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, and the second and fourth line must rhyme. Send it to me under comments along with your first name, age, and home town.