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RHYMES AND JINGLES


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    _BY THE SAME AUTHOR:_

    HANS BRINKER;

    OR,

    THE SILVER SKATES.

    A STORY OF LIFE IN HOLLAND.

    A New Edition, with Illustrations.

    One vol, 12mo, cloth      $1.50.

_Sent, post-paid, on receipt of price by the Publishers_,

    SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG, AND COMPANY 745 Broadway, New York.

[Illustration:

    HOLLYHOCK, HOLLYHOCK, BEND FOR ME;
    I WANT A CHEESE FOR MY DOLLY'S TEA.
]




RHYMES AND JINGLES

    BY
    MARY MAPES DODGE
    AUTHOR OF "HANS BRINKER," ETC.

[Illustration]

    NEW YORK
    SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG, AND COMPANY
    1875




    Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874,
    BY SCRIBNER, ARMSTRONG, AND COMPANY,
    In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

    RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
    ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY
    H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.




    TO
    THE CHILDREN.




TABLE OF CONTENTS.


                                                        PAGE
  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
  THERE WAS A FINE YOUTH OF PIKE'S PEAK                   36
  STOCKING SONG ON CHRISTMAS EVE                          37
  IN TRUST                                                38
  A SONG OF ST. NICHOLAS                                  39
  FLOWERS                                                 41
  THE LITTLE MOTHER                                       43
  AMONG THE ANIMALS                                       44
  OLD DOCTOR PAFF                                         45
  THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WOULDN'T EAT CRUSTS                 46
  POOR LITTLE TODDLEKINS                                  47
  SONG OF THE DUCKS                                       49
  THAT'S WHAT WE'D DO                                     50
  LITTLE PIPKIN                                           52
  AN APRIL MAIDEN                                         52
  THERE'S A FRAGRANCE IN THE BLOSSOM                      53
  WAKE UP, BIRDIE!                                        54
  THE DIFFERENCE (THREE OLD LADIES)                       55
  BILLY BOY                                               58
  SHEPHERD JOHN                                           60
  MY WEEK                                                 62
  BABY IN DREAMLAND                                       64
  THANKSGIVING                                            66
  BIRDIE'S BIRTHDAY                                       68
  THE STAR FAMILY                                         69
  AS I WAS GOING                                          70
  TWO LITTLE FROGGIES                                     70
  ONE AND ONE                                             72
  BIRDIES WITH BROKEN WINGS                               73
  WILLIE'S LODGER                                         74
  FOUR LITTLE PIGGIES BOUND FOR A FROLIC                  76
  SPINNING YOUR TOP                                       76
  GOOD MORNING!                                           78
  LADY BIRD AND DADDY LONGLEGS                            79
  WOULDN'T AND WOULD                                      80
  NELL AND HER BIRD                                       82
  THERE WAS AN OLD WEATHER-VANE                           84
  DUMPY DICKY                                             84
  HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEWS, GOOD NEIGHBOR?                 85
  THE NEW SLATE                                           87
  LITTLE POT SOON HOT                                     89
  NELL'S NOTIONS                                          90
  NEVER A NIGHT SO DARK AND DREAR                         91
  SNOW, SNOW, EVERYWHERE                                  92
  SOME ONE WE CANNOT HEAR                                 93
  A STRANGER IN THE PEW                                   93
  THE QUEEN O' MAY                                        96
  PUSSY'S CLASS                                           98
  TWISTAN, TURNEM, LET ME SEE                            100
  WANDERING JOE                                          100
  WHETHER FAIR, WHETHER FOUL                             101
  THE RATS                                               102
  IN THE WOOD                                            106
  COMB MUSIC                                             108
  IN THE BASKET                                          110
  COMING                                                 110
  THE DAINTY MISS ROSE                                   112
  POOR LITTLE MOUSIE                                     115
  WAITING FOR FATHER                                     117
  WHAT SHALL I BUY?                                      118
  RUT-A-TUT-TUTS                                         119
  HALLOO, OLD SCUTTLE, WHERE'S YOUR COAL?                120
  OH NO!                                                 120
  THE SANDMAN                                            122
  TROUBLE IN THE GREENHOUSE                              125
  TEN KINDS                                              126
  HAVE YOU APPLES, GOOD GROCER?                          127
  THE OLD WOMAN OF WIGG                                  128
  THE BRAVE KNIGHT OF LORRAINE                           128
  THE OLD DOCTOR OF BRILLE                               129
  FAIRY TALES                                            130
  OLD CAN AN' MUST                                       133
  MOTHERLESS                                             133
  OLD SIMON                                              137
  THE LITTLE MOTE                                        138
  WHEN I WAS LITTLE                                      138
  WHAT MAKES BABY BRAVE AND BRIGHT?                      139
  THE ALPHABET                                           140
  EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE                         142
  THE COOK'S LITTLE BOY                                  142
  HARRY                                                  144
  THREE WAYS                                             145
  TOM OF CLAPHAM                                         146
  WHAT THEY SAY                                          146
  ONE STEP, TWO STEP                                     147
  MELONS                                                 148
  HOW MANY THINGS IN MY POCKET?                          150
  THE GALLANT OUTRIDERS                                  151
  BUSY BEE! BUSY BEE!                                    153
  DOBBIN'S FRIEND                                        155
  THE WAY TO DO IT                                       156
  WILLY AND HIS PIPE                                     158
  I HAD A LITTLE SCOTCHMAN                               160
  TROTTERY, TROTTERY                                     161
  LAZY LOU                                               161
  UP IN THE MORNING EARLY                                162
  PINS IN THE CARPET, TACKS IN THE FLOOR                 162
  IF PUSSY WERE MADE OF LEATHER                          163
  BE CAREFUL                                             164
  FARM LESSONS                                           165
  OUT OF THE GROUND                                      166
  POOR CROW!                                             170
  THE WOODEN HORSE                                       171
  TINKER, COME BRING YOUR SOLDER                         173
  THERE WAS A RARE BOY                                   173
  TAKING TIME TO GROW                                    174
  THE NAUGHTY BOY                                        176
  LITTLE MISS LIMBERKIN                                  178
  THE FROG WHO WOULDN'T A WOOING GO                      179
  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
  NOBODY NEAR HIM, ALL IN THE DARK                       250
  OH NO, 'TISN'T SO                                      251
  THE SUN AND THE STARS                                  251
  LEARNING TO PRAY                                       254
  BENNY'S BUTTONS                                        256
  WHAT WAS THE MOON A-SPYING?                            257
  A NURSERY RHYME FOR BIG FOLKS                          257
  FIRE FLIES                                             259
  FULFILLMENT                                            261
  RESOLUTION                                             262
  HOW THE NEW YEAR CAME                                  264
  THE WIND AND THE MOON                                  268
  CHILDREN'S HYMN                                        270




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;

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          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!

[Illustration]

          List in the starlight, tender,--
          List in the moonlight's splendor,--
    For a whirring, like hurrahing, in the glen,
                Far and near.
          'Tis the elves who, looking back
          To their giant-killer, Jack,
    Tell his story to each other, funny men!
                With a cheer.

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

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    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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    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