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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Cradle Songs - -Author: Various - -Release Date: December 5, 2015 [EBook #50612] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CRADLE SONGS *** - - - - -Produced by Emmy, MFR and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -CRADLE SONGS - - BY - BABYLAND CONTRIBUTORS - -[Illustration] - - _ILLUSTRATED_ - - BOSTON - D. LOTHROP AND COMPANY - 32 FRANKLIN STREET - - - - - COPYRIGHT, 1882. - - D. LOTHROP & COMPANY. - - - - -A SONG OF SIX-PENCE. - - - Sing a song, a brand new song: - “Sing a song of six-pence, - A pock-et full of rye.” - John and Jim-my both picked some, - So they could have a pie. - - And when they’d filled their pock-ets full, - Down in the field of rye, - They found some cun-ning lit-tle birds, - To put in-to the pie. - Six pret-ty lit-tle hid-den nests, - Down in the yel-low rye, - Held four-and-twen-ty ba-by birds, - E-nough to fill the pie. - - They set them all with-in the dish, - Lined with a crust of rye; - But soon the four-and-twen-ty birds - Cried out in-side the pie. - - Then Jim-my turned and looked at John, - -[Illustration] - - And John took up the pie, - And back the lit-tle lad-dies went - In-to the field of rye. - - The moth-er bird flew up and shrieked, - “O, have you baked that pie? - How can you bring the cru-el dish, - And eat it in the rye!” John-- - - And soon they ate the pie; - The birds flew out and found their nests - Down in the yel-low rye. - - - - -PAYING BACK. - - - Seven happy little chicks walked out one day in June, - Thought they would enjoy the way by starting up a tune; - Seven ugly little ducks, whose names I will not mention, - Made up their minds to follow them, and spoil their good - intention; - Now everybody knows that a duckling’s voice is deep, - And everybody knows that _quack_ will make more noise than - _peep_. - -[Illustration] - - So when they found their music drowned, these plucky little chicks - Made up _their_ minds to cure these ducks of all such naughty - tricks; - So they chased them from the barn-yard, on this pleasant day in - June, - Then started on their walk again, and went on with their tune. - --_J. S._ - - - - -THE GENEROUS CLOVER. - - - Clover, clover in the field, - Why do you hang your head? - Have you done anything unkind? - Or any cross word said? - - O no, my little maiden, no! - I only droop with dew; - And from my lips sweet honey drips; - Come, I will share with you. - --_C. C. B._ - - - - -WHERE THEY GROW. - - - Down in the valley, deep, deep, deep, - Where little sunbeams wink and peep, - Under the grasses hiding low-- - There’s where the dear little violets grow. - - Out in the meadow, bright, bright, bright, - Close by the clovers red and white-- - With heart of gold and a fringe of snow, - There’s where the dear little daisies grow. - - Up in the older tree, tree, tree, - Peep, and a tiny nest you’ll see, - Swung by the breezes to and fro-- - There’s where the dear little birdlings grow. - - Up in the nursery, neat, neat, neat, - Hear the patter of wee, wee feet-- - Hear little voices chirp and crow-- - There’s where the dear little babies grow! - - - - -BA-BY FAY FERN-Y. - - - What is this, with blue - Lit-tle shoes, so new-- - Cun-ning lit-tle feet, - Trot-ting down the street, - What will mam-ma say? - Ba-by’s run a-way-- - Ba-by Fay Fer-ny. - - Calls a boy: “Hal-loo! - See here, lit-tle pop-pet show, - Come with me!” No, no, - Ba-by’s do-in’ do - Ba-by’s own self! Fast - Round the cor-ner passed - Ba-by Fay Fer-ny. - -[Illustration: BA-BY FAY FER-NY.] - - Stops a great big man - Hur-ry-ing all he can: - “Here! what’s this! My! - Dropped down from the sky? - Some-bod-y’s to blame! - Ba-by, what’s your name?” - “Ba-by Fay Fer-ny.” - - “Where you go-ing? say!” - “Day-day.” “What’s that, hey? - See the ba-by fidg-et! - What d’you want, you midg-et.” - “Piece o’but-ter-bed, - Su-gy on it, ’las-ses on it, - Jam on it,” said - Ba-by Fay Fer-ny. - - Peo-ple pause