There was a Young Lady of Bute, Who played on a silver-gilt flute; She played several jigs to her Uncle’s white Pigs: That amusing Young Lady of Bute. Edward Lear…[Continue]
I Had A Little Hen
I had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen, She washed me the dishes, and kept the house clean; She went to the mill to fetch me some flour, She brought it home in less than an hour; She baked …[Continue]
Under the Willow
Put down your pillow under the willow, Hang up your hat in the sun, And lie down to snooze as long as you choose, For the plowing and sowing are done. Pick up your pillow from under the willow, And …[Continue]
A Carrot in a Garden
A carrot in a garden And a rabbit in the wood. Said the rabbit, “Beg your pardon, But you’re surely meant for food; Though you’ve started in to harden, You may still be very good….[Continue]
Tweedle Dum And Tweedle Dee
Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee Resolved to have a battle, For Tweedle-dum said Tweedle-dee Had spoiled his nice new rattle. Just then flew by a monstrous crow, As big as a tar barrel, Which frightened both the heroes so, They quite forgot …[Continue]
Old King Cole Was a Merry Old Soul — Illustrated by W.W. Denslow
Margery Daw
See saw, Margery Daw, Jenny shall have a new master; She shall have but a penny a-day, Because she can’t work any faster….[Continue]
Fears And Tears
Tommy’s tears and Mary’s fears Will make them old before their years….[Continue]
Doctor Drake
On a hummock by the lake Stands the home of Doctor Drake, Poor old doctor, how he works! Week by week he never shirks— Pulling teeth for guinea-fowl, Soothing puppies when they howl, Whittling out a hickory peg For a …[Continue]
Beela By The Sea
Catch a floater, catch an eel, Catch a lazy whale, Catch an oyster by the heel And put him in a pail. There’s lots of work for Uncle Ike, Fatty Ford and me All day long and half the night …[Continue]
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Click on the thumbnail below to open up the PDF coloring page….[Continue]
A Man with a Nickel
A man with a nickel, A sword, and a sickle, A pipe, and a paper of pins Set out for the Niger To capture a tiger– And that’s how my story begins. When he saw the wide ocean, He soon …[Continue]
