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HETTY HUTTON

Hetty Hutton,
Here's a button,
Sew it on your dress.

Willie Waller,
Here's a dollar,
Maybe more or less.

Mister Shuster,
Here's a rooster,
Put him in a pen.

Mister Saxon,
Get an ax an'
Let him out again.

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A BIG, FAT POTATO

A big, fat potato lay down on a clod
In the shade of some burdock and tall goldenrod,
And he dreamed he were king of the whole garden plot,
With a palace and throne, and a crown with a lot
Of jewels and diamonds and gold till it shone
Like the front of a show when the lights are turned on.
He had to be minded by all of the plants;
When he whistled the radishes knew they must dance;
When he tooted his horn the cucumbers must sing
To a vegetable crowd gathered round in a ring.
He made all the cabbages stand in a row
While a sunflower instructed them just how to grow;
The bright yellow pumpkins he painted light blue;
Took the clothes off the scare-crow and made him buy new.
He strutted and sputtered and thought it was grand
To be king and commander o'er all the wide land.
But at last he woke up with an awful surprise
And found a blind mole kicking sand in his eyes.

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A BUNDLE OF HAY

A bundle of hay
From Baffin's Bay,
A johnny-cake from Rome,
A man and a mule
From Ultima Thule
To carry the cargo home.

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PETER, POPPER

Peter, popper, dopper, Dan,
Catch a moonbeam if you can;
Climb a cedar ten feet high
And pick the planets from the sky.
You're a wonder, little man--
Peter, popper, dopper, Dan.

OLD FATHER ANNUM

Old Father Annum on New Year's Day
Picked up his bag of months and years,
Thrust in his hand in a careless way,
And pulled a wee fellow out by the ears.
"There you are," said he to the waiting crowd,
"He's as good as any I have in my pack.
I never can tell, but I hope to be proud
Of the little rascal when I come back."

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THE TIPPANY FLOWER

O what will you take for a tippany flower,
And what will you take for a pansy?
I'll take a smile for the tippany flower,
And a kiss for the pretty pansy.

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HERE COMES A CABBAGE

Here comes a cabbage with a bonnet on its head,
A pretty purple bonnet with a bow of blue a