CHINESE MOTHER 
 GOOSE RHYMES 
 
'ORIENTALS 
 
CHINESE MOTHER 
 GOOSE RHYMES 
 
 TRANSLATED 
 
 AND 
 
 ILLUSTRATED 
 
 BY 
 
 ISAAC TAYLOR HEADLAND 
 
 OF PEKING UNIVERSITY. 
 
 Fleming H. Revell Company 
 NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO 
 
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 <T, 1900 
 BY " v . 
 
 F,eniing H. Revell Company 
 
PREFACE 
 
 There are probably more nursery rhymes in 
 China than can be found in England and 
 America. We have in our possession more than six 
 hundred, collected, for the most part, in two out of 
 the eighteen provinces, and we have no reason to 
 believe that we have succeeded in getting any large 
 proportion of what those two provinces contain. 
 
 In most of the rhymes there are features common 
 to those of our own " Mother Goose," among which 
 are those referring (i) to insects, (2) animals, (3) 
 birds, (4) persons, (5) children, (6) food, (7) parts 
 of the body, (8) actions, such as patting, grabbing, 
 tickling, etc., (9) professions, trades and business. 
 
 \^e have tried .o reproduce the meaning of the 
 
 original as nearly as possible ; -this __has not 
 
 always been an easy_task. Let it be understood 
 that these rhymes make no pretentions to literary 
 merit, nor has the translator made any attempt at 
 regularity in the meter, because neither the original 
 nor our own "Mother Goose" is regular. Our 
 desire has been to make a translation which is fairly 
 true to the original, and which will please English- 
 speaking children. The child, not the critic, has 
 always been kept in view. 
 
 Attention is called to the affection manifested 
 

 in such rhymes as " Sweeter than Sugar," "Sweet 
 Pill," "Little FaTVBoy," and "Baby is Sleep- 
 ing." There is no language in the world, we 
 venture to believe, which contains children's songs 
 expressive of more keen and tender affection than 
 those we have mentioned. This fact, more than any 
 other, has stimulated us in the preparation of these 
 rhymes. They have been prepared with the hope 
 that they will present a new phase of Chinese home 
 life, and lead the children of the West to have 
 some measure of sympathy and affection for he 
 children of the East. 
 
 The compilation was much facilitated by the 
 work done by Baron Vitali, of the Italian Legation 
 in Peking; Rev. Arthur H. Smith, author of 
 "Chinese Characteristics;" Miss Mabel Whiting, of 
 Peking; Miss Mitchell, of Chinkiang; Mrs. 
 McClure, of Honan; Miss Chalfant, of Shantung; 
 Mr. Chao Tsz-chi, Chinese Consul at New York ; 
 Mr. Yamamoto, of Peking, and Rev. Chauncy 
 Goodrich, of T'ung Chou, while the entire work 
 is due to the fact that our attention was called by 
 Mrs. C. H. Fenn, of Peking, to her old nurse 
 repeating these rhymes to her little boy. 
 
 The illustrations have all been prepared by the 
 translator specially for this work. 
 
 I. T. H. 
 
 OCTOBER, 1900 
 
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 SWEET- 
 ER 
 
 THAN 
 SUGAR 
 
 Y little baby, little boy blue, 
 Is as sweet as sugar and cin- 
 namon too; 
 
 Isn't this precious darling of ours 
 Sweeter than dates and cinnamon 
 flowers? 
 
LITTLE 
 SMALL- 
 FEET 
 
 HE small-footed girl 
 With the sweet little smile, 
 She loves to eat sugar 
 And sweets all the while. 
 Her money's all gone 
 And because she can't buy, 
 She holds her small feet 
 While she sits down to cry, 
 
N the top of a mountain 
 
 A hemp stock was growing, 
 And up it a cricket was climbing. 
 
 ^ Cricket, 
 
 *** Oh where are you 
 
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 He answered: u l'm 
 going out dining," 
 
THE 
 BUTTERFLY 
 
 [WAY goes the butterfly, 
 
 ' To catch it I will never try; 
 
 The butterfly's about to 'light, 
 I would not have it if I might. 
 
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OF WHAT USE IS A GIRL? 
 
