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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PLAYING DOCTOR, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Some day I'll be a doctor-man
Last Line: By bringing aunty from the hall.
Subject(s): Children; Physicians; Play; Childhood; Doctors
First Line: Some day I'll be a doctor-man
Last Line: By bringing aunty from the hall.
Subject(s): Children; Physicians; Play; Childhood; Doctors
Some day I'll be a doctor-man,
So now I practise all I can.
We caught the cat, and Rover, too,
And tried to act as doctors do.
But baby howled and spoiled it all,
By bringing Aunty from the hall.
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