to see: - La-dies, one, two, three; - A po-lice-man, too; - But no one that knew - Whence the ba-by came. - “What’s your pa-pa’s name?” - “Pa-pa Fay Fer-ny.” - - Comes a breath-less maid: - “O dear! I’m a-fraid - Ba-by’s lost and gone-- - Ba-by Fer-gu-son! - No--there down the street! - O, you naugh-ty sweet - Ba-by Fay Fer-ny!” - - - - -THE DOUGH-DOG. - - - One day when grandma was making some pies, - She wished to give Tommy a pleasant surprise; - So she made a puppy-dog out of some dough, - And baked it, and marked it, and named it Bruno. - This wonderful dog could stand on its feet, - -[Illustration: BRUNO.] - - Its body was chubby, and cunning and neat, - Its little dough-head was spotted with black, - And its little dough-tail curled over its back. - And when Tommy saw it he shouted with glee, - “How good grandma was to make that for me!” - And he played with the puppy-dog day after day, - Till its head and its tail were both worn away. - --_M. E. N. H._ - - - - -THE LION’S O-PIN-ION OF HIM-SELF. - - - A li-on gazed down at his shad-ow one day; - Said he, “I look fierce, I de-clare! - No won-der my neigh-bors keep out of my way, - And wish they were birds of the air! - -[Illustration] - - “And I own that real-ly I feel a-fraid - Some-times when I hear my-self roar!” - And he wished as he went and lay down in the shade - That he need be a li-on no more. - - - - -WHICH IS TALL-EST. - - - Look! how they meas-ure, - Dai-sy and Rose; - Naught-y Dai-sy _will_ stand - On the tips of her toes! - - If I was in her place - I’d try to act fair! - And Rose _is_ the tall-est - For all, I de-clare! - -[Illustration] - - - - -THE ANX-IOUS DOG-GY. - - - Take care, lit-tle mas-ter, - Or you’ll fall in! - That wa-ter is up - To your ver-y chin. - - Please don’t! please don’t, - My mas-ter dear-- - O, I wish your moth-er - Wouldn’t send you here! - - For oh! lit-tle mas-ter, - What could I do, - If you should fall in, - But jump in too? - -[Illustration] - - - - -NINE LITTLE BIRDIES. - - - Nine little birdies rocked by the breeze: - First birdie said, “I’m tired of these trees;” - Next birdie said, “Where shall we go?” - Third birdie said, “Where red cherries grow!” - Fourth birdie said, “Are they ripe, do you think?” - Fifth birdie laughed with a rogue’s own wink; - Sixth birdie said, “I’m sure that they are;” - Seventh birdie said, “Is it very far?” - Eighth birdie said, “Who’ll leader be?” - Ninth birdie said, “I’m off, follow me!” - Whew! Whew! - And away they all flew - Into Mr. John Lee’s - Choice cherry trees! - -[Illustration] - - - - -WHAT BA-BY DID. - - - What do you think the ba-by did? - Why, Ba-by did as he was bid! - - The dar-ling took a pen, and wrote-- - A lit-tle in-vi-ta-tion note, - - To all the aunts, and grand-mam-ma, - To un-cles all, and grand-pa-pa, - - To all the ba-by kin ar-ray, - To come to din-ner Christ-mas Day. - -[Illustration: HE WRITES IT.] - - He wrote it ver-y black and plain, - Criss-crossed and marked it all a-gain; - -[Illustration: HE MAILS IT.] - - And though he had not had his nap - He next was seen in cloak and cap, - - And go-ing up the crowd-ed street, - Safe in his hand the mis-sive sweet, - - To drop it in the box him-self, - The aw-ful lit-tle dar-ling elf! - - - - -TWO KIND LIT-TLE GIRLS. - - - Whith-er a-way, - Lit-tle la-dies so gay? - “O, o-ver the hill - To Grand-moth-er Dill!” - And what have you there - In your bas-ket square? - “O, pud-dings and pies, - A lit-tle sur-prise!” - Why such good-will - To Grand-moth-er Dill? - “O, ev-er-y one should - On Christ-mas do good!” - Lit-tle maids, good day! - Flow-ers strew your way! - -[Illustration] - - - - -AN APRIL RAIN. - - - You poor little birds, - It’s happened again-- - In the midst of your play - Down patters the rain. - - You were caught in a shower - Just so last week, - And I thought that morning - I ought to speak; - - I hear you all up - A-singing at dawn, - I know you have tried - Each tree on the lawn, - - Yet not one of you all - Have picked up a straw-- - Such