. Rhymes and jingles .. . t • Ill ^ill hf :N i f I i^i * - • f U<Mf : Mil ••-•-• . :. v : : • . :• ,. - - • HOW THE NEW YEAR CAME. r$3 TICK-A-TICK ! How loud it sounded !Bessies heart with wonder the great round thing that hungDown the middle, swung and swung !Tick, a-tick, a-tick, a-tick —Dear, how loud it was, and quick !Tick-a, tick-a, tick-a, tick-a!Surely it was growing quicker !While the swinging thing kept on,Back and forth, and never done. There ! Its coming ! Loud and clear,Each ringing stroke the night , screaming, hid in Herberts arms. The year ! he cried,
. Rhymes and jingles .. . t • Ill ^ill hf :N i f I i^i * - • f U<Mf : Mil ••-•-• . :. v : : • . :• ,. - - • HOW THE NEW YEAR CAME. r$3 TICK-A-TICK ! How loud it sounded !Bessies heart with wonder the great round thing that hungDown the middle, swung and swung !Tick, a-tick, a-tick, a-tick —Dear, how loud it was, and quick !Tick-a, tick-a, tick-a, tick-a!Surely it was growing quicker !While the swinging thing kept on,Back and forth, and never done. There ! Its coming ! Loud and clear,Each ringing stroke the night , screaming, hid in Herberts arms. The year ! he cried, the year ! the year ! Where ? faltered Bessie, which ? wherebouts ? But still The year! glad Herbert shouts ; And still the steady strokes rang on Until the banished year was gone. We ve seen the Old Year out—hurrah! Oh ! oh ! sobbed Bessie, call mamma. I dont like years to racket so ; It frightens me to hear em go ! But Herbert kissed away her tears, And, gently soothing all her fears, He heard the New Year coming quick, Tick, a-tick, a-tick, a-tick ! RHYMES AND JINGLES, C
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