 E keep a dog to watch the house, 
 
 A pig is useful, too; 
 We keep a cat to catch a mouse, 
 But what can we do 
 With a girl like you ? 
 
fire-fly, 
 Come from 
 the hill, 
 Your father and mother 
 Are waiting here still; 
 They've brought you some sugar, 
 & 4& <fc ^ Some candy and meat, 
 
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 give it 
 
 To baby to eat. 
 
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COME 
 
 AND 
 
 PLAY 
 
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 ITTL-E baby, full of glee, 
 
 Won't you come and play 
 with me? 
 
 Strike the stick and kick the ball, 
 And at the pic-nic place we'll call. 
 And you shall come and eat with me > 
 And you shall come and drink my tea. 
 
 When I invite you 
 thus to play, 
 
 How is it that you 
 run away? 
 
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IHERE'S a cow 
 on the mountain',' 
 The old saying goes, 
 On her legs are four feet; 
 
 On her feet are eight toes; 
 Her tail is behind 
 
 On the end of her back, 
 And her head is in front 
 
 On 
 
 the 
 
 end 
 
 of 
 
 her 
 
 neck. 
 
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 GRANDPA 
 FEEDS BABY 
 
 RANDPA holds the baby, 
 He's sitting on his knee 
 
 Eating mutton dumplings 
 With vinegar and tea. 
 Then grandpa says to baby, 
 "When you have had enough, 
 You'll be a saucy baby 
 And treat your grandpa rough. 
 
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 SWEET 
 PILL 
 
 Y big son, 
 
 My own boy, 
 
 Baby is a sweet pill 
 
 That fills my soul with joy. 
 
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THE BAT 
 
 AT, bat, with your flowered 
 
 shoes, 
 
 Come to us here in the room, 
 This little girl will be the bride, 
 
 And I 
 will be 
 
 the groom. 
 
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THE LITTLE BALDHEAD 
 
 OU dear little baby, 
 Don't you cry; 
 
 Your father's drawing water 
 In the south, near by, 
 
 A red tasseled hat 
 
 He wears on his head; 
 
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Your mother's in the kitchen 
 
 Making up bread. 
 Walk a step, walk a step, 
 
 Off he goes, 
 See from his shoe-tips 
 
 Peep three toes. 
 
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 LITTLE 
 GIRL'S 
 WANTS 
 
 WANT some thread, 
 
 "sF" 1 ^ / Both green and red; 
 -*%* A*. %* * 
 
 I want a needle long; 
 I want some strands 
 For ankle bands, 
 To give to Mrs. Wang. 
 
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SPu. 
 
 SLEEP 
 
 HE tree leaves are murmur- 
 ing hua-la-la, 
 
 Baby's very sleepy and wants his 
 
 mama; 
 
 Go to sleep, my baby, and then 
 go to bed, 
 
 And any bogie-boo that comes, 
 I'll knock him on the head. 
 
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THE 
 TALL 
 
 MAN 
 
 H dear! oh dear! just see how 
 
 far ' ' 
 
 His head is from his feet! 
 So far indeed he has to bend 
 When e'er he wants to eat. 
 
 And when he wants to fight a man 
 
 He lifts him up anon, 
 And when he wants to wash his face 
 
 He pours the water on. 
 
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BABY IS SLEEPING 
 
 ... - 
 
 Y baby is sleeping, 
 My baby's asleep, 
 My flower is resting, 
 I'll give you a peep; 
 How cunning he looks 
 As he rests on my arm! 
 My flower's most charming 
 Of all them that charm. 
 
E 
 
 B 
 
 O 
 
 HAT a bonnie little fellow is this 
 
 fat boy of mine! 
 He makes people die of joy! 
 What a fine little fellow is this fat boy 
 
 of mine! 
 Now whose is this loving little boy? 
 
Do you want to buy a beauty? 
 
 Do you want to buy a beauty ? 
 
 If you buy him he will watch your house, 
 
 And do it as his duty. 
 
 And no matter as to servants, 
 
 You may have them or may not, 
 
 But you'll never need to lock your door 
 Or give your house a thought. 
 
 
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THE 
 DRUM 
 ON ; 
 THE 
 GROUND 
 
 HE drum on the ground is so 
 
 round, so round, 
 My mother just whipped me so sound, 
 
 so sound, 
 And I, oh dear, am as floating grass 
 
 here, 
 But I'll only remain a year, a year. 
 
