The Diverting History of JOHN GILPIN
ONE OF R. Caldecott’s Picture Books
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS
The Diverting History
of John Gilpin.
THE DIVERTING HISTORY
OF
JOHN GILPIN:
Showing how he went farther than he intended, and came safe home again.
WRITTEN BY Wm. COWPER
WITH DRAWINGS BY R. CALDECOTT
John Gilpin was a citizen
Of credit and renown,
A train-band captain eke was he,
Of famous London town.