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Elfin Jack 1
The Mayor of Scuttleton 4
Fire in the Window 4
Cousin Jeremy 5
Thinking Aloud 6
"Bye, Baby, Night is Come" 8
Snow 9
Oh, where are all the Good Little Girls? 9
Christmas Bells 10
My Laddie 12
March 12

GARDEN SONGS.
Little Green Hummer 14
Gluck! Gluck! 15
A Lad of Nansook, a Balsam-pod took 16
I'd search the World over, for one Four-leaved Clover 16
Find me a Stem of the Tiger Lily 17
Good Mistress Sundial 18
Some One in the Garden 18
Wire-locks, Curly-pate, Tangle, and Floss 18
Old Bum of Bumbleby 19
Under the Willow, out of the Rain 19
Little Polly always Clever 20
Lift up your Face, Little Daisy! 21
I know where there's a Beautiful Shoe 22
Hobbledy Hops 23
Bright Little Buttercup 24
The Ants 25
Burs 26
Hollyhock, Hollyhock, bend for Me! 27
The Evening Primrose 28
Ho, Dandelion! My Lightsome Fellow! 28
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Song of Summer 29
Little Beginnings 30
Mooney and Blacky 31
The Moon came late to a Lonesome Bog 32
Johnny the Stout 32
A Farmer in Bungleton had a Colt 34
The Drinking-Pan 35
The Shrewd Lad of Cooloo 36
The Stubborn Boot 190
The Little Dutchman 192
A Birthday 193
The Pig and the Lark 196
The Well-meaning Frog 196
The Frost King 199
After the Winter 201
Little Whimpy 204
Night and Day 206
At the Window 206
Out of the Shell 208
Bees in the Manger 209
Baby Nell 209
Lemons for Molly 210
Jamie's Troubles 210
Jean and Kitty 211
Doggie's Tricks 212
A Song for Bertie 214
A Common Mistake 214
Little Minnie Stowe 215
Letting the Old Cat Die 216
What shall we take to Boston? 219
Washing Day 220
Trotty Malone 222
Don't Trust Chatter 222
Red and White 223
The Third of July 227
When I am Big 229
Wind for the Tree Top 229
Here are Plenty of Shells 229
Little Bell Dreer and the Dish-cover 230
Master Tremble's Adventure 232
Hark! My Children 235
The Kitten Picture 236
Some are Starving 237
The Terrible Ball 238
A Birthday Rhyme 243
The Girl Across the Way 245
Willie 247
If Cows wore Satin Slippers 250
Bumble Bramble 250
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RHYMES AND JINGLES.

ELFIN JACK, THE GIANT-KILLER.

Do not think the story
Of the giant-killer's glory
Is known and cherished only by yourselves,
O, my dears;

Children sitting in tree
For his deeds so daring,
And his trick of scaring
All his foes, are quite familiar to the elves,
It appears.
In the starlight, tender—
In the moonlight's splendor
Do they gather and recount every deed,
It is said;
How he met a hornet,
Who was playing on a cornet,
Out of tune; and he slew him with a reed,—
Slew him dead!
How, growing ever bolder,
With his reed upon his shoulder,
And an acorn-shield upon his little arm
Well equipped—
He sought a mighty giant,
Who was known as "Worm, the pliant,"
And after giving battle, fierce and warm,
Left him whipped.
How he saw a spider
With her victim, dead, inside her,
Told her, in a voice of fury, to begone
From his sight;
How he killed her when she'd risen
To her cruel, fatal prison,
And nobly freed her captives, so forlorn,—
Gallant knight!
Ah, but the elves are proudest,
And ring his praises loudest,
When telling of a snail, grim and hoary,
In his mail.
With those fearful horns before him,
Jack gallantly upbore him,
And killed him with a thrust (to his glory)
In the tail!


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THE MAYOR OF SCUTTLETON.

The Mayor of Scuttleton burned his nose
Trying to warm his copper toes;
He lost his money and spoiled his will
By signing his name with an icicle-quill;
He went bare-headed, and held his breath,
And frightened his grandame most to death;
He loaded a shovel, and tried to shoot,
And killed the calf in the leg of his boot;
He melted a snow-bird, and formed the habit
Of dancing jigs with a sad Welsh rabbit;
He lived on taffy, and taxed the town;
And read his newspaper upside down;
Then he sighed, and hung his hat on a feather,
And bade the townspeople come together;
But the worst of it all was, nobody knew
What the Mayor of Scuttleton next would do.