A husband I'd love and serve so 
 
 true, 
 I'd worship his gods, that's what 
 
 I'd do, 
 
 And I'd call his mother my mother, 
 too! 
 
 You naughty girl, what's that you'd 
 do? 
 
 I was saying the beans are boiling 
 
 nice, 
 And its just about time to add the 
 
 rice. 
 
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 MILKY WAY 
 
 HEN e're the Milky Way you spy 
 
 Diagonal across the sky. 
 The egg-plant you may safely eat, 
 And all your friends to melons treat. 
 But when divided toward the west, 
 You'll need your trousers and your vest; 
 When like a horn you see it float, 
 You'll need your trousers and your coat. 
 
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A 
 
 A LULLABY 
 
 T 
 
 HE heaven is bright, 
 The earth is bright, 
 
 I have a baby who cries all night; 
 Let those who pass read what I write, 
 
 And they'll sleep all night, 
 
 Till broad daylight. 
 

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 THE 
 SMALL 
 STORE 
 KEEPER 
 
 WEE little boy 
 Has opened a store, 
 
 In two equal parts 
 Are his front door, 
 
 A wee little table, 
 A wee little chair, 
 
 And ebony chop -sticks 
 And plate arc there. 
 
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LADY-BUG 
 
 ADY-BUG, lady-bug, 
 
 Fly away, do, 
 Fly to the mountain, 
 
 And feed upon dew, 
 Feed upon dew 
 
 And sleep on a nig, 
 And then run away 
 
 Like a good little bug. 
 
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 GO TO BED 
 
 ITTLE baby, go to bed, 
 We'll put a hoop around your 
 
 head, 
 
 And with the oil we get thereby, 
 Our little bean-cake we will fry. 
 
 And when we've fried our bean-cake 
 
 brown, 
 
 We'll see the king go into town, 
 An iron cap upon his head; 
 Now - you - must - surely - go - to - bed. 
 
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 THE 
 
 NERVOUS 
 
 MAN 
 
 NERVOUS disposition 
 
 He had when he was born, 
 To hurry to a fair one day, 
 
 He rose at early morn; 
 Put on his wife's green trousers 
 
 And started to the sale, 
 A riding on a donkey- 
 
 His face turned toward its tail. 
 
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 ITTLE snail, little snail, 
 With your hard, stony bed, 
 
 First stick out your horns, 
 Then stick out your head. 
 
 Your father and mother 
 Have brought you some food, 
 Fried liver and mutton, 
 Now isn't that good? 
 
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And now, little snail, 
 Just as sure as I say 
 You must eat it at once, 
 Or I'll take it away. 
 
 Oh where is the little snail gone, I 
 pray tell ? 
 
 He has drawn himself up, head and 
 horns, in his shell. 
 
 
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THE WATERMAN 
 
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 Y brother waterman^ 
 Listen, I request, 
 
 On the south river bank 
 
 You sit and rest. 
 When the day is bright, 
 
 You carry all you can; 
 And when the day is dark, 
 
 You're a lazy old man. 
 
THE LAMB 
 
 T jumped the 
 chequered wall, 
 
 The bleating little lamb, 
 And snatched a bunch of grass 
 .To feed its hungry dam. 
 
 OLD CHANG, THE CRAB 
 
 LD Mr. Chang, I've oft heard 
 it said, 
 
 You wear a basket upon your head; 
 
 You've two pairs of scissors to cut 
 
 your meat, ^ ^z. ^ 
 
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 And two pairs of * ^ Tlf g 
 
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 chopsticks with 
 
 which you eat. 
 
THE 
 MOUSE 
 
 E climbed up the candlestick, 
 
 The little mousey brown, 
 To steal and eat tallow, 
 
 And he couldn't get down. 
 He called for his grandma, 
 
 But his grandma was in town, 
 So he doubled up into a wheel 
 And rolled himself down. 
 

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 COMING 
 FROM 
 THE FAIR 
 
 OMIIsTG from the fair! 
 Coming from the fair! 
 
 We bought a little bottle 
 For our baby over there; 
 Alas! for we broke it, 
 And we tried to buy another, 
 But the shops were all closed, 
 So we hurried home to mother. 
 
