Rhymes and jingles by Mary Mapes Dodge

Dodge, Mary Mapes (1830-1905)

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Garden Songs

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A Song of St. Nicholas

The Little Mother

A Riddle

Midsummer Frolics

A Suggestion for A Happy New Year

JEAN AND KITTY

[Lemons for Molly]

Out of the Shell

[I know where there's a beautiful shoe]

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]

Children's Hymn

THE SUN AND THE STARS

[If cows wore satin slippers]

[Bumble, bramble, which came first, sir]

[There was a brave knight of Lorraine]

[A farmer in Bungleton had a colt]

[There was a shrewd lad of Cooloo]

Among the Animals

[Poor little Toddlekins]

[Pins in the carpet, tacks in the floor]

[Trottery, trottery, out of breath!]

PUSSY'S CLASS

[Dumphy Dicky said, “I can't;”]

[Some are starving, some are filling]

[There's a fragrance in the blossom]

Johnny the Stout

Pussy & Doggie

[Old Doctor Paff, he used to laugh]

WILLIE'S LODGER

Billy Boy

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

Christmas

Side by Side

[Birdies with broken wings]

The Three Old Ladies

THE MAYOR OF SCUTTLETON

Nell's Notion

GOOD-NIGHT!

[What makes baby brave and bright?]

The Frog who wouldn't A-Wooing go

The Pig and the Lark

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

[Oh, where are all the good little girls]

EXTRAVAGANCE

Harry

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

[Twistan Turnem, let me see]

What They Say

JINGLES

[I had a little Scotchman]

THE ROCKING-HORSE

UP IN A BALLOON

At the Window

THE COOK'S LITTLE BOY

BENNY'S BUTTONS

The Frost King

[“Early to bed and early to rise:”]

[Tom of Clapham used to say]

THE WOODEN HORSE

COMB MUSIC

[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

Master Tremble

[Nobody near him, all in the dark]

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Children's Hymn

Air, “Little Drops of Water.”

From the sunny morning
To the starry night,
Every look and motion
Meets our Father's sight.

From our earliest breathing
To our latest year,
Every sound we utter
Meets our Father's ear.

Through our earthly journey,
Wheresoe'er we go,
Every thought and feeling
Doth our Father know.

Let us then be careful
That our looks shall be
Brave and kind and cheerful,
For our Lord to see.

Let us guard each accent
With a holy fear,
Fit our every saying
For our Lord to hear.

Let no thought within us,
Hidden or confessed,
Ever bring a sorrow
To our dear Lord's breast.

Help us, O our Father!
Hear our earnest plea—
Teach Thy little children
How to live for Thee!

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Children's Hymn

Air, “Little Drops of Water.”