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Mother Pitcher's poems For Little People
Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)
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Rose Lady.
When a Child-hides.
Variety Loriety.
The Fiddle and the Shoes.
The Rainbow.
Miss Fidgets.
Over the River.
The Donkey.
The Great Singer.
Rackety, Crackety!
The Toads.
Burra Glone.
When a Child is too inquisitive.
King Orian.
I'm Going Away.
Devils Needle!
Going out in the Rain.
The Locomotive.
Child's Concert.
The Rose-Bush.
What the Snake sangs,
Confusion.
The Fish-Fortune.
The Star.
The Fairy Lady.
Butterfly Luck.
Fairy Charms.
Fairies at Marbles.
The Tupelo-Tree.
The Indian Fairies.
Pau Puck kee-wis
The Indian Squaw.
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Mother Pitcher's poems For Little People
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The Fish-Fortune.
When
you're by the river,
If you see a fish
Jumping from the water,
You should make a wish.
And if you can speak it
Before he's out of sight,
The wish will all be granted
That very day or night.
Mother Pitcher's poems For Little People