There are lions and roaring tigers, and enormous camels and things,
There are biffalo-buffalo-bisons, and a great big bear with wings,
There’s a sort of a tiny potamus, and a tiny nosserus too—
But _I_ gave buns to the elephant when _I_ went down to the Zoo!
There are badgers and bidgers and bodgers, and a Super-intendent’s
House,
There are masses of goats, and a Polar, and different kinds of mouse,
And I think there’s a sort of a something which is called a wallaboo—
But _I_ gave buns to the elephant when _I_ went down to the Zoo!
If you try to talk to the bison, he never quite understands;
You can’t shake hands with a mingo—he doesn’t like shaking hands.
And lions and roaring tigers _hate_ saying, “How do you do?”—
But _I_ give buns to the elephant when _I_ go down to the Zoo!
[Illustration: Boy looking at bison]
[Illustration: Girl in high chair kicking off her shoe]