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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

Wake up Birdie

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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Wake up Birdie

Birdie with the folded wing,
Shall we never hear you sing?
Sleepy birdie, wake up quick!
Pretty birdie, are you sick?
Birdie, birdie! are you dead?
Birdie, birdie! lift your head!
Lift your head, and show your beak.
Naughty birdie! won't you speak?
Here is water for your cup;
Here is sugar—eat it up:
Here is sunshine warm and bright.—
Now he sings with all his might!