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WHAT THE OLD COW SAID 
 
 SAD old cow to herself once said, 
 While the north wind whistled 
 
 through her shed: 
 
 "To head a drum they will take my skin, 
 And they'll file my bones for a big hair- 
 pin, 
 
 The scraps of bone they will make into 
 
 dice, 
 
 And sell them off at a very low price; 
 My sinews they'll make into whips, I wot, 
 And my flesh they'll put in a big soup 
 
 pot." 
 
WHAT THE OLD CROW SAID 
 
 N old black crow sat on a tree, 
 
 And there he sat and said to me: 
 "Ho, Mr. Wang, there's a sheep on 
 
 the hill, 
 Which I wish very much you would 
 
 catch and kill; 
 
 You may eat meat three times a day, 
 And I'll eat the parts that you throw 
 
 away." 
 

 
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 3- & 
 
 BEANS 
 
 ULL up your black 
 beans, 
 
 Pull up your brown, 
 Then light your lamp 
 
 When the sun goes down. 
 
 THE SLOVENLY BOY 
 
 F you wear your 
 hat on the side 
 of your head, 
 You'll have a lazy wife 
 
 'tis said, 
 
 If a slouchy coat and slipshod feet, 
 You'll have a wife who loves to eat. 
 
 GRAB THE KNEE 
 NE grab silver, 
 Two grabs gold, 
 
 ^l/ Two grabs golc 
 Three, don't laugh 
 And you'll grow old. 
 
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THE 
 PAGODA 
 
 IHE dragon 
 pagoda, 
 
 It touches the 
 sky, 
 
 The dragon pa- 
 goda, 
 
 Thirteen stories 
 high. 
 
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THE 
 
 LITTLE 
 
 ORPHAN 
 
 L 
 
 IKE a little withered flower, 
 That is dying in the earth, 
 I am left alone at seven, 
 By her who gave me birth. 
 
 With my papa I was happy, 
 
 But I feared he'd take another, 
 
 And now my papa's married, 
 And I have a little brother. 
 
And he eats good food, 
 While I eat poor, 
 
 And cry for my mother^ 
 Whom I'll see no more. 
 
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 45 
 
MIXED 
 
 UST outside my door, I heard 
 
 someone say, 
 A man bit a dog in a dangerous way; 
 Such a message I n'er for a moment 
 
 could stand, 
 So I took up the door and I opened 
 
 my hand, 
 I snatched up the dog I should say 
 
 double-quick 
 And threw him with all of my force 
 
 at a brick; 
 The brick I'm afraid you will not 
 
 understand 
 
 I found in a moment had bitten my hand; 
 I mounted a chair, on a horse I was 
 
 borne, 
 I blew on a drum, and I beat on a horn. 
 
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THE 
 LITTLE 
 GIRL'S 
 DREAM 
 
 HERE was a little girl 
 and she dreamed, 
 folks say, 
 
 That her future mother-in-law 
 came one day, 
 
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 presents brought, 
 
 And a flowered 
 gown and em- 
 broidered coat. 
 
PAT A CAKE . 
 
 AT a cake, pat a cake, 
 
 Little girl fair, 
 There's a priest in the temple 
 Without any hair. 
 
 You take a tile, 
 
 And I'll take a brick, 
 And we'll hit the priest 
 
 In the back of the neck. 
 
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 THE 
 
 GREAT 
 
 WALL 
 
 HE wily Emperor, Ch'inShih Huang, 
 H e built a wall both great and strong; 
 The steps were narrow, but the wall was 
 
 stout, 
 So it kept the troublesome Tartars out. 
 
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A DILEMMA 
 
 ARD worm beans 
 
 Without any bother, 
 
 A wife he has married 
 
 And doesn't want his mother, 
 He must leave his mother, 
 
 Or quarrel with his wife, 
 And thus they are separated 
 
 All their life. 
 
CRUEL 
 
 LITTLE 
 
 GLUTTON 
 
 TLJT 
 
 Inl 
 
 E ate too much, 
 
 That second brother, 
 
 And when he had eaten 
 He beat his mother. 
 
UNFORTUNATE 
 
 n 
 
 E pulled up the wick 
 
 With the candlestick 
 knife, 
 
 And found he had married 
 A bald-headed wife. 
 
