Terry D. Sutherland

ADELAIDE

A pretty maid named Adelaide
Had a garden she tended with pride
She turned the soil with a spade
Her garden was seventy feet wide

Every day she weeded her garden spot
And watered the plants on time
She grew every vegetable ever sought
This included Rosemary and Thyme

Her pumpkins were a giant size
They were as orange as the sun
At the fair they took first prize
She never had such fun

The oranges grown by Adelaide
Were the sweetest ever known
She often put up marmalade
And added lemons she had grown

When the cold winter came
Adelaide could long endure
She even canned wild game
With a homemade sugar cure