From Oxford's 100 Years of Poetry for Children: untitled, by Mick Gower

If I can get from here to the pillar box

If I can get from here to the lamp-post

If I can get from here to the front gate

Before a car comes round the corner…

Carolyn Murray will come to tea

Carolyn Murray will love me too

Carolyn Murray will marry me

But only if I get from here to there

Before a car comes round the corner…