Gingerbread Lands.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 168, 16 July 1892, Page 3 (Supplement)

Gingerbread Lands.

Five little boys oh five big steeds,

J met in the lane one day; The little boys did nothing but laugh, The horses nothing but heigh.;;

*Where areyou going, my noble men,, y Riding so swift away?" . - "We are going to find the Gingerbread land —Over the hills,'' said they.

Their cheeks were as round as an applfl , sWeet.V"'.'y";. .•' Their eyes were as bright as the day. And the rosy tint of their faces fair Was fresh as the pink tipped Mayl

Five little boys on five big steeds Came back the very same way; The little boys did nothing but weep. The steeds had forgotten to neigh.

And I thought I heard on the rustling air, The words of a mournful lay; "We have found, alasl the Gingerbread land, But we'll ne'er go again for aye!"

Five pair of eyes with a mournful gaze. Five faces that ohqe were gay; Now thin and pale as a shadow dim And sad as the midnight gray.

The five small boys and the five big steeds I have met no mgre to this day, f But I alwaya thin Eof the Gingerbread land Whenever I pass that way.