Marching

By Janet Houston

We march,

We march

All through the house!

We march as quietly

As a mouse.

We march,

We march—

One, two, three, four.

We keep on marching

Out the door.

We march by the river,

We march by the road.

We march right past

A big green toad.

We march in the garden

And under the trees.

We march,

We march

Wherever we please.

We keep on marching

Up a hill.

We march!

We march!

We’re marching still.

Left foot,

Right foot,

We-march-all-day foot.

We march up high,

We march down low.

We march real fast,

Then march real slow.

Left foot,

Right foot,

We-march-all-together foot.

We march down the hill.

We march through the glen.

And then we march

Back home again.

Illustrated by Julie F. Young