A Nightingale, sitting aloft upon an oak, was seen by a Hawk, who made a swoop down, and seized him. The Nightingale earnestly besought the Hawk to let him go, saying that he was not big enough to satisfy the …[Continue]
Cut Up A Caper
Cut up a caper, You’ve got a paper And I’ve got a widget of string. You be the army And let nothing harm me For I am the captain and king. Leroy F. Jackson…[Continue]
The Wind
The wind came a-whooping, down Cranberry Hill And stole an umbrella from, Mother Medill. It picked up a paper on Patterson’s place And carried it clean to the Rockaby Race. And what was more shocking and awful than that, It …[Continue]
To Market, To Market — Illustrated by Frederick Richardson
Eat, Eat, Eat
Here come the sweet potatoes And here’s the Sunday meat, I guess we must be ready now To eat, eat, eat. I’m going to have the nicey plate And Daddy’s leather seat, And wear my patent-leather shoes To eat, eat, …[Continue]
A Young Lady Of Russia
There was a Young Lady of Russia, Who screamed so that no one could hush her; Her screams were extreme,—no one heard such a scream As was screamed by that Lady of Russia. Edward Lear…[Continue]
Knick Knack Paddy Whack
1 This old man, he played one, He played knick knack with his thumb, With a Knick, knack, paddy whack, Give the dog a bone; This old man came rolling home. 2 This old man, he played two, He played …[Continue]
The Widow and her Little Maidens
A widow woman, fond of cleaning, had two little maidens to wait on her. She was in the habit of waking them early in the morning, at cockcrow. The maidens, being aggrieved by such excessive labor, resolved to kill the …[Continue]
The Travelers and the Plane-Tree
Two Travelers, worn out by the heat of the summer’s sun, laid themselves down at noon under the wide-spreading branches of a Plane-tree. As they rested under its shade, one of the Travelers said to the other: “What a singularly …[Continue]
Only One was Going to St. Ives.
As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had seven sacks, Each sack had seven cats, Each cat had seven kits. Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. …[Continue]
My Maid Mary
My maid Mary she minds the dairy, While I go a-hoeing and mowing each morn; Gaily run the reel and the little spinning wheel, While I am singing and mowing my corn….[Continue]
