# Sing-Song: Angels at the Foot - Source: Sing-Song (sing-song.gutenberg.org), Public domain, Christina Rossetti, pictures by Arthur Hughes, 1872, via Project Gutenberg - Reading level: Ages 4 to 6 - Subjects: Poems, Animals, Music - Topics: baby, love, kookoorookoo, sing, kikirikee, angels - Length: 233 words, about 2 min - Original: - Page: - Open in Sprouts: Angels at the foot, And Angels at the head, And like a curly little lamb My pretty babe in bed. ## Love me,—I love you Love me,—I love you, Love me, my baby; Sing it high, sing it low, Sing it as may be. ## Mother’s arms under you Mother’s arms under you, Her eyes above you; Sing it high, sing it low, Love me,—I love you. ## My baby has a father and a mother My baby has a father and a mother, Rich little baby! Fatherless, motherless, I know another Forlorn as may be: Poor little baby! ## “Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!” “Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!” Crows the cock before the morn “Kikirikee! kikirikee!” Roses in the east are born. “Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!” Early birds begin their singing; “Kikirikee! kikirikee!” The day, the day, the day is springing. ## Baby cry— Baby cry— Oh fie!— At the physic in the cup: Gulp it twice And gulp it thrice, Baby gulp it up. ## Eight o’clock Eight o’clock; The postman’s knock! Five letters for Papa; One for Lou, And none for you, And three for dear Mamma. ## Bread and milk for breakfast Bread and milk for breakfast, And woollen frocks to wear, And a crumb for robin redbreast On the cold days of the year. ## There’s snow on the fields There’s snow on the fields, And cold in the cottage, While I sit in the chimney nook Supping hot pottage. ## Picture credits - Arthur Hughes, Public domain () - Arthur Hughes, Public domain () - Arthur Hughes, Public domain () - Arthur Hughes, Public domain () - Arthur Hughes, Public domain () - Arthur Hughes, Public domain () - Arthur Hughes, Public domain () - Arthur Hughes, Public domain ()