Theodore Roosevelt's Pets

A conglomeration of guinea pigs Bishop Doane, Dr. Johnson, my Dutch Reformed pastor; Father G. Grady, Fighting Bob Evans, and Admiral Dewey Imagine the squeaks and squabbles Worse than Noah's Ark, and all in the White House! Eli Yale the Hyacinth Macaw, shared home With two white rabbits, and buck called Peter Josiah the badger, and Algonquin the pony There was, furthermore, Asmall bear named Jonathan Edwards A lizard named Bill A pig named Maud And Baron Spreckle the hen Not to mention a one-legged rooster, a barn owl, and a hyena; Emile Spinach, a pet garter snake Sailor Boy, a Chesapeake retriever, Jack and Pete, the terriers, Skip the mongrel And a small black Pekingese named Manchu A gift from the last empress of China Which danced on its hind legs In the moonlight on the White House lawn.