Riley Child-Rhymes — James Whitcomb Riley
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Title : Riley Child-Rhymes Author : James Whitcomb Riley Release date : January 1, 2006 [eBook #9777] Most recently updated: January 2, 2021 Language : English Other information and formats : www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9777 Credits : Etext produced by Maria Cecilia Lim and PG Distributed Proofreaders HTML file produced by David Widger *** START OF [Note from the transcriber: The Table of Contents below was taken from the book and is an ALPHABETICAL LIST of the poems.] AT AUNTY'S HOUSE BEAR STORY, THE BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM, THE BOYS' CANDIDATE, THE BUMBLEBEE, THE CIRCUS-DAY PARADE, THE CURLY LOCKS DAYS GONE BY, THE DOWN AROUND THE RIVER ENVOY FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW, THE GRANDFATHER SQUEERS HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE, THE HOME-MADE FAIRY-TALE, A IMPETUOUS RESOLVE, AN JOLLY MILLER, THE LIFE-LESSON, A LITTLE COAT, THE LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE LUGUBRIOUS WHING-WHANG, THE NAUGHTY CLAUDE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS, THE OLD AUNT MARY'S OLD HAY-MOW, THE OLD TRAMP, THE ON THE SUNNY SIDE OUR HIRED GIRL PET COON, THE PIXY PEOPLE, THE RAGGEDY MAN, THE RIDER OF THE KNEE, THE RUNAWAY BOY, THE SOUTH WIND AND THE SUN, THE SQUIRTGUN UNCLE MAKED ME, THE SUDDEN SHOWER, A TIME OF CLEARER TWITTERINGS WAITIN' FER THE CAT TO DIE WHO SANTY-CLAUS WUZ WINTER FANCIES LINKED CONTENTS RILEY CHILD-RHYMES LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE THE RAGGEDY MAN CURLY LOCKS THE FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW THE HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE THE RIDER OF THE KNEE DOWN AROUND THE RIVER AT AUNTY'S HOUSE THE DAYS GONE BY THE BUMBLEBEE THE BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM THE SQUIRTGUN UNCLE MAKED ME THE OLD TRAMP OLD AUNT MARY'S WINTER FANCIES THE RUNAWAY BOY THE LITTLE COAT AN IMPETUOUS RESOLVE WHO SANTY-CLAUS WUZ THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS TIME OF CLEARER TWITTERINGS THE CIRCUS-DAY PARADE THE LUGUBRIOUS WHING-WHANG WAITIN' FER THE CAT TO DIE NAUGHTY CLAUDE THE SOUTH WIND AND THE SUN THE JOLLY MILLER OUR HIRED GIRL THE BOYS' CANDIDATE THE PET COON THE OLD HAY-MOW ON THE SUNNY SIDE A SUDDEN SHOWER GRANDFATHER SQUEERS THE PIXY PEOPLE A LIFE-LESSON A HOME-MADE FAIRY-TALE THE BEAR STORY ENVOY RILEY CHILD-RHYMES LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE [Unavailable image: They was two great big black things a-standin' by her side] Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay, An' wash the cups an' saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away, An' shoo the chickens off the porch, an' dust the hearth, an' sweep, An' make the fire, an' bake the bread, an' earn her board-an'-keep; An' all us other childern, when the supper things is done, We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun A-list'nin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells about, An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you Ef you Don't Watch Out! Onc't they was a little boy wouldn't say his prayers,— So when he went to bed at night, away up stairs, His Mammy heerd him holler, an' his Daddy heerd him bawl, An' when they turn't the kivvers down, he wasn't there at all! An' they seeked him in the rafter-room, an' cubby-hole, an' press, An' seeked him up the chimbly-flue, an' ever'wheres, I guess; But all they ever found was thist his pants an' roundabout:— An' the Gobble-uns'll git you Ef you Don't Watch Out! [Unavailable image: An' when they turn't the kivvers down] An' one time a little girl 'ud allus laugh an' grin, An' make fun of ever'one, an' all her blood an' kin; An' onc't, when they was "company," an' ole folks was there, She mocked 'em an' shocked 'em, an' said she didn't care! An' thist as she kicked her heels, an' turn't to run an' hide, They was two great big Black Things a-standin' by her side, An' they snatched her through the ceilin' 'fore she knowed what she's about! An' the Gobble-uns'll git you Ef you Don't Watch Out! An' little Orphant Annie says when the blaze is blue, An' the lamp-wick sputters, an' the wind goes woo-oo! An' you hear the crickets quit, an' the moon is gray, An' the lightnin'-bugs in dew is all squenched away,— You better mind yer parents, an' yer teachers fond an' dear, An' churish them 'at loves you, an' dry the orphant's tear, An' he'p the pore an' needy ones 'at clusters all about, Er the Gobble-uns'll git you Ef you Don't Watch Out! [Unavailable image: Little Orphant Annie—Tailpiece] THE RAGGEDY MAN [Unavailable image: The Raggedy Man—Title] O The Raggedy Man! He works fer Pa; An' he's the goodest man ever you saw! He comes to our house every day, An' waters the horses, an' feeds 'em hay; An' he opens the shed—an' we all ist laugh When he drives out our little old wobble-ly calf; An' nen—ef our hired girl says he can— He milks the cow fer 'Lizabuth Ann.— Aint he a' awful good Raggedy Man? Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man! W'y, The Raggedy Man—he's ist so good He splits the kindlin' an' chops the wood; An' nen he spades in our garden, too, An' does most things 'at boys can't do!— He clumbed clean up in our big tree An' shooked a' apple down fer me— An' nother'n', too, fer 'Lizabuth Ann— An' nother'n', too, fer The Raggedy Man.— Aint he a' awful kind Raggedy Man? Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man! [Unavailable image: He showed me the hole 'at the Wunks is got] An' The Raggedy Man, he knows most rhymes An' tells 'em, ef I be good, sometimes: Knows 'bout Giunts, an' Griffuns, an' Elves, An' the Squidgicum-Squees 'at swallers therselves! An', wite by the pump in our pasture-lot, He showed me the hole 'at the Wunks is got, 'At lives 'way deep in the ground, an' can Turn into me, er 'Lizabuth Ann! Aint he a funny old Raggedy Man? Raggedy! Raggedy! Raggedy Man! The Raggedy Man—one time when he Wuz makin' a little bow-'n'-orry fer me, Says "When you're big like your Pa is, Air you go' to keep a fine store like his— An' be a rich merchunt—an' wear fine clothes?— Er what air you go' to be, goodness knows!" An' nen he laughed