Long ago there was a man called John Gilpin who lived in the city of london. One day his wife said to him "we have been marriage for twenty years and we have never been away for twenty years and we have never been away for a holiday. Tomorrow is the date of our marriage day. Let us go to the village of edmonton. We can have a meal there and come back to London in the evening.
In those days there were on cars. So his wife said they must go in horse-drawn carriage.
But i should like my sister and her child to come with us
There will only be room in the carriage for them and me and our three children,so you will have to come on horseback