 Her eyes were askew, 
 
 And her mouth was awry, 
 
 And the silly old fellow 
 Was so mad he could cry. 
 
THE 
 BRIDE 
 
 NEWLY made kettle is 
 bright, 
 
 A newly bought pig is a bother, 
 A new married wife will not eat, 
 
 But cries and thinks of her 
 mother. 
 
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 a 
 
 A BAD BOY 
 
 HERE was a little fellow, 
 
 Who was mischievous, they 
 say, 
 
 They sent him to the melon-patch 
 To watch it all the day. 
 
 They told him he must stay there 
 Till the melons all were white, 
 
 And not come home to mama, 
 Not even in the night. 
 
THE 
 CROWS 
 
 OOK at the white-breasted 
 crows overhead! 
 
 My father shot once, and ten crows 
 
 tumbled dead. 
 When boiled or when fried, they taste 
 
 very good, 
 But skin them, I tell you, there's no 
 
 better food. 
 
 55 
 
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 4 
 
 FRIENDS OF THE HOUSE 
 
 HE thieving old magpie 
 has taken our food, 
 
 The chicken eats millet as if it 
 were good, 
 
 The faithful old watch-dog looks 
 after the house, 
 
 And the cat has come over to 
 catch us a mouse. 
 
MY 
 
 TEACH- 
 ER 
 AND 
 I 
 
 
 S the sun came up, a ball of 
 red, 
 
 My teacher rode on his horse ahead, 
 
 While I followed close on my dragon 
 steed, 
 
 He 
 
 the street 
 
 and I by 
 
 -it J* Jb~ '** A 
 
 the mead. 
 
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A RIDDLE 
 
 Do not let our mama see; 
 If she sees you on baby's head, 
 She'll give no money for nurse's bread, 
 
 PLUM blossom foot, 
 And a pudding face 
 
 sweet, 
 
 He's taller when he's sit- 
 ting 
 Than when standing on 
 
 his feet ' 
 
THE CAKE 
 SELLER 
 
 Y pretty little son, 
 
 I love him best of all, 
 Three years I have not seen him, 
 
 And he's grown so very tall. 
 My horse he can ride, 
 
 My knife he can take, 
 Can shoulder up my kneading board 
 And help me sell my cake. 
 
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THE 
 UN- 
 GRATE- 
 FUL 
 SON 
 
 HE tail of one magpie's as long 
 
 as another, 
 He married a wife and he gave up his 
 
 mother, 
 When asked by his mother to b'.jy her 
 
 some cake, 
 He wanted to know how much money 
 
 'twould take; 
 When his wife wanted pears he saddled 
 
 his beast, 
 

 And started to market to buy her a 
 
 feast; 
 He took off the peeling with very 
 
 great airs, 
 And asked her politely to have a few 
 
 pears. 
 
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 DEBTOR 
 
 HE magpie sells his 
 bean-curd dear. 
 
 ou owe me 
 
 If 
 
 Then you I would see 
 On just five days from the *** 
 end of the year. 
 
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THE 
 MIS- 
 CHIEVOUS 
 BOY 
 
 HIS mis- 
 chievous 
 boy 
 Is jumping 
 
 around, 
 On his head is a candlestick 
 
 Weighing a pound; 
 He is able to play 
 
 All the nine kinds of tricks, 
 From the bell and the foot-ball 
 To wood-ball and sticks. 
 
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 THE 
 
 RICE 
 
 SELLER 
 
 M 4 
 
 OMEONE is knocking loud at 
 the door, 
 
 The dog is making a great uproar; 
 Now I inquire, who can it be? 
 'Tis only a donkey-man 1 see, 
 Calling out at the top of his voice: 
 Here's the place to get your rice, 
 
 Coarse rice or fine, 
 
 Just to your mind, 
 
 Rice in the husk, 
 
 Of cleaned by the wind. 
 
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n 
 
 CHICKEN SKIN 
 
 WENT ten steps outside the 
 
 gate, 
 
 Which brought me to the ditches, 
 And there I found some chicken skin, 
 
 To mend my leather breeches; 
 If there had been 
 
 no chicken skin, .jk JJL 
 
 I could not mend 
 my trousers thin. 
 
