 | Rhymes and jingles by Mary Mapes Dodge |  |
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HOW MANY THINGS IN MY POCKET?
Tap at your brain and unlock it,Then count all the things in my pocket:
A nail and a screw,
A screw-driver, too;
A cent and a dollar,
A tumbled-up collar;
A neck-tie and glove,
A note from my love;
Two peppermint-drops,
A couple of tops;
A buckle, a ball,
The head of a doll;
A top-snare, of course,
A six-penny horse;
Four pins, always handy,
And three sticks of candy;
Ten nuts and a pen,
A squirt—and what then?
Why, my knife, to be sure,
And an old wooden skewer;
That's all—oh! a string;
A galvanized ring;
A pistol (but no one could cock it),
And that's all I have in my pocket.
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