improvident birds - I ne’er before saw. - - But I hope you see now - That it would be best - To let your play go - And build you a nest. - -[Illustration] - - - - -WHAT THE GRASSES SAID. - - - Who can hear the grass talk? - Very few, I know; - Yet it whispers every day, - Sweet and soft and low. - - And one day I heard it; - Shall I tell you when? - I lay on the grass to read, - And I heard it then. - - Everything was pleasant; - Bright the sun did shine; - Dew lay in the flowers’ eyes, - Heavy sleep in mine; - - So I gently shut them; - Soon they opened wide; - For I heard the grasses talk - Fast on every side! - - This is what they talked about: - “Oh, what pleasant weather! - Lift your heads up to the sun, - Nod and wave together! - - “We’re so glad that we are grass, - Cool and soft and green; - Oh, how sad the earth would look - If no grass were seen! - -[Illustration] - - “And we love the summer warm, - But, oh, dear! oh, dear! - What will little grasses do - When winter cold is here? - - “How the wind will whistle - Round about our heads! - Oh it’s very hard to have - No covers on our beds!” - - Then the wise red-rose bush - Tall, and rough and old, - Shook his head, and kindly said, - “You will not be cold, - - “For God sends a blanket warm - For every blade of grass, - Soft and light, and white as wool; - Not a blade He’ll pass!” - - “What’s the blanket made of? - Quick! we want to know!” - “Why, my dears,” the rose-bush said, - “God’s blanket is the snow.” - --_J. S._ - - - - -TAB-BY’S LULL-A-BY. - - - Wash-wash-you-cat, - Now this side, now that! - Wash-wash-you-cat, - Keep clean and grow fat! - - Four lit-tle ears, - And eight lit-tle paws, - Two small nos-es, - And for-ty sharp claws, - - Give moth-er’s tongue - A great deal to do. - So hush! keep still, - And I’ll sing to you: - - _Purr-r! purr-r! - In a sil-ver house, - Moth-er once saw - A lit-tle white mouse,_ - - _Soft white fur, - And lit-tle pink eyes, - So round and plump, - And so ver-y wise._ - - Wash-wash-you-cat, - Now hold up your chin. - -[Illustration] - - Me-ow! don’t you scratch-- - To scratch is a sin. - - Me-ow! Me-ow! - You _bad_ lit-tle cat, - You mustn’t bite; - Moth-er won’t stand that! - - Purr-r! purr-r! - Now shut up your eyes; - Moth-er will make - You some cat-nip pies. - - Purr-r! purr-r! - Lit-tle balls of fur, - Purr-r! purr-r! - Lie still, and don’t stir. - - Wash-wash-you-cat, - Lit-tle balls of fur! - Wash-wash-you-cat, - Purr-r! purr-r! - - - - -SOME NAUGHTY I’S. - - - “I, I, I,” - Some little people cry: - “I won’t, I can’t, - I shall, I shan’t--” - Oh, what a naughty I; - - “I, I, I,” - Now hear them passing by: - “I han’t, I be, - I are, I see--” - Oh, what a naughty I. - - - - -AT BREAK-FAST. - - - A gay lit-tle bird - That want-ed some fun - Flew in and light-ed - On the ba-by’s bun. - - He pecked at a cur-rant, - He sipped from the cup, - Then hopped on the loaf, - And thus piped up: - - “_Peep-sy weeps!_ Ba-by, say, - What’ll you give if I will stay? - _Peep-sy weeps!_ Ba-by, O, - What’ll you give if I will go?” - -[Illustration: AN AS-TON-ISHED BA-BY.] - - He splashed the milk, - He nib-bled the bread, - He spread both wings, - He stood on his head. - - But still the ba-by - Said nev-er a word-- - And out of the win-dow - Flashed the bird! - - “_Peep-sy weeps!_” loud sang he, - “Such a stu-pid ba-by I nev-er did see! - Nev-er a smile, nev-er a word-- - _Peep-sy weeps!_ I’m glad I’m a bird!” - - - - -BA-BY DIM-PLE AT BREAK-FAST. - - - She sits in the porch with her sau-cer; - Smeared are her fin-gers and thumbs; - While a-round with nois-y clat-ter - Old hen, with her chick-ens comes. - - Ba-by shoos and shoos, and strikes them - With the spoon that spills the crumbs: - “_Do ’way chick-ies! ’ou s’an’t hab em-- - My nice bwead an’ las-ses tums!_” - - But the chick-ies sly will pick them - When Miss Dim-ple’s not on the watch; - And old moth-er hen comes bold-ly - -[Illustration] - - With her mind made up for a snatch. - Take care, Mrs. Hen-ny-pen-ny! - One good rap is what you catch, - With Miss Dim-ple’s sharp ad-vise-ment: - “_’Ou la-zy ol’ fing--go scwatch!