GRINDING FLOUR 
 
 E push the mill, 
 The flour we make, 
 
 And then for grandma 
 A cake we'll bake. 
 
 THE FARMER'S GUIDE 
 
 N Spring, plant the 
 turnip, 
 
 In summer, the beet, 
 When harvest is over, 
 
 We sow the buck- 
 wheat. 
 

 E pull the big saw, 
 We push the big saw, 
 
 To saw up the wood, 
 To build us a house, 
 In order that baby 
 
 have 
 
 good 
 
 spouse. 
 
THE 
 
 DOCTOR'S 
 PRE- 
 SCRIP- 
 TION 
 
 PURSE, a purse, for better or 
 worse, 
 
 Indeed, would you know it, I've mar- 
 ried a purse. 
 
 My wife's little daughter once fell 
 very ill, 
 
 And we called for a doctor to give her 
 a pill; 
 
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He wrote a prescription which now we 
 will give her, 
 
 In which he has ordered a mosquito's 
 liver, 
 
 And then in addition the heart of a 
 flea, 
 
 And half pound of fly wings to make 
 her some tea. 
 
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LITTLE 
 BOUND 
 FEET 
 
 T 
 
 HERE was a little girl, 
 Who would run upon 
 
 the street, 
 
 She took rice and changed it 
 For good things to eat. 
 
 Her mother lost control of her 
 Until she bound her feet, 
 
 But now she's just as good a girl 
 As you will ever meet. 
 
THE. 
 FAT 
 MER- 
 CHANT 
 
 He opened up a stall, 
 But had to sell his trousers 
 To get the capital. 
 
KITE 
 FLYING 
 
 T 
 
 HERE were two little sisters went 
 
 walking one day, 
 Partly for exercise partly for play, 
 Their kites they took with them they 
 
 wanted to fly, 
 
 Were a big centipede and a big butterfly; 
 In a very few moments they floated up 
 high, 
 
 Like a 
 
 A. 
 
 ^ that 
 
 ^r seemed to 
 
 ^ mg the sky 
 
WHAT IS IT? 
 
 T has both nose and eyes, 
 
 But it has not breathed 
 since birth, 
 
 It cannot go to heaven, 
 
 And it will not stay on earth. 
 

 ELLOW dog, yel- 
 
 You stay and watch, 
 While I gather roses 
 In the south rose-patch. 
 
 GET UP 
 
 HE day has come, 
 I hear the cock; 
 
 T 
 
 Get up and 
 dress, 
 
 'Tis six 
 
 o'clock. 
 
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 THE BALD OLD WOMAN 
 
 N the top of the mount, 
 
 By the road, on a stone 
 Or a big pile of bricks- 
 Sat a bald-headed crone. 
 
 On her head were three hairs, 
 Which you'll reckon were thin, 
 
 In which she was trying 
 To wear a jade pin. 
 
 She put it in once, 
 But once it fell out; 
 
 She put it in twice, 
 But twice it fell out. 
 
 But the old woman said, 
 "I know what I'm about, 
 
 I'll not put it in 
 
 And it cannot fall out." 
 
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THE 
 
 CLOTHES 
 
 VENDER 
 
 HILE out selling clothes, 
 As our uncle must do, 
 He married a wife 
 
 Who is aunt to us two. 
 
 She loves to eat cake, 
 As you'll readily see, 
 
 For she's left but a half 
 one 
 
 For brother and me. 
 
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O not fear, do not fear, 
 
 We'll put the pants on 
 mama's dear, 
 
 Do not cry, do not cry. 
 
 We'll put the coat on mama's 
 boy. 
 
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\ 
 
 THE 
 
 CAKE 
 
 SELLER 
 
 OUND bean cakes with red 
 
The bald who eat them grow a cue, 
 
 And the priest can read his bible 
 through, 
 
 They help the Taoist a seat to take. 
 
 Their virtues are many buy my 
 cake. 
 
 The man who eats fears not his wife, 
 
 And the woman works better all her 
 life. 
 
 
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THE 
 SPIDER 
 
 H, my dear brother spider, 
 
 With your stomach big 
 and red, 
 
 From the eaves you are hanging 
 On a single little thread. 
 
HE small pug dog, 
 
 It jumped over there; 
 It has no tail, 
 
 And it has no hair. 
 
