ut you in too.

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THE BLUE SONG

Hot mush and molasses all in a blue bowl--
Eat it, it's good for you, sonny.
'T will make you grow tall as a telephone pole--
Eat it, it's good for you, sonny.

Fresh fish and potatoes all on a blue plate--
Eat it up smart now, my sonny.
'T will make you as jolly and fat as Aunt Kate--
Eat it up quick now, my sonny.

Sweet milk from a nanny-goat in a blue cup--
Drink it, it's good for you, sonny,
'T will fill you, expand you, and help you grow up,
And make a real man of you, sonny.

HIPPITY HOP TO BED

O it's hippity hop to bed!
I'd rather sit up instead.
But when father says "must,"
There's nothing but just
Go hippity hop to bed.

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AWAY TO THE RIVER

Away to the river, away to the wood,
While the grasses are green and the berries are good!
Where the locusts are scraping their fiddles and bows,
And the bees keep a-coming wherever one goes.

Oh, it's off to the river and off to the hills,
To the land of the bloodroot and wild daffodils,
With a buttercup blossom to color my chin,
And a basket of burs to put sandberries in.

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OUR LITTLE PAT

Our little Pat
Was chasing the cat
And kicking the kittens about.
When mother said "Quit!"
He ran off to sit
On the top of the woodpile and pout;
But a sly little grin
Soon slid down his chin
And let all the sulkiness out.

THE ANIMAL SHOW

Father and mother and Bobbie will go
To see all the sights at the animal show.
Where lions and bears
Sit on dining room chairs,
Where a camel is able
To stand on a table,
Where monkeys and seals
All travel on wheels,
And a Zulu baboon
Rides a baby balloon.
The sooner you're ready, the sooner we'll go.
Aboard, all aboard, for the Animal Show!

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TOMMY TRIMBLE

Billy be nimble,
Hurry and see
Old Tommy Trimble
Climbing a tree.
He claws with his fingers
And digs with his toes.
The longer he lingers
The slower he goes.

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DICKIE, DICKIE DEXTER

Dickie, Dickie Dexter
Had a wife and vexed her.
She put him in a rabbit cage
And fed him peppermint and sage--
Dickie, Dickie Dexter.

ON THE ROAD TO TATTLETOWN

On the road to Tattletown
What is this I see