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Springfield Town is Butterfly Town And Other Poems for Children

Lindsay, Vachel (1879-1931)

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Springfield Town is Butterfly Town

In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree

Adventures with the Eldest Daughter Eight Years Old

The Lotus under the Pacific

The Bohunk and the Dolly

Young Man Jumping Jack

Rouse Up, You Lazy Salamanders

The Fighting Frog

Peacock Epigram

Playing Card Drawing

The Cat Pegasus

Cork-Bird Picture

The Unexpected Door

The Mouse Pegasus

Another Boaster

The Independent Thomas

A Meritorious Villainous Baker-Man

The Yap Yap and the Clap Trap

Rhyme for the Turkeys

A Big-Eared Rat

The Illinois State Mews

Grandma Graymalkins

What Happened in the Town of Gosh

The Butterflies Showing Off

The White Rose and the Butterfly

The Invisible Flowers

The Dazzling Bird

The Reed that Loved the Wave

Round, Round the Montain Flew

The Swan with the Crown

My Sixty-First Poem on the Moon

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Young Man Jumping Jack

Young man jumping jack,
He jumped low.
Young man jumping jack,
He jumped high.
And young man jumping jack,
He jumped back.
And young man jumping jack touched the sky.
And young man jumping jack
Wasn't so slow.