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Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

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<h3><SPAN name="daisy" id="daisy"></SPAN>DUCKLE, DAISY</h3> <p class="block15 nob">Duckle, duckle, daisy,<br/> Martha must be crazy,<br/> She went and made a Christmas cake<br/> Of olive oil and gluten-flake,<br/> And set it in the sink to bake,<br/> Duckle, duckle, daisy.</p> <div class="figcenterb" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-033s.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="514" alt="DUCKLE, DUCKLE, DAISY" title="" /> <span class="caption">DUCKLE, DUCKLE, DAISY</span> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-033x.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <div class="figcentert" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-034s.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="337" alt="Illustration 34a" title="" /> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-034x.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <h3><SPAN name="book" id="book"></SPAN>I’VE GOT A NEW BOOK</h3> <p class="block21 b4">I’ve got a new book from my Grandfather Hyde.<br/> It’s skin on the cover and paper inside,<br/> And reads about Arabs and horses and slaves,<br/> And tells how the Caliph of Bagdad behaves.<br/> I’d not take a goat and a dollar beside<br/> For the book that I got from my Grandfather Hyde.</p> <h3>T<SPAN name="rabbit" id="rabbit"></SPAN>HE CARROT AND THE RABBIT</h3> <p class="block15 b4">A carrot in a garden<br/> And a rabbit in the wood.<br/> Said the rabbit, “Beg your pardon,<br/> But you’re surely meant for food;<br/> Though you’ve started in to harden,<br/> You may still be very good.”</p> <h3><SPAN name="hoppy" id="hoppy"></SPAN>HIPPY-HI-HOPPY</h3> <p class="block25 nob">Hippy-Hi-Hoppy, the big fat toad,<br/> Greeted his friends at a turn of the road.<br/> <br/> Said he to the snail:<br/> “Here’s a ring for your tail<br/> If you’ll go into town for my afternoon mail.”<br/> <br/> Said he to the rat:<br/> “I have talked with the cat;<br/> And she’ll nab you so quick you won’t know where you’re at.”<br/> <br/> Said he to the lizard:<br/> “I’m really no wizard,<br/> But I’ll show you a trick that will tickle your gizzard.”<br/> <br/> Said he to the lark:<br/> “When it gets fairly dark<br/> We’ll chase the mosquitoes in Peek-a-Boo Park.”<br/> <br/> Said he to the owl:<br/> “If it were not for your scowl<br/> I’d like you as well as most any wild fowl.”<br/> <br/> Said he to the wren:<br/> “You’re tiny, but then<br/> I’ll marry you quick, if you’ll only say when.”</p> <div class="figcenterb" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-035s.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="353" alt="Illustration 35" title="" /> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-035x.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <div class="figcentert" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-036s.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="511" alt="I’LL TREAT THE CLOWN" title="" /> <span class="caption">I’LL TREAT THE CLOWN</span> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-036x.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <h3><SPAN name="gate" id="gate"></SPAN>UP ON THE GARDEN GATE</h3> <p class="block12 b4">Set me up on the garden gate<br/> And put on my Sunday tie;<br/> I want to be there<br/> With a round-eyed stare<br/> When the circus band goes by.<br/> <br/> Give me a bag of suckerettes<br/> And give me a piece of gum,<br/> Then I’ll get down<br/> And treat the clown,<br/> And give the monkey some.</p> <h3><SPAN name="chip" id="chip"></SPAN>’MOST ANY CHIP</h3> <p class="block10 b4">’Most any chip<br/> Will do for a ship,<br/> If only the cargo be<br/> Golden sand<br/> From the beautiful land<br/> Of far-off Arcady.<br/> For faith will waft<br/> The tiny craft<br/> O’er Fancy’s shining sea.</p> <div class="figcentert" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-037s.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="601" alt="Illustration 37" title="" /> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-037x.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <h3><SPAN name="song2" id="song2"></SPAN>A MOON SONG</h3> <p class="block17 b4">Who hung his hat on the moon?<br/> The owl in his bubble balloon.<br/> One bright summer night<br/> He sailed out of sight,<br/> And, hooting like Lucifer, hung in delight<br/> His three-cornered hat on the moon.</p> <h3><SPAN name="laugh" id="laugh"></SPAN>WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?</h3> <p class="block16 nob">“What makes you laugh, my little lass,<br/> From morning until noon?”<br/> “I saw a dappled donkey<br/> Throwing kisses at the moon.”</p> <div class="figcenterm" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-038as.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="506" alt="Illustration 38a" title="" /> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-038ax.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <p class="block16 nob">“What makes you cry, my little lass,<br/> And get your eyes so red?”<br/> “I saw a cruel gardener cut<br/> A poor old cabbage head.”</p> <div class="figcenterm" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-038bs.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="397" alt="Illustration 38b" title="" /> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-038bx.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <p class="block16 b4">“What makes you run, my little lass?<br/> You’re almost out of breath.”<br/> “A pumpkin made a face at me,<br/> And scared me half to death.”</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />

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