First Lines of Mary Mapes Dodge
Baby Buffety met a cow ---Baby Nell had ten little toes,Bees in the mangerBye, baby, night is come,Come, ho! sing, ho! ye chimney sprites,Do not think the storyFire in the window! flashes in the pane!From the sunny morningGive 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 and out, in and out,In the snowing and the blowing,It's coming, boys,Lemons for Molly;Little boys with pockets,Little Jenny with a pailLittle white feathers, filling the air --Mamma, what's zis on my ap'on?Oh! have you seen my laddie?Oh, where are all the good little girls, --Once on a still December night,One Christmas Eve a little maidSome are starving, some are filling,Tell me, O youth so straight and tall,The sun was sinking out of sight.Two little sisters, one little brother,Welcome, Christmas! heel and toe,Well, I'm out, after all!What's this coming? Baby, hark!When I run about all day,Whimpy, little Whimpy