Some one told Maria Ann, Maria Ann told me, That kittens ride in coffee cans Upon the Irish Sea. From quiet caves to rolling waves, How jolly it must be To travel in a coffee can Upon the Irish Sea! …[Continue]
A Beetle Once Sat on a Barberry Twig
A beetle once sat on a barberry twig, And turned at the crank of a thingum-a-jig. Needles for hornets, nippers for ants, For the bumblebee baby a new pair of pants, For the grizzled old gopher a hat and a …[Continue]
Loddy, Gin, and Ella Zander
Loddy, Gin, and Ella Zander Rode to market on a gander; Bought a crane for half a dollar; Loddy led him by the collar. Mister Crane said: “Hi there, master, Can’t you make your legs work faster? We can’t poke …[Continue]
Baxter
Baxter had a billy-goat Wall-eyed and double jointed. He took him to the barber shop And had his head anointed….[Continue]
Silly Little Mule
A silly little mule Sat on a milking stool And tried to write a letter to his father. But he couldn’t find the ink, So he said: “I rather think This writing letters home is too much bother….[Continue]
A Beetle and a Broomstraw
A robin and a wren, as they walked along one night, Saw a big brown beetle on a broomstraw. Said the robin to the wren: “What a pretty, pretty sight— That big brown beetle on a broomstraw!…[Continue]
Tommy My Son
“Tommy, my son,” said the old tabby cat, “Go catch us some mice, and be sure that they’re fat. There’s one family lives in the carpenter’s barn; They’ve made them a nest of the old lady’s yarn. But the carpenter …[Continue]
Butterfly, Butterfly
Butterfly, butterfly, Sit on my chin, Your wings are like tinsel, So yellow and thin. Butterfly, butterfly, Give me a kiss; If you give me a dozen There’s nothing amiss. Butterfly, butterfly, Off to the flowers,— Wee, soulless sprite Of …[Continue]
Two Gray Kits
The two gray kits, And the gray kits’ mother, All went over The bridge together. The bridge broke down, They all fell in; “May the rats go with you,” Says Tom Bolin….[Continue]
Swan
Swan, swan, over the sea; Swim, swan, swim! Swan, swan, back again; Well swum, swan!…[Continue]
The Tailors And The Snail
Four and Twenty tailors Went to kill a snail; The best man among them Durst not touch her tail; She put out her horns Like a little Kyloe cow. Run, tailors, run, or She’ll kill you all e’en now….[Continue]
Shoeing
Shoe the colt, Shoe the colt, Shoe the wild mare; Here a nail, There a nail, Yet she goes bare….[Continue]
