Little Jenny
by Mary Mapes Dodge
Little Jenny with a pail
Tripping to the spring;
Little Jack astride a rail
Laughed to hear her sing.
Little Jenny softly said,I'm tired as I can be.
But Jack was sure that the little maid
Said, Carry my pail for me.
Source:
Rhymes And JinglesCopyright 1875
Scribner, Armstrong, And Company