Tick, Tock

Tick, tock! Tick, tock!
Forty ’leven by the clock.
Tick, tock! Tick, tock!

Put your ear to Grandpa’s ticker,
Like a pancake, only thicker.
Tick, tock! Tick, tock!

Catch a squirrel in half a minute,
Grab a sack and stick him in it.
Tick, tock! Tick, tock!

Mister Bunny feeds on honey,
Tea, and taters—ain’t it funny?
Tick, tock! Tick, tock!

When he goes to bed at night,
Shoves his slippers out of sight;
That is why Old Fox, the sinner,
Had to go without his dinner.

Tick, tock! Tick, tock!
So says Grandpa’s clock.

Leroy F. Jackson