying my rabbit <br />I do like rabbits), <br />And I looked for my rabbit <br />'Most everywhere. <br /> <br />So I went to the stall where they sold fine saucepans <br />("Walk up, walk up, sixpence for a saucepan!"). <br />"Could I have a rabbit, 'cos we've got two saucepans?" <br />But they hadn't got a rabbit, not anywhere there. <br /> <br />I had nuffin', <br />No, I hadn't got nuffin', <br />So I didn't go down <br />To the market square; <br />But I walked on the common, <br />The old-gold common... <br />And I saw little rabbits <br />'Most everywhere! <br /> <br />So I'm sorry for the people who sell fine saucepans, <br />I'm sorry for the people who sell fresh mackerel, <br />I'm sorry for the people who sell sweet lavender, <br />'Cos they haven't got a rabbit, not anywhere there!<br /><br />Alan Alexander Milne<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/market-square/
