Joseph Smith bought a rake,
And sold it for some corn;
He lived a week on johnny cake,
And now he’s dead and gone.
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“Johnny cake” is cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England). (from http://www.thefreedictionary.com).
This Nursery Rhyme can be found in The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, and printed in the USA.