Nursery Rhymes and Poems

Uncle Simon he
Clum up a tree
To see what he could see,
When presentlee Uncle Jim
Clum up beside of him
And squatted down by he.

A little health, a little wealth,
A little house and freedom;
And at the end a little friend,
And little cause to need him.
Eat less; breathe more.
Talk less ,think more.
Ride less, walk more.
Clothe less bathe more.
Worry less; give more.
Preach less; practise more.

There was an old lady, all dressed in silk,
Who lived upon lemons and butter-milk;
And, thinking the world was sour old place,
She carried its acid all over her face.
Another old lady ,all sunny and neat,
Who lived upon sugar and every thing sweet,
Exclaimed, when she heard of the trouble “I never!
For the world is so nice I [...]

Two little hands go clap, clap, clap
Two little feet go tap, tap, tap;
Two little eyes are open wide,
One little head goes side to side

Two little eyes to look around.
Two little ears to hear each sound.
One little nose to smell what’s sweet.
One little mouth that likes to eat.

Two little dogs were basking in the cinders,
Two little cats were playing at the windows,
When two little mice popped out of a hole,
And up to a fine piece of cheese they stole.
The two little dogs cried: “Cheese is nice!”
But the two little cats jumped down in a trice,
And soon cracked the bones of the two [...]

Two little dicky birds sitting on a wall,
One named Peter, one named Paul.
Fly away Peter, fly away Paul,
Come back Peter, come back Paul!

Two little black birds
Sitting on a hill
One named Jack,
The other named Jill
Fly away Jack,
Fly away Jill
Come back Jack
Come back Jill

Two dreams came down to earth one night
From the realm of mist and dew;
One was a dream of the old, old days;
And one was a dream of the new.
One was a dream of a shady land
That led to the pickerel pond,
Where the willows and rushes bowed themselves
To the brown old hills beyond.
And the people that [...]

There were two birds sat on a stone,
Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
One flew away, and then there was one,
Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
The other bird flew after,
And then there was none,
Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
And so the stone
Was left alone,
Fa la, la, la, lal, de.