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Fire in the window! flashes in the pane!
Fire on the roof-top! blazing weather-vane!
Turn about, weather-vane! put the fire out!
The sun's going down, sir, I haven't a doubt.


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boy holding hands over child in high-chair's eyes
He came behind me, and covered my eyes,
"Who is this?" growled he, so sly,
"Why, Cousin Jeremy, how can I tell,
When my eyes are shut?" said I.


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Girl carrying bucket
Little Jenny with a pail
Tripping to the spring;
Little Jack astride a rail
Laughed to hear her sing.

boy on log
Little Jenny softly said,
"I'm tired as I can be."
But Jack was sure that the little maid
Said, "Carry my pail for me."


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tree and bird tree and bird tree and bird

Bye, baby, night is come,
And the sun is going home
Bye, baby, bye!
All the flowers have shut their eyes;
On the grass a shadow lies;
Bye, baby, bye!
Bye, baby, birds are sleeping;
One by one the stars are peeping;
Bye, baby, bye!
In the far-off sky they twinkle,
While the cows come tinkle, tinkle;
Bye, baby, bye!
Bye, baby, mother holds thee;
Loving, tender care infolds thee;
Bye, baby, bye!
Angels in thy dreams caress thee;
Through the darkness guard and bless thee;
Bye, baby, bye!


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SNOW.

Little white feathers, filling the air—
Little white feathers! how came ye there?
"We came from the cloud-birds sailing so high;
They're shaking their white wings up in the sky."
Little white feathers, how swift you go!
Little white feathers, I love you so!
"We are swift because we have work to do;
But hold up your face, and we'll kiss you true."

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Oh, where are all the good little girls,—
Where are they all to-day?
And where are all the good little boys?
Tell me, somebody, pray.
Safe in their fathers' and mothers' hearts
The girls are stowed away;
And where the girls are, look for the boys,—
Or so I've heard folk say.


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CHRISTMAS BELLS.

One Christmas Eve a little maid
Into a fire-lit parlor strayed;
And there on a chair lay the pretty song
Her sister had sung her,—Dingle-dong!
That rang like Christmas bells.
Dingle, dingle, ting, dong!
So sweet and clear, so warm and strong
Dingle, dingle, ting, dong!
Merry Christmas bells.
"I'll play it!" said the little maid;
"The blaze is bright, I'm not afraid!
I'll play it on the chair, and sing."
So down she sat, and dingle, ting,
The ready Christmas bells,
Dingle, dingle, ting, dong!
Sounded forth so sweet and long,—
Dingle, dingle, ting, dong!
Happy Christmas bells.
"It's darker!" thought the little maid;
"But never mind, I'm not afraid!
For Jesus once, in Galilee,
Was just a little child like me.
He loves the Christmas bells."
Dingle, dingle, ting, dong!
O baby voice! so sweet and strong!
Dingle, dingle, ting, dong!
Holy Christmas bells!

Little girl playing an imaginary piano using a chair

"'I'LL PLAY IT!' SAID THE LITTLE MAID."


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MY LADDIE.

Oh! have you seen my laddie?
His heart is true and kind;
His cheeks are fresh and rosy,
His hair floats on the wind.
He's a brave and lightsome laddie,
On honest toil intent.
Oh! we had some words this morning,
And I don't know where he went.
You'll know if he's my laddie
By the twinkle in his ee
When you whisper to him softly
That he may come to me.

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MARCH.

In the snowing and the blowing,
In the cruel sleet,
Little flowers begin their growing
Far beneath our feet.
Softly taps the Spring, and cheerly,—
"Darlings, are you here?"
Till they answer, "We are nearly,
Nearly ready, dear."
"Where is Winter, with his snowing?
Tell us, Spring," they say.
Then she answers, "He is going,
Going on his way.
Poor old Winter does not love you;
But his time is past;
Soon my birds shall sing above you,—
Set you free at last."
winter as n old man walking in the snow at night

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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