The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes | Page 6

shoes;?There's snow on the bushes, and snow on the trees--?It's snowing on everything now, if you please.
[Illustration: THE SNOWFLAKES ARE FALLING BY ONES AND BY TWOS]
DIPPY-DIPPY-DAVY
Dippy-Dippy-Davy,?Half the Royal Navy?In the dampness and the dark?Was driving off a savage shark?To Dippy-Dippy-Davy.
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WHEN I'M AS RICH?AS UNCLE CLAUS
When I'm as rich as Uncle Claus,?With whiskers on my chin,?I'm going to have a great big house?To put my people in.
I'll never let them wander out?Or ride with me to town;?They'll come a-running when I shout?And tremble when I frown.
I'll have some men in soldier tents,?A pirate and his mate,?And wildcats all around the fence,?And mad dogs on the gate.
RINKY-TATTLE
Rinky-tattle, rinky-tattle,?Rinky-tattle--who??Little Tommy Taylor?Is a rinky-tattle too.
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TWENTY LITTLE SNOWFLAKES
Twenty little snowflakes climbing up a wire.?"Now, listen," said their mother, "don't you climb up any higher. The sun will surely catch you, and scorch you with his fire." But the naughty little snowflakes didn't mind a word she said, Each tried to clamber faster than his fellow just ahead;?They thought that they'd be back in time enough to go to bed. But they found out that their mother wasn't quite the dunce they
thought her,?The sun bobbed up--remember this, my little son and daughter-- And turned those twenty snowflakes into twenty drops of water.
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SLIPPERY SLIM
Slippery Slim, a garter snake,?Leaned against a garden rake?And smiled a sentimental smile?At Tilly Toad, on the gravel pile,?Till that bashful miss was forced to hop?And hide her face in a carrot-top.
[Illustration: THROUGH FOG AND RAIN I RUN MY TRAIN]
THE FREIGHTER
Through fog and rain?I run my train?Wherever the track is laid,?And over the road?I carry a load?Whenever the freight is paid.
A kaddy of tea?For Genessee,?For Troy an empty crate,?A man in brown?For Uniontown?To help them celebrate.
NO ONE AT HOME
No one at home in the hen-house,?And no one at home in the barn,?Old Brindle has gone to the neighbor's?To borrow a skein of brown yarn,?To borrow yarn for the darning?Of socks for her wee spotted calf--
The little rollicking rascal?Has never enough by half.?And Speckle is down by the willow?Washing her chicks in the lake,?While old Daddy Cockle is lying?Abed with a bad toothache.
PATTERS AND TATTERS
Patters had a gallant band,?An army made of clay.?But Tatters took the garden hose?And washed them all away.
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CROWN THE KING WITH CARROT TOPS
Crown the king with carrot tops,?Dress him in sateen,?Give him lots of licorice drops,?With suckers in between.
For he's a king with lots of power?And awful, awful fierce,?He kills a pirate every hour?And washes in his tears.
He rides a charger ten feet high,?A dashing, dappled gray;?Has ginger pop and lemon pie?For breakfast every day.
So get a royal canopy,?The finest ever seen,?And whiskers for his majesty,?And tresses for the queen.
THE CANADA GOOSE
A Canada goose?On the South Palouse?Is singing her summer song.?Her words are wise,?And she greets the skies?With a voice like a steamer gong:?"If you harbor your wealth?And keep your health,?You'll always be rich and strong."
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HIPPERTY, CLICKERTY, CLACKERTY, BANG
Hipperty, clickerty, clackerty, bang,?Get in a corner as fast as you can!?The sideboard is tipsy, the table is mad,?The chairs have lost all the sense that they had.?So hipperty, clickerty, clackerty, bang,?Get in a corner as fast as you can!
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SONNY
A sailor gave his sonny?Nearly half a pint of money?And sent him out to buy a ton of coal;?But he met a poor old miser?Who told him it were wiser?To bury all his money in a hole.
A sailor gave his sonny?Nearly half a pint of money?And told him he should buy a suit of clothes;?But he saw a pretty maiden?With all kinds of posies laden,?And he gave her all his money for a rose.
Then the sailor gave his sonny?Nearly half a pint of money?To buy a little garden and a house;?But he found him the next day,?In a shop on Yesler Way,?A-buying cheese and crackers for a mouse.
[Illustration: HE GAVE HER ALL HIS MONEY FOR A ROSE]
THE STOVE
A stove is a thing that gets awfully hot,?And fries up your meat, or whatever you've got.?It's made out of iron and hinges and screws,?And filled up with shakers, and dampers, and flues.?It's not very long and it's not very wide;?It's got black'ning on top and ashes inside.
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THE THUNDER BABY
Have you heard of the Thunder Baby?Way up in the big blue sky??You've seen his cradle, maybe,?And maybe you've heard him cry.
Most of the time he's sleeping,?Rolled up in a big white cloud,?But when he's awake and hungry?He bellows awfully loud.
And when he's crying, sometimes?You can hear his teardrops fall?With a patter, patter, patter,?Against the garden wall.
But when he's madder'n mischief,?He rolls, and growls, and spits,?And kicks the clouds all forty ways,?And gives the weather fits.
Then tears come down in bucketfuls,?And children dance for joy,?Till the sun comes out and soundly spanks?Her Thunder Baby Boy.
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HINKY, PINKY, PEARLY EARL
Hinky, pinky, pearly earl,?Twenty nobles and a churl;?Some are fat and some are lean,?One in red and one in green--?Prior, priest,