se that they had.
So hipperty, clickerty, clackerty, bang,
Get in a corner as fast as you can!

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SONNY

A sailor gave his sonny
Nearly half a pint of money
And sent him out to buy a ton of coal;
But he met a poor old miser
Who told him it were wiser
To bury all his money in a hole.

A sailor gave his sonny
Nearly half a pint of money
And told him he should buy a suit of clothes;
But he saw a pretty maiden
With all kinds of posies laden,
And he gave her all his money for a rose.

Then the sailor gave his sonny
Nearly half a pint of money
To buy a little garden and a house;
But he found him the next day,
In a shop on Yesler Way,
A-buying cheese and crackers for a mouse.

[Illustration: HE GAVE HER ALL HIS MONEY FOR A ROSE]

THE STOVE

A stove is a thing that gets awfully hot,
And fries up your meat, or whatever you've got.
It's made out of iron and hinges and screws,
And filled up with shakers, and dampers, and flues.
It's not very long and it's not very wide;
It's got black'ning on top and ashes inside.

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THE THUNDER BABY

Have you heard of the Thunder Baby
Way up in the big blue sky?
You've seen his cradle, maybe,
And maybe you've heard him cry.

Most of the time he's sleeping,
Rolled up in a big white cloud,
But when he's awake and hungry
He bellows awfully loud.

And when he's crying, sometimes
You can hear his teardrops fall
With a patter, patter, patter,
Against the garden wall.

But when he's madder'n mischief,
He rolls, and growls, and spits,
And kicks the clouds all forty ways,
And gives the weather fits.

Then tears come down in bucketfuls,
And children dance for joy,
Till the sun comes out and soundly spanks
Her Thunder Baby Boy.

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HINKY, PINKY, PEARLY EARL

Hinky, pinky, pearly earl,
Twenty nobles and a churl;
Some are fat and some are lean,
One in red and one in green--
Prior, priest, and pearly earl,
Twenty nobles and a churl.

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TIPSY TOM

Tipsy Tom, the naughty fellow,
Dressed his wife in pink and yellow,
Set her in an apple tree,
And said: "Now catch a bumblebee."

JOLLY JINKS

Jolly Jinks, the sailor man,
Went to sea in an oyster can.
But he found the water wet,
Fishes got into his ne