Little Songs | Page 3

play?With the boys some day,?When he has grown older and bigger."
MASTER JOHNNY GOING TO RIDE.
Why, here's Master Johnny;?He's taking a ride?On good Mrs. Donkey,?With her colt by her side.
Go softly, Ma'am Donkey,?And be sure not to trip;?And Johnny, you monkey,?Take care of your whip.
O, LOOK AT THE MOON.
O, look at the moon!?She is shining up there;?O mother, she looks?Like a lamp in the air.
Last week she was smaller,?And shaped like a bow;?But now she's grown bigger,?And round as an O.
Pretty moon, pretty moon,?How you shine on the door,?And make it all bright?On my nursery floor!
You shine on my playthings,?And show me their place,?And I love to look up?At your pretty bright face.
And there is a star?Close by you, and may be?That small twinkling star?Is your little baby.
SONG FOR A COMPANY OF CHILDREN.
Children go?To and fro,?In a merry, pretty row,
Footsteps light,?Faces bright;?'Tis a happy sight.?Swiftly turning round and round,?Never look upon the ground,
Follow me,?Full of glee,?Singing merrily.
Birds are free;?So are we;?And we live as happily.
Work we do.?Study too,?For we learn "twice two;"?Then we laugh, and dance, and sing,?Gay as larks upon the wing;
Follow me,?Full of glee,?Singing merrily.
Work is done,?Play's begun;?Now we have our laugh and fun;
Happy days,?Pretty plays,?And no naughty ways.?Holding fast each other's hand,?We're a little happy band;
Follow me,?Full of glee,?Singing merrily.
THE DOG AND THE CAT, THE DUCK AND THE RAT.
Once on a time in rainy weather,?A dog and a cat,?A duck and a rat,?All met in a barn together.?The dog he barked,?The duck she quacked,?The cat she humped up her back;?The rat he squeaked,?And off he sneaked?Straight into a nice large crack.
The little dog said, (and he looked very wise,)?"I think, Mrs. Puss,?You make a great fuss,?With your back and your great green eyes.?And you, Madam Duck,?You waddle and cluck,?Till it gives one the fidgets to hear you.?You had better run off?To the old pig's trough,?Where none but the pigs, ma'am, are near you."
The duck was good-natured, and she ran away;?But old pussy cat?With her back up sat,?And said she intended to stay;?And she showed him her paws,?With her long, sharp claws.?So the dog was afraid to come near;?For puss, if she pleases,?When a little dog teases,?Can give him a box on the ear.
TRUSTY LEARNING ABC.
"Be quiet, good Trusty;?See how still you can be,?For I've come to teach you?Your ABC."
"I will show you the way?Mother reads it to me;?She looks very sober,?And says, ABC."
"Tom says you can't learn;?But father says, he?Saw a little dog once?That knew ABC."
"So, good Trusty, attend;?Let us show them that we?Can learn, if we please,?Our ABC."
To what little Frank said?Trusty seemed to agree.?Do you think he learned much?Of his ABC?
DO YOU GUESS IT IS I?
I.
I am a little thing;?I am not very high;?I laugh, dance and sing,?And sometimes I cry.
II.
I have a little head?All covered o'er with hair,?And I hear what is said?With my two ears there.
III.
On my two feet I walk;?I run too with ease;?With my little tongue I talk?Just as much as I please.
IV.
I have ten fingers too,?And just so many toes;?Two eyes to see through,?And but one little nose.
V.
I've a mouth full of teeth,?Where my bread and milk go in;?And close by, underneath,?Is my little round chin.
VI.
What is this little thing,?Not very, very high,?That can laugh, dance, and sing??Do you guess it is I?
FIDDLEDEDEE.
Fiddledee diddledee dido,?A poor little boy he cried, O;?He cried, for what??O, I've forgot;?Perhaps you had better ask Fido.
Fiddledee diddledee dido,?The dog ran off to hide, O;?He'll bark and squeak,?But never speak--?There's no use in asking Fido.
THE STARS AND THE BABIES.
When the stars go to sleep,?The babies awake,?And they prattle and sparkle all day;?Then the stars light their lamps,?And their playtime they take,?While the babies are sleeping away.
So good night, little baby,?And shut up your eyes;?Let the stars now have their turn at play;?They soon will begin?To shoot through the skies,?And dance in the bright milky way.
No, no, my dear nurse,?I cannot go to sleep;?Since you've put the thought into my head,?Let us have with the stars?One game at bo-peep;?Then good night, and a kiss, and to bed.
KITTY IN THE BASKET.
"Where is my little basket gone?"?Said Charlie boy one day;?"I guess some little boy or girl?Has taken it away."
"And Kitty too, I can't find her;?O, dear! what shall I do??I wish I could my basket find,?And little Kitty too."
"I'll go to mother's room and look;?Perhaps she may be there,?For Kitty loves to take a nap?In mother's easy chair."
"O mother! mother! come and look!?See what a little heap!?My Kitty's in the basket here,?All cuddled down to sleep."
He took the basket carefully,?And brought it in a minute,?And showed it to his mother dear,?With little Kitty in it.
THE FARM YARD.
The cock is crowing,?The cows are lowing,?The ducks are quacking,?The dogs are barking,?The ass is braying,?The horse is neighing;?Was there ever such a noise!
The birds are singing,?The bell is ringing,?The pigs are squeaking,?The