And when he finished everyone
Was out and building boats.

OLD FATHER McNETHER

Old Father McNether
He sorts out the weather
And takes what he pleases, I'm told,
With a big turkey-feather
He mixes the weather,
And makes it blow hot and blow cold.

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JERRY WAS A JOKER

Jerry was a joker.
He carried off the poker
And dressed it up from head to heel
In clover-tops and orange-peel
And fed it bones and barley meal.
Poor old Rusty Poker!

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KING KOKEM

King Kokem lay snoozing upon his brass bed--
Oh, play an old tune on your fiddle!
With shoes on his feet, and a crown on his head--
Oh, tune up your rusty old fiddle!

He dreamed of a land where the lions were tame,
Where they fried their lamb-chops on a griddle,
Where they called all the parrots and monkeys by name--
Oh, play us a tune on your fiddle!

He dreamed of a sea filled with raspberry pop,
With a cocoanut isle in the middle,
Where the stones and the boulders had icing on top--
Go strike up a tune on your fiddle!

He dreamed of a sky where the moonbeams all danced
While a comet was telling a riddle,
Where the stars and the planets and sun-dogs all pranced
While the moon played his fiddle de diddle.

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OLD MISSUS SKINNER

Old Missus Skinner
Had dumplings for dinner
And sat on a very high stool;
When she cut thru the hide
There was nothing inside,
Which I'm sure was not often the rule.

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OH, MOTHER

Oh, Mother, Oh, Mother,
Come quickly and see,
The house and the farmyard
Have gone on a spree.

The pig's in the pantry,
The chickens are out,
The parrot is perched
On the tea kettle spout.

And mercy, Oh, mercy,
Oh, what shall I do?
A rat has run off
With my very best shoe.

CELLA REE AND TOMMY TO

Two funny friends that you all know
Are Cella Ree and Tommy To.
About as queer as friends can be,
Are Tommy To and Cella Ree.
For hours they sit there grim and stable
Side by side upon the table.
Tom is red and Cella pale,
His blushes are of no avail;
She sits, in spite of his endeavor,
As firm and undisturbed as ever,
A funny pair, you must agree,
This Tommy To and Cella Ree.

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