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JOSIE'S POEMS

Funny Poems
For Children to Perform


By Josie Whitehead

Image by Todd Trapani

ALL CHANGE

By Josie Whitehead

All Change

We went to visit Aunty
      Who lives in Timbuktu
But we took the train to Dover –
     Oh now what must we do?

So we made a big decision -
      Perhaps you’ll find it strange –
And decided that the thing to do
       Was everyone:

 

                  ‘ALL CHANGE!’

We went to visit Grandma
     Who lived beside the sea,
But we took the train to London
      And my brother said to me:

'We must hire a witch’s broomstick,' –
      Perhaps you’ll find it strange –
So we left the train at London 
      When Frankie said:

 

                 ‘ALL CHANGE!’

We went to visit your school 
      But got on the wrong bus.
The driver said: ‘My goodness!
      You’re making such a fuss.’

Oh, we’ve missed our school appointment,
      So a new day we’ll arrange.
So your teacher’s made another date 
       And clearly wrote:

 

                ‘ALL CHANGE!’

 

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