_” - - - - -NOBODY KNOWS. - - - How the wind whistles and roars! - How he blows, he blows, and he blows! - But what does he say at the doors? - Nobody knows, nobody knows. - - The ground is covered with white, - For it snows, it snows, and it snows; - But it falls so silent at night - That nobody knows, nobody knows. - - The grass is springing again, - And it grows, it grows, and it grows, - In the sunshine and the rain-- - How, nobody knows, nobody knows. - - Hear the black cock flap his wings! - And he crows, he crows, and he crows; - But whether he laughs or he sings, - Why, nobody knows, nobody knows. - - The brook runs sparkling along, - And it flows, it flows, and it flows; - But what is its rippling song, - Why, nobody knows, nobody knows. - - The cow comes down through the lane, - And she lows, she lows, and she lows; - But what she says it is plain - That nobody knows, nobody knows. - - Over the fields and away - Fly the crows, the crows, the crows; - They caw, they caw, but they say - What nobody knows, nobody knows. - --_E. B._ - - - - -THE LOST CHICKENS. - - - “CLUCK, cluck! cluck, cluck!” called the mother-hen, - “Some harm has come to my chickens, I fear; - I counted this morning, and then there were ten; - Now four are gone, and but six are here.” - -[Illustration: “ALL SAFE AND SOUND.”] - - “Peep, peep! peep, peep!” four chickens replied, - As they sipped the dew from a burdock leaf; - “We must hurry back to our mother’s side, - She is calling us now with a voice of grief.” - - Then away to her side they ran again, - Leaving the dainty drink they had found; - “Cluck, cluck! cluck, cluck!” said the mother-hen, - “Here are my ten, all safe and sound.” - --_M. E. N. H._ - - - - -LIKE BABY. - - - I’m going to make a dolly, - Just like the baby there; - I’m going to take some sunshine - And twist it up for hair. - - I’m going to take the bluest speck - In all the great blue skies, - And make a bright blue pretty pair - Of little winking eyes. - - I’m going to take some roses, - The sweetest, brightest pink, - To make her little darling cheeks, - The very thing, I think! - - But, oh dear me! I surely am - Forgetting all the while, - I cannot find a single thing - To make baby’s smile. - - - - -HOW THE BABY WAS NAMED. - - - Mother’s busy washing; - Jack has gone to school; - Baby’s in the garden; - Kitty has a spool. - - Every one is busy - This bright summer day, - None more so than Baby, - Working hard to play. - -[Illustration] - - Hat stuck full of daisies, - Dolls are daisy-crowned-- - Daisies, daisies everywhere - Lying on the ground. - - Out comes little pussy - Tossing them about; - Baby calls, “Go way now!” - With a little pout. - - Summer sun grows warmer; - Baby tires with play; - Down upon the green grass - Fast asleep she lay; - - Daisies all about her, - Sunshine overhead, - Pussy nestled closely - In this summer bed. - - Mother from her washing - Comes, and finds her there - With the wide-eyed daisies - Nestling in her hair. - - Then was Baby christened - In the summer sweet; - Now, no longer “Baby,” - But sweet Marguerite. - - - - -THE WINDOW-PANE TREE. - - - With her warm little finger, - Gold Locks wrote - On the icy window-pane - A note. - - “Make me a Christmas-tree,” - It read; - It was signed with a flourish, - “Yours, Gold Head.” - - Then out came the sunlight’s - Sparkling ray; - It melted the message - All away. - - But the very next morning, - Lo! behold! - On the glass of the window, - White and cold, - - Was a tapering fir-tree, - Weighed with snow, - Spire-like at the top, - And broad below. - - Cried out little Gold Locks, - “See, oh, see! - Jack Frost has painted - My Christmas-tree!” - -[Illustration] - - - - -BIRDS IN WINTER. - - - Come now, little birds, - You must stop in your play, - The snow’s coming down, - You must hide you away. - - You must huddle together - And keep yourselves warm, - In snug nooks and corners - Shut out from