Mary Mapes Dodge

1830-1905

 

A Song For Bertie.

by Mary Mapes Dodge

Baby Buffety met a cow ---
Moo, moo! How d' ye do?
Baby Buffetty made a bow ---
Moo, moo! How d'ye do?
Baby Buffetty met a sheep ---
Baa, baa! How's your ma?
Baby Buffetty gave a leap ---
Baa, baa! How's your ma?
Baby Buffetty met a lion ---
Roar, G-r-r-rooo! Go away!
Baby Buffetty ran off crying, ---
Roar, G-r-r-rooo! Go away!

Source:

Rhymes And Jingles
Copyright 1875
Scribner, Armstrong, And Company