Where From

 Where From

The onion was born in Egypt
The potato in far Peru,
Celery came from Germany,
As a few other good things do;
Cabbage first grew in Liberia,
The radish in quaint Japan,
And the cucumber got its colicky start
At the hands of the Hindoo man.
The garden cress is from Egypt
And some more of the far-off East,
And we judge, from things they've been raising,
South America first planted yeast;
The parsnip first grew in Arabia,
The tobacco in our own land,
Sardinia first raised the parsley plant,
And America, 'balmed beef, canned.