SONG. Hark! hark! Bow, wow, The watch-dogs bark: Bow, wow. Hark! hark! I hear The strain of strutting chanticleer THE DOG AND THE BIT OF MEAT. A Dog, with a nice bit of meat in his mouth, went on a plank over a smooth brook. By chance he looked into the brook, and saw there what he took to be a dog with a bit of meat. He snapped to get this dog's meat as well as his own, but when he opened his jaws, the bit of meat he had in his mouth fell out and sank in the brook. THE DOG IN THE MANGER. A Dog lay in a manger full of hay. An Ox came near and wanted to eat the hay. The Dog got up and growled at him, and would not let him eat it. "Cross dog," said the Ox, "you cannot eat the hay, and yet you will let no one else have any." MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER WONDERFUL DOG. Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor Dog a bone; But when she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor Dog had none. She went to the baker's To buy him some bread; But when she came back, The poor Dog was dead. She went to the joiner's The poor Dog was laughing. She went to the hatter's To buy him a hat; But when she came back, He was feeding the cat. She went to the barber's But when she came back, He was dancing a jig. She went to the fruiterer's He was playing the flute. She went to the tailor's She went to the cobbler's To buy him some shoes; But when she came back, He was reading the news. She went to the sempstress' She went to the hosier's To buy him some hose; But when she came back, He was dressed in his clothes. The Dame made a curtsey, The Dame said, "Your servant," This wonderful Dog Was Dame Hubbard's delight; He could sing, he could dance, He could read, he could write. She gave him rich dainties, And erected a monument MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB. Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went He followed her to school one day, That was against the rule; It made the children laugh and play To see a lamb at school. And so the Teacher turned him out, And waited patiently about, Till Mary did appear: And then he ran to her, and laid His head upon her arm, As if he said, "I'm not afraid, You'll save me from all harm." "What makes the lamb love Mary so?" The eager children cry "O, Mary loves the lamb, you know," The Teacher did reply. THE LAMB. Little lamb, who made thee? Little lamb, who made thee? |