. Rhymes and jingles .. . I said, as I lifted him up from the floor, Why, Johnny, whats all this about ? A scream was his answer. His flushed little faceLooked angrily up into mine ; THE NAUGHTY BOY. 1/7 Oo hurt! Do I, Johnny ? Where ? — show me the place !But his cry only changed to a whine. In a moment, I found out the cause of the trouble —Twas a pin, pricking deep in his side; And she, in her roughness, had bent the thing double —No wonder my darling had cried ! Poor Johnny! He sobbed on my shoulder awhile, Then held up his face to be kissed ;(If Betty went back to the Emerald Is
. Rhymes and jingles .. . I said, as I lifted him up from the floor, Why, Johnny, whats all this about ? A scream was his answer. His flushed little faceLooked angrily up into mine ; THE NAUGHTY BOY. 1/7 Oo hurt! Do I, Johnny ? Where ? — show me the place !But his cry only changed to a whine. In a moment, I found out the cause of the trouble —Twas a pin, pricking deep in his side; And she, in her roughness, had bent the thing double —No wonder my darling had cried ! Poor Johnny! He sobbed on my shoulder awhile, Then held up his face to be kissed ;(If Betty went back to the Emerald Isle, I know where she would nt be missed.) Soon, meek as a lamb when the tempest is whirling,And the shepherd is deaf to his bleat, Our Johnny submitted to washing and curling,Till Betty proclaimed him complete. In righting each other,(As Betty would say), If we find theres a botherThat stands in the way — Perhaps twould be well,Before crying, Sin, And running to tell,To look for the pin! 12 178 RHYMES AND LITTLE MISS LIMBERKIN. LITTLE Miss Limberkin, Dreadful to say,Found a mouse in the cupboard Sleeping Miss Limberkin Gave such a scream,She frightened the little mouse Out of its dream. THE FROG. 179 THE FROG WHO WOULDNT A-WOOING GO. YE gentlemen far, and gentlemen near,And ladies fair, and children dear,Come, list to the mournful tale — heigho ! —Of the frog who wouldnt a-wooing go. i. Once on a time, when nations were few,And whether the world stood still or flew,Nobody cared and nobody knew, A respectable pair,By name of Gluck, Lived in a pool On the Isle of ! very blest were this pair of frogs,Their lot was cast in the softest of Gluck had an exquisite voice, Their sky was serenest, Their puddle the greenestThat ever bade heart of a froggy rejoice. n. But of all the blessings that came to this pair,Most precious of all was a son and heir,With the widest of mouths and the loveliest stare —Their brisk little polliwog, Heart
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