the storm. - - Be patient and wait, - The clouds will go by, - And sunshine once more - Will brighten the sky. - -[Illustration] - - In the woods and the fields - Where summer-plants grew, - The buds and the seeds - Are stored up for you. - - You can seek them for food - When the weather is fair, - And chirp your sweet songs - In the clear pleasant air. - - - - -THREE TRAVELLERS. - - - Three funny little travellers - Set out to leave the town; - And all they wore to keep them warm - Was one white, ruffled gown. - - I asked these little travellers - If far they meant to roam. - “Oh, no,” they all together said; - “We’ll not go far from home.” - - The first brave one who started out - Was our sweet Baby May; - She said, “I’m going to By-lo-Land,” - In such a sleepy way. - - The second one, in gown of white, - Was Alice, six years old; - She said, “I go to Shutty-eye-town,” - And on she went, both fast and bold. - - And Lottie, eldest one of all, - Said, “On this road I plod, - To 76, Old Blanket street, - Bedfordshire, the Land of Nod.” - - I wondered where these towns could be, - When mamma softly said, - “Good night, good night, my children dear! - Now hurry off to _bed_!” --_J. S._ - - - - -A TALE OF A BOT-TLE. - - - A bot-tle of ink on the ta-ble, - A lit-tle girl on the floor-- - And now I don’t think I’ll be a-ble - To tell you an-y-thing more. - - The lit-tle girl up to the ta-ble, - Mam-ma look-ing in at the door-- - And now I don’t think I’ll be a-ble - To tell you an-y-thing more. - - The lit-tle girl runs from the ta-ble, - Bot-tle rolls down to the floor-- - And now I don’t think I’ll be a-ble - To tell you an-y-thing more. - - Then mam-ma runs up to the ta-ble, - Lit-tle girl runs for the door-- - And now I don’t think I’ll be a-ble - To tell you an-y-thing more. - -[Illustration: A ROGUE.] - - Mam-ma runs a-way from the ta-ble, - And catch-es the girl at the door-- - And now, oh! I _know_ I’m not a-ble - To tell you an-y-thing more. - - - - -A WONDERFUL SCHOLAR. - - - O, a wonderful scholar - Is our little Kate! - She reads in a primer; - She writes on a slate; - Her lines are not even; - Her O’s are not round; - And her words in the reader - Could not be found. - - Her sewing--what puckers! - What stitches! what knots! - And along the whole hem, - There are tiny red spots. - Her weekly reports - Tell how oft she has spoken; - And there’s not a rule - That she never has broken. - - [Illustration] - - Yet she comes to mamma - For a smile and a kiss, - As if a “bad mark,” - Should be paid for by this. - - And she cries in delight, - While she swings round her hat: - “I’m a wonderful scholar, - For I can spell ‘cat!’ - C-A-T, _Cat_!” - --_K. L._ - - - - -OUT IN THE MEADOW. - - - What do you think I saw to-day - Out in the meadow bright, - It tripped along on four little feet - In a coat all woolly and white; - - I said “Good morning, you pretty thing!” - And it raised its gentle head - As if it wanted to chat awhile; - But, “_Baa-Baa_,” was all it said! - - What do you think I led with me, - Blue eyed, dimpled, and sweet? - It hardly bent the daisies down - With _two_ little toddling feet; - - She laughed and chattered at Woolly-back, - She patted his little head; - But he talked almost as well as she, - For “_ma-ma_” was all _she_ said! - - * * * * * - -Transcriber’s Notes: - -_April Rain_, “thelawn” changed to “the lawn” (tree on the lawn) - -_Tab-by’s Lull-a-by_, after comparing text to original poem in -“Babyland,” the word “A” was added to start of line of poetry (A great -deal to do) - -_Some Naughty I’s_, “NAUGHY” changed to “NAUGHTY” in poem’s title. - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Cradle Songs, by Various - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CRADLE SONGS *** - -***** This file should be named 50612-0.txt or 50612-0.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/0/6/1/50612/ - -Produced by Emmy, MFR and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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