Mary Mapes Dodge
First Lines
Baby Nell had ten little toes,
Fire in the window! flashes in the pane!
Give me your ear, good children all,
He came behind me, and covered my eyes,
How did they learn that their ways were small?
I wouldn't be a growler, I wouldn't be a bear;
In the snowing and the blowing,
Little white feathers, filling the air --
Mamma, what's zis on my ap'on?
Oh, where are all the good little girls, --
One Christmas Eve a little maid
Some are starving, some are filling,
Tell me, O youth so straight and tall,
Two little sisters, one little brother,
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