Little Songs

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LITTLE SONGS
BY
MRS. FOLLEN
Illustrated with above fifty pictures.
PREFACE
TO THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
It has been my object, in writing the following Little Songs for Little Boys and Girls, to endeavor to catch something of that goodhumored pleasantry, that musical nonsense, which makes Mother Goose so attractive to children of all ages.
The little folks must decide whether the book is entertaining. To them I present my little volume, with the earnest hope that it will receive their approbation. If children love to lisp my rhymes, while parents find no fault in them, I ask no higher praise.
CAMBRIDGE, 1832.
PREFACE.
In the present edition of the "Nursery Songs," which has been carefully revised, the original name given by its parent and best friends is restored.
Two captivating little songs, by some unknown hand, appended to the English edition, are retained; and two or three from the first American edition, omitted in the English, are restored.
I will hope that the little folks will welcome the little book in its new dress, and make much of it; for it was at first made, and is now adorned with pictures, on purpose to please them.
ELIZA LEE FOLLEN.
BROOKLINE, MARCH 22, 1856.
CONTENTS.
TITLE. TUNE.
ANNIE'S GARDEN, . . . . . . . . . . Malbrooke,?THE NEW MOON,?LULLABY, . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vesper Hymn,?STOP! STOP! PRETTY WATER, . . . . . Buy a Broom,?MY LITTLE DOLL ROSE,?BUTTERFLIES ARE PRETTY, . . . . . . The White Cockade,?OLD NURSEY, . . . . . . . . . . . . Kitty Clover,?THE SUN IS UP, . . . . . . . . . . Bonny Boat,?WALTER AND HIS DOG,?IT IS A PLEASANT DAY, . . . . . . . The Schoolmaster,?THE GOOD MOOLLY COW,?NOTHING BUT BA-A,?JAMES AND HIS MOTHER,?MASTER JOHNNY RIDING,?O, LOOK AT THE MOON, . . . . . . . Buy a Broom,?SONG FOR A COMPANY OF CHILDREN,?THE DOG AND CAT, THE DUCK AND RAT,?TRUSTY LEARNING ABC,?DO YOU GUESS IT IS I??FIDDLEDEDEE,?THE STARS AND THE BABIES,?KITTY IN THE BASKET,?THE FARM YARD,?FROLIC IN THE SNOW,?SWING SWONG,?WORK AND PLAY,?LITTLE MARY,?IT CAN'T BE SO,?WHEN EVENING IS COME,?RINGELY RINGELY,?CHARLIE BOY,?THE BABY'S BIRTHDAY,?THE POOR MAN,?DING DONG! DING DONG!?THE LITTLE BOY'S MAY DAY SONG,?THE LITTLE BOY'S GOOD NIGHT,?THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS. (A Cat's Tale.)?COCKS AND HENS,
LITTLE SONGS
ANNIE'S GARDEN.
In little Annie's garden?Grew all sorts of posies;?There were pinks, and mignonette,?And tulips, and roses.
Sweet peas, and morning glories,?A bed of violets blue,?And marigolds, and asters,?In Annie's garden grew.
There the bees went for honey,?And the humming-birds too;?And there the pretty butterflies?And the lady-birds flew.
And there among her flowers,?Every bright and pleasant day,?In her own pretty garden?Little Annie went to play.
THE NEW MOON.
Dear mother, how pretty?The moon looks to-night!?She was never so cunning before;
Her two little horns?Are so sharp and so bright,?I hope she'll not grow any more.
If I were up there?With you and my friends,?I'd rock in it nicely you see;
I'd sit in the middle?And hold by both ends;?O, what a bright cradle 'twould be!
I would call to the stars?To keep out of the way,?Lest we should rock over their toes,
And there I would rock?Till the dawn of the day,?And see where the pretty moon goes.
And there we would stay?In the beautiful skies,?And through the bright clouds we would roam;
We would see the sun set,?And see the sun rise,?And on the next rainbow come home.
LULLABY.
Sleep, my baby, sleep, my boy;?Rest your little weary head;?'Tis your mother rocks her baby?In his little cradle bed.
Lullaby, sweet lullaby!
All the little birds are sleeping,?Every one has gone to rest,?And my precious one is resting?In his pretty cradle nest.
Lullaby, sweet lullaby!
Sleep, O, sleep, my darling boy;?Wake to-morrow fresh and strong;?'Tis your mother sits beside you,?Singing you a cradle song.
Lullaby, sweet lullaby!
STOP! STOP! PRETTY WATER
I.
"Stop! stop! pretty water,"?Said Mary one day,?To a frolicsome brook?That was running away.
II.
"You run on so fast!?I wish you would stay;?My boat and my flowers?You will carry away."
III.
"But I will run after;?Mother says that I may;?For I would know where?You are running away."
IV.
So Mary ran on;?But I have heard say?That she never could find?Where the brook ran away.
MY LITTLE DOLL ROSE.
I have a little doll;?I take care of her clothes;?She has soft flaxen hair;?And her name it is Rose.
She has pretty blue eyes,?And a very small nose,?And a cunning little mouth;?My dear little Rose.
I have a little sofa?Where my doll may repose,?Or sit up like a lady;?My knowing little Rose.
My doll can move her arms,?And stand upon her toes;?Or make a pretty curtesy,?My funny little Rose.
"How old is your dolly?"?Very young I suppose,?For she cannot go alone,?My precious little Rose.
Indeed I cannot tell,?In poetry or prose,?How beautiful she is,?My darling little Rose.
BUTTERFLIES ARE PRETTY THINGS.
"Butterflies are pretty things,?Prettier than you or I;?See the colors on his wings;?Who would