Ballads for little folk . DAN AND DIMPLE, AND HOW THEY QUARRELED. To begin in things quite simple Quarrels scarcely ever fail —And they fell out, Dan and Dimple, All about a horses tail! So that by and by the quarrel Quite broke up and spoiled their play; 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, speak
Ballads for little folk . DAN AND DIMPLE, AND HOW THEY QUARRELED. To begin in things quite simple Quarrels scarcely ever fail —And they fell out, Dan and Dimple, All about a horses tail! So that by and by the quarrel Quite broke up and spoiled their play; 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
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