# Mother Goose: Needles and Pins - Source: The Real Mother Goose (mother-goose.gutenberg.org), Public domain, Blanche Fisher Wright, illustrator, 1916, via Project Gutenberg - Reading level: Ages 4 to 6 - Subjects: Poems, Animals - Topics: dance, moving, finger, alone, dusty, dumplings - Length: 394 words, about 3 min - Original: - Page: - Open in Sprouts: Needles and pins, needles and pins, When a man marries his trouble begins. ## Pussy-Cat And The Dumplings Pussy-cat ate the dumplings, the dumplings, Pussy-cat ate the dumplings. Mamma stood by, and cried, "Oh, fie! Why did you eat the dumplings?" ## Dance, Thumbkin Dance Dance, Thumbkin, dance; ( keep the thumb in motion Dance, ye merrymen, everyone. ( all the fingers in motion For Thumbkin, he can dance alone, ( the thumb alone moving Thumbkin, he can dance alone. ( the thumb alone moving Dance, Foreman, dance, ( the first finger moving Dance, ye merrymen, everyone. ( all moving But Foreman, he can dance alone, ( the first finger moving Foreman, he can dance alone. ( the first finger moving Dance, Longman, dance, ( the second finger moving Dance, ye merrymen, everyone. ( all moving For Longman, he can dance alone, ( the second finger moving Longman, he can dance alone. ( the second finger moving Dance, Ringman, dance, ( the third finger moving Dance, ye merrymen, dance. ( all moving But Ringman cannot dance alone, ( the third finger moving Ringman, he cannot dance alone. ( the third finger moving Dance, Littleman, dance, ( the fourth finger moving Dance, ye merrymen, dance. ( all moving But Littleman, he can dance alone, ( the fourth finger moving Littleman, he can dance alone. ( the fourth finger moving ## Mary'S Canary Mary had a pretty bird, Feathers bright and yellow, Slender legs--upon my word He was a pretty fellow! The sweetest note he always sung, Which much delighted Mary. She often, where the cage was hung, Sat hearing her canary. ## Birds Of A Feather Birds of a feather flock together, And so will pigs and swine; Rats and mice will have their choice, And so will I have mine. ## The Little Bird Once I saw a little bird Come hop, hop, hop; So I cried, "Little bird, Will you stop, stop, stop?" And was going to the window To say, "How do you do?" But he shook his little tail, And far away he flew. ## The Dusty Miller Margaret wrote a letter, Sealed it with her finger, Threw it in the dam For the dusty miller. Dusty was his coat, Dusty was the siller, Dusty was the kiss I'd from the dusty miller. If I had my pockets Full of gold and siller, I would give it all To my dusty miller. ## A Star Higher than a house, higher than a tree. Oh! whatever can that be? ## Picture credits - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain ()