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Title: Little Songs

Author: Eliza Lee Follen

Posting Date: June 4, 2009 [EBook #4027]
Release Date: May, 2003
First Posted: October 12, 2001

Language: English

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LITTLE SONGS

BY

MRS. FOLLEN

Illustrated with above fifty pictures.

PREFACE

TO THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.

It has been my object, in writing the following Little Songs for Little
Boys and Girls, to endeavor to catch something of that good-humored
pleasantry, that musical nonsense, which makes Mother Goose so
attractive to children of all ages.

The little folks must decide whether the book is entertaining. To them
I present my little volume, with the earnest hope that it will receive
their approbation. If children love to lisp my rhymes, while parents
find no fault in them, I ask no higher praise.

CAMBRIDGE, 1832.

PREFACE.

In the present edition of the "Nursery Songs," which has been
carefully revised, the original name given by its parent and best
friends is restored.

Two captivating little songs, by some unknown hand, appended to the
English edition, are retained; and two or three from the first
American edition, omitted in the English, are restored.

I will hope that the little folks will welcome the little book in
its new dress, and make much of it; for it was at first made, and is
now adorned with pictures, on purpose to please them.

ELIZA LEE FOLLEN.

BROOKLINE, MARCH 22, 1856.

CONTENTS.

TITLE. TUNE.

ANNIE'S GARDEN, . . . . . . . . . . Malbrooke,
THE NEW MOON,
LULLABY, . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vesper Hymn,
STOP! STOP! PRETTY WATER, . . . . . Buy a Broom,
MY LITTLE DOLL ROSE,
BUTTERFLIES ARE PRETTY, . . . . . . The White Cockade,
OLD NURSEY, . . . . . . . . . . . . Kitty Clover,
THE SUN IS UP, . . . . . . . . . . Bonny Boat,
WALTER AND HIS DOG,
IT IS A PLEASANT DAY, . . . . . . . The Schoolmaster,
THE GOOD MOOLLY COW,