Little things
Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand
Make the mighty ocean
And the beauteous land
And the little moments,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity.
So our little errors
Lead the soul away
from the paths of virtue
into sin to stray
Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden,
Like the heaven above.
Little sister
BATH-TIME
BABY’S got no legs at all;
They’re soft and pinky, crumpied things.
If he stood up he’d only fall;
But then, you see, he’s used to wings.
BED-TIME
Baby, baby, bye,
Close your little eye!
When the dark begins to creep
Tiny-wees must go to sleep.
Lammy, lammy, lie,
I am seven, I;
Little boys must sleep and wait
If they want their bed-time late.
Fidgy, fidgy, fie,
There’s no need to cry!
Soon you’ll never dress in white,
But sit up working half the night.
Little Sammy Soapsuds
When Little Sammy Soapsuds,
Went out to take a ride.
In looking over London Bridge,
He fell into the tide.
His parents never taught,
Their loving son to swim.
The tide soon got the mastery,
And made an end of him.
Little Sally Walker
Little Sally Walker sitting in a saucer,
Ride, Sally, ride!
Wipe your weeping eyes!
Turn to the east.
Turn to the west.
Turn to the one that you love the best.
Shake it to the east!
Shake it to the west!
Shake it to the east!
Shake it to the west!
Turn to the one that you love the best.
Little Robin Redbreast
Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree.
Up went Pussycat and down went he.
Down came Pussycat and away Robin ran.
Says Little Robin Redbreast,
“Catch me if you can!”
Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a wall.
Pussycat jumped after him and almost got a fall.
Little Robin chirped and sang,
And what did pussy say?
Pussycat said, ‘Meeow!’ and Robin jumped away.
Little raindrops
Oh, where do you come from,
You little drops of rain,
Pitter- patter, pitter- patter,
Down the window-pane?
They won’t let me walk,
They won’t let me play,
And they won’t let me go
Out of doors at all to day.
They put away my playthings
Because I broke them all,
And then they locked up all my bricks,
And took away my ball.
Tell me little raindrops,
Is that the way you play ,
Pitter-patter, pitter-patter,
All the rainy day?
They say I’m very naughty,
But I’ve nothing else to do
But sit here at the window;
I should like to play with you.
The little raindrops cannot speak,
But pitter-patter pat
Means “We can play on this side:
Why can’t you play on that?”
Little Pussy
I like little Pussy,
Her coat is so warm,
And if I don’t hurt her
She’ll do me no harm;
So I’ll not pull her tail,
Nor drive her away,
But Pussy and I
Very gently will play.
Little Polly Flinders
Little Polly Flinders
Sat among the cinders
Warming her pretty little toes;
Her mother came and caught her,
Whipped her little daughter
For spoiling her nice new clothes.
Little Poll Parrot
Little Poll Parrot
Sat in his garret
Eating toast and tea;
A little brown mouse
Jumped into the house,
And stole it all away.
Little polly flinders
Little polly flinders
Sat among the cinders,
Warming her pretty little toes.
Her mother came and caught her,
And whipped her little daughter
For spoiling her nice new clothes.
Little Nancy Etticoat
Little Nancy Etticoat
With a white petticoat,
And a red nose;
She has no feet or hands,
The longer she stands,
The shorter she grows.
Little mouse
I have seen you, little mouse,
Running all about the house,
Through the hole your little eye
In the wainscot peeping sly,
Hoping soon some crumbs to steal,
To make quite a hearty meal.
Look before you venture out,
See if pussy is about.
If she’s gone, you’ll quickly run
To the larder for some fun;
Round about the dishes creep,
Taking into each a peep,
To choose the daintiest that’s there,
Spoiling things you do not care.
Little moppet
I had a little moppet,
I put it in my pocket,
And fed it with corn and hay.
There came a proud beggar,
And swore he should have her;
And stole my little moppet away.
Little moppet
I had a little moppet,
I kept it in my pocket
And fed it on corn and hay;
There came a proud beggar
And swore he would wed her.
And stole my little moppet away,
And through the wood she ran, she ran,
And through the wood she ran.
All the long winter she followed the hunter,
And never was heard of again.
Little Miss Patty and Master Paul
Little Miss Patty and Master Paul,
Have found two snails on the garden wall.
“These snails,” said Paul,
“How slow they walk,
A great deal slower than we can talk.”
“Make haste, Mr Snail travel quicker I pray,
In a race with our tongues,
You’d be beaten today”.
Little Miss Muffet
She sat on a tuffet,
Eating of curds and whey;
There came a big spider
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Little man
There was a little man, and he had a little gun,
And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead;
He went to the brook, and saw a little duck,
And shot it right through the head, head, head.
He carried it home to his old wife Joan,
And bade her a fire to make, make, make.
To roast the little duck he had shot in the brook,
And he’d go and fetch the drake, drake, drake.
The drake was a-swimming with his curly tail;
The little man made it his mark, mark, mark.
He let off his gun, but he fired too soon,
And the drake flew away with quack, quack, quack.
Little maid
“Little maid, pretty maid, whither goest thou?”
“Down in the forest to milk my cow.”
“Shall I go with thee?” “No, not now;
When I send for thee, then come thou.”
Little King Boggen
Little King Boggen, he built a fine hall,
Pie-crust and pastry-crust, that was the wall;
The windows were made of black puddings and white,
And slated with pan-cakes,- you ne’er saw the like!
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