Wee-Wee Songs

FOR OUR LITTLE PETS.

MOTHER GOOSE.

“Mamma,” said our Sue, “You sent me to-day, Up stairs with the nurse And Willie to play.

“And I told her I thought It was wicked and silly, To say things like these To our dear little Willy--

“‘Oh, hi-diddle, Diddle, The cat has the Fiddle, The cow has jumped Over the moon, The little dog laughed To see all the sport, And the dish ran away With the spoon.’

“Nurse says she has found The book of great use, For children are pleased To hear Mother Goose.

“Now, is it not wrong To tell them a lie? If not, I am sure I cannot see why.”

“I think you are right,” Her mother replied; “Nurse must try to amuse him With something beside.

“But babies are pleased With the jingle of rhyme, And old Mother Goose Has been used a long time.

“We must find Wee-Wee Songs, That are not quite so silly, And buy them for nurse, To amuse little Willy.

“We give him, each day, Fresh milk and sweet bread, And his dear little mind Must be properly fed.

“’Tis not easy to find Sweet thoughts, good and true, In nursery rhymes; I wish, my dear Sue,

That those who love Jesus Would oftener read Those sweet words he uttered, My lambs ye must feed!

“For this beautiful world, So joyous and bright, Has so many things Of which poets might write.

“The blue sky above us, The flowers and the trees, The warbling of birds, And the hum of the bees.

“These bright thoughts would give Our darling great pleasure, If written in simple, And sweet-flowing measure.