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Rhymes and jingles by Mary Mapes Dodge

Dodge, Mary Mapes (1830-1905)

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A Song of St. Nicholas

The Little Mother

Midsummer Frolics

A Suggestion for A Happy New Year

[Lemons for Molly]

Out of the Shell

[I know where there's a beautiful shoe]

THE TERRIBLE BALL

Wouldn't and Would

Baby in Dreamland

THE WELL-MEANING FROG

The Little Dutchman

HOW MANY THINGS IN MY POCKET?

Little Pot Soon Hot

[“Have you heard the news, good neighbor?”]

Nell and her Bird

[Some one we cannot hear]

THE STUBBORN BOOT

The Queen o' May

Children's Hymn

THE SUN AND THE STARS

TAKING TIME TO GROW

DOGGIE'S TRICKS

THE THIRD OF JULY

The Dainty Miss Rose

[If cows wore satin slippers]

[Bumble, bramble, which came first, sir]

[Bees in the manger]

LITTLE BEGINNINGS

[There was a brave knight of Lorraine]

THE NAUGHTY BOY

The Little Mote

[A farmer in Bungleton had a colt]

[There was a shrewd lad of Cooloo]

Among the Animals

[Poor little Toddlekins]

What shall I buy

WAITING FOR FATHER

Dobbin's Friend

[Spinning your top]

[One step—two step]

Up in the Morning

Two Little Froggies

[Pins in the carpet, tacks in the floor]

[Trottery, trottery, out of breath!]

[Dumphy Dicky said, “I can't;”]

[Some are starving, some are filling]

[There's a fragrance in the blossom]

Johnny the Stout

[Old Doctor Paff, he used to laugh]

WILLIE'S LODGER

Little Miss Limberkin

The Way to do it

HALLOO, OLD SCUTTLE!

[When I was little]

[I'd like to be a splendid man]

NOT ONLY IN THE CHRISTMAS-TIDE

[Birdies with broken wings]

The Three Old Ladies

THE MAYOR OF SCUTTLETON

[What makes baby brave and bright?]

Willy and his Pipe

The Knowing Raccoon

The Star Family

The Frog who wouldn't A-Wooing go

The Pig and the Lark

[I gave my puss a mac-a-roon]

A COMMON MISTAKE

Poor Little Mousie

What shall we Take

[Oh, where are all the good little girls]

[There was an old weather-vane high on a shed]

[Twistan Turnem, let me see]

[I had a little Scotchman]

THE ROCKING-HORSE

UP IN A BALLOON

THE COOK'S LITTLE BOY

BENNY'S BUTTONS

[“Early to bed and early to rise:”]

[Tom of Clapham used to say]

THE WOODEN HORSE

[When the sun is sinking low in the skies]

FOUR LITTLE BIRDS

[Baby Nell had ten little toes]

Little Minnie Stowe

How the New Year came

CHRISTMAS BELLS

[Nobody near him, all in the dark]

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What shall I buy

“I've got a penny,
What shall I buy?
I'll buy a—whistle,
That's what I'll buy.

“I've got two pence,
What shall I buy?
I'll buy a—pop-gun,
That's what I'll buy.

“I've got three pence,
What shall I buy?
I'll buy a—horsey,
That's what I'll buy.”

Notice - The charm of this thrilling ditty lies in allowing the little one to suggest the last word of the third lines, and it can be kept up indefinitely.