“Ho! ho! for the johnny-cake, how can you make it,
In one minute mix, in two minutes bake it?”
The farmer he laughed, and he laughed very loud—
“And how can I plant till the land has been plowed?
Run, run, to the plowman, and bring him with speed;
He’ll plow up the ground and I’ll fill it with seed.”
Away, then, ran Sarah, still hoping to make it,
In one minute mix, in two minutes bake it.
The plowman he plowed, and the grain it was sown,