Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

“ You make a great fuss,
With your back and your great green eyes.
And you, Madam Duck,
You waddle and cluck,
Till it gives one the fidgets to hear you.
You had better run off
To the old pig's trough,
Where none but the pigs, ma'am, are near you. ”

“ PREFACE TO THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. It has been my object, in writing the following Little Songs for Little Boys and Girls, to endeavor to catch something of that good-humored pleasantry, that musical nonsense, which makes Mother Goose so attractive to children of all ages.
The little folks must decide whether the book is entertaining. To them I present my little volume, with the earnest hope that it will receive their approbation. If children love to lisp my rhymes, while parents find no fault in them, I ask no higher praise. ”

“ With the boys some day,
When he has grown older and bigger."
MASTER JOHNNY GOING TO RIDE. Why, here's Master Johnny;
He's taking a ride
On good Mrs. Donkey,
With her colt by her side.
Go softly, Ma'am Donkey,
And be sure not to trip ”