Sing-Song: Cluck! Cluck! the Mother Hen

Cluck! cluck! the mother hen
Summons her chickens
To peck the dainty bits
Found in her pickings.

Minnie and Mattie

Minnie and Mattie
And May carry posies,
Half of sweet violets,
Half of primroses.

Give the sun time enough

Give the sun time enough,
Glowing and glowing,
He’ll rouse the roses
And bring them blowing.

Don’t wait for roses

Don’t wait for roses
Losing to-day,
O Minnie, Mattie,
And wise little May.

Violets and primroses

Violets and primroses
Blossom to-day
For Minnie and Mattie
And fat little May.

Heartsease in my garden bed

Heartsease in my garden bed,
With sweetwilliam white and red,
Honeysuckle on my wall:—
Heartsease blossoms in my heart
When sweet William comes to call,
But it withers when we part,
And the honey-trumpets fall.

If I were a Queen

If I were a Queen,
What would I do?
I’d make you King,
And I’d wait on you.

If I were a King

If I were a King,
What would I do?
I’d make you Queen,
For I’d marry you.

What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow

What are heavy? sea-sand and sorrow:
What are brief? to-day and to-morrow:
What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth
What are deep? the ocean and truth.

Stroke a flint, and there is nothing to admire

Stroke a flint, and there is nothing to admire:
Strike a flint, and forthwith flash out sparks of
fire.