Evening red
Evening red and morning grey,
Set the traveller on his way.
Evening grey and morning red,
Bring the rain upon his head.
Escape at Bedtime
The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out
Through the blinds and the windows and bars;
And high overhead and all moving about,
There were thousands of millions of stars.
There ne’er were such thousands of leaves on a tree,
Nor of people in church or the Park,
As the crowds of the stars that looked down upon me,
And that glittered and winked in the dark.
The Dog, and the Plough, and the Hunter, and all,
And the star of the sailor, and Mars,
These shown in the sky, and the pail by the wall
Would be half full of water and stars.
They saw me at last, and they chased me with cries,
And they soon had me packed into bed;
But the glory kept shining and bright in my eyes,
And the stars going round in my head.
Elsie Marley
Elsie Marley’s grown so fine,
She won’t get up to feed the swine,
But lies in bed ’til eight or nine!
Lazy Elsie Marley.
Elizabeth
Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess,
They all went together to seek a birdâ??s nest;
They found a birdâ??s nest with five eggs in,
They all took one, and left four in.
Elizabeth Elspeth Betsey and Bess
Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsey, and Bess,
They all went together,
To seek a bird’s nest;
They found a bird’s nest,
With five eggs in,
They all took one,
And left four in.
Eenie, meeny, miney, mo
Eenie, meeny, miney, mo
Catch a tiger by the toe,
If he hollers, let him go
Eenie, meenie, miney, mo.