The Baker / C.J. Dennis

The Baker  (1915)  by C.J. Dennis

from A Book for Kids, 1915

The Baker

"The Baker" from A Book for Kids, 1915. Courtesy Project Gutenberg.

I'd like to be a baker, and come when morning breaks,
Calling out, "Beeay-ko!" (that's the sound he makes) —
Riding in a rattle-cart that jogs and jolts and shakes,
Selling all the sweetest things a baker ever bakes;
Currant-buns and brandy-snaps, pastry all in flakes;
   But I wouldn't be a baker if . . .
      I couldn't eat the cakes.
         Would you?

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This poem is in the public domain