nd red;
And here comes a bottle with a collar 'round its neck,
A handsome linen collar, too, without a spot or speck;
Next comes a meat-saw, his job is biting beef,
And according to the cleaver he has gold in all his teeth;
And last of all there comes along, amid the ringing cheers,
A princely Indian corn-stalk with rings in both his ears.

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PLENTY

There are plenty feathers on a hen
And prickers on a rose,
There is plenty roaring in a den
Of lions, goodness knows;

There are plenty fishes in the lake
And islands in the sea;
There are plenty raisins in this cake
For even you and me.

THE RUNAWAYS

A pipe and a spoon and a tenpenny nail
Stole a tin dishpan and went for a sail.
But the cook he grew curious,
Fussy, and furious;
Gathered his trappings, and went on their trail.
He found them that night in a pitiful plight,
And sent them all home on the ten o'clock mail.

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THE SALESMAN

Hi! Hi! Who will buy
A wee little cloud for the pretty blue sky?
Some are purple, some are red,
And all are soft as a feather bed.
Hi! Little children, won't any one buy
One little cloud for the pretty blue sky?

A RACE, A RACE TO MOSCOW

A race, a race to Moscow,
Before the close of day!
A race, a race to Moscow,
A long, long way!
First comes a butterfly a-riding on a frog,
Next comes a water rat a-floating on a log;
A caterpillar on the fence, a hopper in the hay--
Who'll get to Moscow before the close of day?

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A PRINCE FROM PEPPERVILLE

A prince came down from Pepperville
In satin and in lace,
He wore a bonnet on his head
And whiskers on his face.

And when he came to Battleburg
This is what befell:
He gave the king and cabinet
A half a peanut shell.

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BOATS

Hitch up your cattle
And drive to Seattle
To see all the boats come in,--
From Kibi and Kobi
And Panama Dobi
And some from the Islands of Myn.
They're bringing us rices
And cocoa and spices
And pineapples done up in tin,
And maybe Aunt Dinah
Will come back from China
If ever the boats get in.

PRETTY THINGS

Pretty poppies,
Pretty trees,
Pretty little lettuce-leaves,
Pretty pebbles,
Red and brown,
Pretty floating th