I'm really no wizard,
But I'll show you a trick that will tickle your gizzard."

Said he to the lark:
"When it gets fairly dark
We'll chase the mosquitoes in Peek-a-Boo Park."

Said he to the owl:
"If it were not for your scowl
I'd like you as well as most any wild fowl."

Said he to the wren:
"You're tiny, but then
I'll marry you quick, if you'll only say when."

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UP ON THE GARDEN GATE

Set me up on the garden gate
And put on my Sunday tie;
I want to be there
With a round-eyed stare
When the circus band goes by.

Give me a bag of suckerettes
And give me a piece of gum,
Then I'll get down
And treat the clown,
And give the monkey some.

'MOST ANY CHIP

'Most any chip
Will do for a ship,
If only the cargo be
Golden sand
From the beautiful land
Of far-off Arcady.
For faith will waft
The tiny craft
O'er Fancy's shining sea.

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A MOON SONG

Who hung his hat on the moon?
The owl in his bubble balloon.
One bright summer night
He sailed out of sight,
And, hooting like Lucifer, hung in delight
His three-cornered hat on the moon.

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?

"What makes you laugh, my little lass,
From morning until noon?"
"I saw a dappled donkey
Throwing kisses at the moon."

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"What makes you cry, my little lass,
And get your eyes so red?"
"I saw a cruel gardener cut
A poor old cabbage head."

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"What makes you run, my little lass?
You're almost out of breath."
"A pumpkin made a face at me,
And scared me half to death."

TIMMY O'TOOLE

When Timmy O'Toole
Was going to school
He picked up a package of gum.
He treated the preacher
And Sunday-school teacher,
And gave a policeman some.

A MAN CAME FROM MALDEN

A man came from Malden to buy a blue goose.
And what became of the gander?
He went and got tipsy on blackberry juice,
And that was the end of the gander.

BARON BATTEROFF

The mighty baron, Batteroff,
Raised a whale in a watering trough.
When the whale grew large and fat
He ate the baron's brindle cat.
But pussy, once inside the whale,
Began to tickle with her tail.
This the monster could not stand,
And spewed her out upon dry land.
That night, when all was fine as s