Rhymes and jingles (1903) (14769848431)

Identifier: rhymesjingles00do (find matches)
Title: Rhymes and jingles
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
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Publisher: New York, Scribner
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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ut dolly11 have to wait.I 11 pour, and you can rub em, Whichever you had rather—But seems to me, if I keep on, Well get a quicker lather.Maybe, when mother sees us Takin so much troubles.Shell let us put our pipes in And blow it full of bubbles ;But now we 11 have to hurry. Because its getting late —•And dolly isnt dressed yet, But dolly 11 have to wait. 13S RHYMES AND JINGLES. THE LITTLE MOTE. A LITTLE mote lived in a sunbeam, And danced in its light all day ;But she jumped with surprise one morning, At hearing the housemaid say:— Oh, the dust! How it keeps one a-working!It settles all over the room —And the air is so full, it is follyTo labor with duster and broom ! Poor thing! sighed the mote, well, Im sorryI think I 11 go hide in her hair —I m such a wee speck of a dustletShe never will know I am there. When I was little.Thought I was big; Now I *m a giant,Dont ca^-e a fig. When I was nobody.Felt quite a chap; Now that I m somebody,Dont care a snap. GUARDIAN ANGELS. 39
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What makes baby brave and bright-?Angels guard him day and night. I40 RHYMES AND JINGLES. THE ALPHABET. Little boys with pockets, Little boys with none,Little bright-eyed lassies Gather, every one!Crowd around me closely. Would you master books ?You must first discover How each letter looks. A has a bar Where a fairy might ride; B is a post With two loops at the side. O might be round If a piece you would lend ; D is a buck-sawStanding on end. E has a peg In the middle, they say ; F is an E With the bottom away. Gr is like C,With a block on one end; H has a seat That would hold you, depend. THE ALPHABET. I41 I is so straight It would do for a prop ; J is a crook With a bar at the top. K is a stick With a crotch fastened to ii L is a roost, If the chickens but knew ii )V( has four parts, As you quickly may see; N, the poor fellow!Is made out of three. O is so round It would do for a hoop ; P is a stick With a top like a loop. Q to be curly Is constantly trying ; R is Uke B, With the bo