Leroy F. Jackson

Name: The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes
Author: Leroy F. Jackson

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“The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes”, is a work by Leroy F. Jackson. It explores elements such as View larger image, toot and Uncle Claus.

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

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View larger image A CANDLE, A CANDLE A candle, a candle
To light me to bed;
A pillow, a pillow
To tuck up my head.
The moon is as sleepy as sleepy can be,
The stars are all pointing their fingers at me,
And Missus Hop-Robin, way up in her nest,
Is rocking her tired little babies to rest. ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

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View larger image MOON, O MOON IN THE EMPTY SKY Moon, O Moon in the empty sky,
Why do you swing so low?
Pretty moon with the silver ring
And the long bright beams where the fairies cling,
Where do you always go? ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ View larger image BABIES Come to the land where the babies grow,
Like flowers in the green, green grass.
Tiny babes that swing and crow
Whenever the warm winds pass,
And laugh at their own bright eyes aglow
In a fairy looking-glass. ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ Peter lives upon a mountain
Pretty near the sun,
Knows the bears and birds and rabbits
Nearly every one;
Has a home among the alders,
Bed of cedar bark,
Walks alone beneath the pine trees
Even when it’s dark. ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ View larger image A TOE RIME Tassle is a captain,
Tinsel is a mayor,
Tony is a baker-boy
With ’lasses in his hair,
Tipsy is a sailor,
With anchors on his chest,
And Tiny is the baby boy
Who bosses all the rest. ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ With a voice like a steamer gong:
“If you harbor your wealth
And keep your health,
You’ll always be rich and strong.”
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View larger image HIPPERTY, CLICKERTY, CLACKERTY, BANG Hipperty, clickerty, clackerty, bang,
Get in a corner as fast as you can!
The sideboard is tipsy, the table is mad,
The chairs have lost all the sense that they had.
So hipperty, clickerty, clackerty, bang,
Get in a corner as fast as you can!
View larger image [56] SONNY A sailor gave his sonny
Nearly half a pint of money
And sent him out to buy a ton of coal ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ View larger image [23] A MATTER OF TASTE “Thank you, dear,” said the big black ant,
“I’d like to go home with you now, but I can’t.
I have to hurry and milk my cows—
The aphid herds on the aster boughs.”
And the ladybug said: “No doubt it’s fine,
This milk you get from your curious kine,
But you know quite well it’s my belief
Your cows are best when turned to beef.”
TOMMY, MY SON “Tommy, my son,” said the old tabby cat,
“Go catch us some mice, and be sure that they’re fat.
There’s one family lives in the carpenter’s barn;
They’ve made them a nest of the old lady’s yarn. ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ THE ANIMAL SHOW Father and mother and Bobbie will go
To see all the sights at the animal show.
Where lions and bears
Sit on dining room chairs,
Where a camel is able
To stand on a table,
Where monkeys and seals
All travel on wheels,
And a Zulu baboon
Rides a baby balloon.
The sooner you’re ready, the sooner we’ll go.
Aboard, all aboard, for the Animal Show!
[13] THE ANIMAL SHOW
View larger image TOMMY TRIMBLE Billy be nimble,
Hurry and see
Old Tommy Trimble
Climbing a tree.
He claws with his fingers
And digs with his toes.
The longer he lingers
The slower he goes. ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ Drink it, it’s good for you, sonny,
’T will fill you, expand you, and help you grow up,
And make a real man of you, sonny.
HIPPITY HOP TO BED O it’s hippity hop to bed!
I’d rather sit up instead.
But when father says “must,”
There’s nothing but just
Go hippity hop to bed.
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View larger image [11] AWAY TO THE RIVER Away to the river, away to the wood,
While the grasses are green and the berries are good! ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ THE WIND CAME A-WHOOPING DOWN CRANBERRY HILL
View larger image THE HOBO BAND The roads are good and the weather’s grand,
So I’m off to play in the Hobo Band;
With a gaspipe flute and a cowhide drum
I’m going to make the music come.
With a toot, toot, toot, and a dum, dum, dum,
Just hear me make the music come!
View larger image [26] A BEETLE ON A BROOMSTRAW A robin and a wren, as they walked along one night,
Saw a big brown beetle on a broomstraw.
Said the robin to the wren: “What a pretty, pretty sight—
That big brown beetle on a broomstraw!” ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ A-buying cheese and crackers for a mouse.
[57] HE GAVE HER ALL HIS MONEY FOR A ROSE
View larger image THE STOVE A stove is a thing that gets awfully hot,
And fries up your meat, or whatever you’ve got. ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ View larger image [51] TWENTY LITTLE SNOWFLAKES Twenty little snowflakes climbing up a wire.
“Now, listen,” said their mother, “don’t you climb up any higher.
The sun will surely catch you, and scorch you with his fire.” ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ Old Granny will put you in too.
View larger image [10] THE BLUE SONG Hot mush and molasses all in a blue bowl—
Eat it, it’s good for you, sonny.
’T will make you grow tall as a telephone pole—
Eat it, it’s good for you, sonny. ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ View larger image BAXTER Baxter had a billy-goat
Wall-eyed and double jointed.
He took him to the barber shop
And had his head anointed.
LODDY, GIN, AND ELLA ZANDER Loddy, Gin, and Ella Zander
Rode to market on a gander;
Bought a crane for half a dollar;
Loddy led him by the collar.
Mister Crane said: “Hi there, master,
Can’t you make your legs work faster? ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ But I’ll show you a trick that will tickle your gizzard.”
Said he to the lark:
“When it gets fairly dark
We’ll chase the mosquitoes in Peek-a-Boo Park.”
Said he to the owl:
“If it were not for your scowl
I’d like you as well as most any wild fowl.”
Said he to the wren:
“You’re tiny, but then
I’ll marry you quick, if you’ll only say when.”
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[36] I’LL TREAT THE CLOWN
View larger image [37] UP ON THE GARDEN GATE Set me up on the garden gate
And put on my Sunday tie ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ How d’ you sell your pumpkins?
“I lends ’em to the ladies,
I gives ’em to the babies,
An’ trades a hundred for a kiss
To any pretty little miss.”
View larger image [77] BLUE FLAMES AND RED FLAMES Blue flames and red flames
In a world all dark ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ And feed them to sharks and to lions—
Those people that eat little calves.
View larger image [49] SNOWFLAKES The snowflakes are falling by ones and by twos;
There’s snow on my jacket, and snow on my shoes ”

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Leroy F. Jackson, The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

“ And sent them all home on the ten o’clock mail.
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[90] HI! HI! WHO WILL BUY A WEE LITTLE CLOUD
View larger image THE SALESMAN Hi! Hi! Who will buy
A wee little cloud for the pretty blue sky? ”

Leroy F. Jackson

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