A kangaroo came hopping by,
A heading for the zoo.
I said, “Let me get my pogo stick;
I’ll hop along with you.”

A kangaroo came hopping by,
Singing an Outback song.
I said, “Let me get my new song book,
And I will sing along.”

A kangaroo came hopping by,
Eating an ice cream cone.
I said, “Let me have a lick or two;
You shouldn’t eat alone.”

Guest Poet Contributions:

A kangaroo came hopping by,
That had an awful smell.
It must have eaten refried beans,
As far as I can tell.

(from Ryan, age 41, Citrus Heights, California, USA)

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A kangaroo came hopping by
On a pleasant sunny day
I said, “Let me bring a ball
Together we shall play.”

(from Ruhee, age 6, Ahmedabad, India)

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A kangaroo came hopping by
and said, “Now look at all this snow!
This aint home, but where I am
I guess I’ll never know.”

(From Dolly Twedell, age and location unknown)

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A kangaroo came hopping by
With a big long tail
Every time she took a hop
There was an awful smell.

A kangaroo came hopping by
I heard a little sneeze
There was a baby in her pouch
Eating Limburger cheese!

(From Sandy Snell, age 43, Snook, TX, USA)

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A kangaroo came hopping by,
A scarf wound round her neck
She waved a paw and called to me,
“I’m late for church, by heck!”

(From Margot Finke, Oregon, USA)

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A kangaroo came hopping by
Chased by a Koala bear.
He said, “Come back you giant mouse.
You’re wearing my underwear.”

A kangaroo came hopping by
Wearing a great big smile.
Not far behind crawled his lovely wife.
And her name was Crocodile.

A kangaroo came hopping by
Wearing a purple hat.
A bird flew by and yanked it off
And gave it to the cat.

(From Diane Smit, Ontario Canada)

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A kangaroo came hopping by
at his tether’s end.
Big Red bounced right on up to me
And said, “I’m looking for my friends.”

“Was hopping to the zoo you see,
and they all went on ahead.”
“Have you seen them?
I might just hop home instead!”

(From Zoey Baker, age 6, Australia)

Would YOU like to add a verse? It should have four lines, the second and fourth line must rhyme. Send it to me under comments along with your first name, age, and home town.