Jelly Jake and Butter Bill
One dark night when all was still
Pattered down the long, dark stair,
And no one saw the guilty pair;
Pushed aside the pantry-door
And there found everything galore,\u2014
Honey, raisins, orange-peel,
Cold chicken aplenty for a meal,
Gingerbread enough to fill
Two such boys as Jake and Bill.
Well, they ate and ate and ate,
Gobbled at an awful rate
Till I\u2019m sure they soon weighed more
Than double what they did before.
And then, it\u2019s awful, still it\u2019s true,
The floor gave way and they went thru.
Filled so full they couldn\u2019t fight.
Slowly they sank out of sight.
Father, Mother, Cousin Ann,
Cook and nurse and furnace man
Fished in forty-dozen ways
After them, for twenty days;
But not a soul has chanced to get
A glimpse or glimmer of them yet.
And I\u2019m afraid we never will\u2014
Poor Jelly Jake and Butter Bill. <\/p>\n