Ballads for little folk . lay; Danny said the tail was sorrel,Dimple said it was gray! Gray ! said Danny — You are simple ! Just as gray as mothers shawl! And thats red ! Said saucy Dimple, Youre a fool, and that is all! Then the sister and the brother — As indeed they scarce could fail,In such anger, struck each other — All about the horses tail ! Red/ cried Dimple, speaking loudly, How you play at fast and loose ! Yes, said Danny, still more proudly, When Im playing with a goose ! Dan and Dimple, and How they Quarreled. J$ In between them came the mother: What is all this fuss about ? Then t
Ballads for little folk . lay; Danny said the tail was sorrel,Dimple said it was gray! Gray ! said Danny — You are simple ! Just as gray as mothers shawl! And thats red ! Said saucy Dimple, Youre a fool, and that is all! Then the sister and the brother — As indeed they scarce could fail,In such anger, struck each other — All about the horses tail ! Red/ cried Dimple, speaking loudly, How you play at fast and loose ! Yes, said Danny, still more proudly, When Im playing with a goose ! Dan and Dimple, and How they Quarreled. J$ In between them came the mother: What is all this fuss about ? Then the sister and the brotherTold the story, out and out. And she answered, I must label Each of you a little dunce,Since to look into the stable Would have settled it at once! Forth ran Dan with Dimple after,And full soon came hurrying back Shouting, all aglee with laughter,That the horses tail was black! So they both agreed to profitBy the lesson they had learned, And to tell each other of itOften as the fit
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