. Rhymes and jingles .. . TWISTAN TURNEM, let me see,Which is the way to Tweedle-dee ?Why, turn about the way you Ve come,And take the road to Tweedle-dum. WANDERING JOE. TELL me, O wandering Joe !How many miles did you go?Why, one to my mothers,And three to my brothers,And just half a dozenTo hunt up a cousin ;And half a mile yonderA hen-roost to plunder;And three half miles backTo cover the track. CLOUDY TIME OR SHINY TIME. IOI Then a half and a halfTo water the calf,And a half and a quarterBefore I found water ;Add a quarter to that,When I chased a black bat ;Then two to town,To see Jim Bro
. Rhymes and jingles .. . TWISTAN TURNEM, let me see,Which is the way to Tweedle-dee ?Why, turn about the way you Ve come,And take the road to Tweedle-dum. WANDERING JOE. TELL me, O wandering Joe !How many miles did you go?Why, one to my mothers,And three to my brothers,And just half a dozenTo hunt up a cousin ;And half a mile yonderA hen-roost to plunder;And three half miles backTo cover the track. CLOUDY TIME OR SHINY TIME. IOI Then a half and a halfTo water the calf,And a half and a quarterBefore I found water ;Add a quarter to that,When I chased a black bat ;Then two to town,To see Jim Brown ;And two, and none,And one for fun,And one for luck,.And one for pluck ;And one for trouble,And two for double;And then twas bestTo sit and now, my friend, says Joe,How many miles did I go ? NEVER a night so dark and drear,Never a cruel wind so chill, But loving hearts can make it clear,And find some comfort in it still IO2 RHYMES AND THE RATS. WHEN I m sittingAt my knittingAfter tea —Deary me !Such commotion,Land o Goshen iAnd its allIn the wall. Rumble, tumble,Flurry, a rushing,And a crushing ; THE RATS. 103 Now a rattle,And a battle;Now a squeakAnd a fall So I sit And I knit ; And I ponder And wonder, And scarcely know how, In the racket and row, My wits to recall. But the clatter,For that matter,And the rumbleAnd tumbleAnd scratchingAnd catchingKeep onThrough it all. Rats in dozens,With their cousins,Or in droves,With their loves :Now its raps,Now its taps,Or its crunching,Or munching ;Or a creak,Or a shriek ;
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