 It never will bark, 
 If a stranger come, 
 
 But runs here and there 
 Like a dog that is dumb. 
 
HE little boy, 
 
 He bought some oil. 
 But fell and spilled it 
 On the soil. 
 
 His mother said: 
 You careless lad, 
 I'll box your ears, 
 
 Because 
 
 you're 
 
 bad, 
 
THE 
 
 MA 
 
 GI 
 
 CI 
 
 AN 
 
 BIG, dead snake is lying 
 there, 
 
 It has no ears and it has no hair; 
 I breathe on it some magic air. 
 
 and is 
 running 
 
 X, - 
 
 everywhere. 
 
RIDE 
 A 
 
 COCK 
 HORSE 
 
 P you go 
 
 Down you see, 
 
 Granny's come 
 
 To pour the tea; 
 The tea is sweet, 
 
 The wine is too; 
 There are eighteen camels 
 
 With clothes for you, 
 The clothes are heavy, 
 
 And the dragon-fly 
 
Has spurted water 
 
 On your ankle-tie. 
 Sister, sister, 
 
 Stop your fuss, 
 To-morrow the cart 
 
 Will come for us; 
 What cart, you ask, 
 
 The cart, of course, 
 With large, red wheels, 
 
 And a big, white horse; 
 And in it a beautiful girl, I note, 
 With a squirrel cloak and an otter coat, 
 Her betel-nut bag is a needle-worked 
 
 charm, 
 
 And the stem of her pipe is as long 
 as your arm. 
 
 
Y little golden sister 
 
 Rides a golden horse 
 slow, 
 
 And we'll use a golden whip 
 If the horse doesn't go. 
 
A little gold fish 
 
 In a gold bowl, we see, 
 And a gold colored bird 
 
 On a gold blossomed tree, 
 
 A gold plated god 
 
 In a gold temple stands, 
 With a gold plated baby 
 
 In her gold plated hands. 
 
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A RIDDLE 
 
 COCK'S comb flower he wears 
 on his head. 
 
 For his clothes he needs neither thim- 
 ble nor thread; 
 
 Though you be a great man, I'd have 
 you know, 
 
 Ten thousand doors would open if he 
 should crow. 
 
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 THE 
 BRIDE 
 
 [HE moon shines bright, 
 The moon shines fair, 
 The girl wants wedding gifts to wear 
 
 Some 
 
 hundred rouge 
 cheek 
 
POUND- 
 
 ING 
 
 RICE 
 
 OUND, pound, 
 Pound the rice, 
 
 The pestle goes up 
 
 and down so nice, 
 Open the pot, 
 The fire is hot, 
 And if you don't eat 
 I'll 
 
 feed 
 
 SI* 
 
 you 
 
 
 90 
 
OUR BABY 
 
 RS. Chang, Mrs. Lee, 
 
 Mama has a small 
 baby; 
 
 Sits U P straight, 
 Won't eat milk, 
 But lives on cake. 
 
BEAN SPROUTS 
 
 OOD bean sprouts, 
 The water drop- 
 ping out; 
 
 Where's the wife that dares to drive 
 her husband's father out? 
 He'd take up a stick, 
 And hit her a lick, 
 
 An4 she could only shake her sleeve 
 and run off quick. 
 
THE 
 
 LITTLE 
 
 GIRL 
 
 HE little 
 
 girl 
 Sits on the 
 
 stool, 
 
 And sews the shoe 
 And beats the sole. 
 
 VISITORS 
 
 HE wolf has come, 
 The tiger has come, 
 
 The old priest follows, 
 
 Beating a drum. 
 
 93 
 
SHOE- 
 MAKER 
 
 Two 
 
 measures 
 
 E stitches the heel, 
 And he stitches the sole, 
 
 >f millet 
 
 he gets for the whole 
 
 get 
 
 steam t or 
 
 fry it 
 
 They 
 
 When hungry they feel, 
 
 And he eats with his mother 
 
 a very good meal 
 
 94 
 
*.M-.^A-.;i*v%a,.:<*, 
 
 e& 'f> * 
 
 TWO 
 WONDERS 
 
 ILL come and see! 
 1 All come and see! 
 
 A black hen laid a white egg for me! 
 
 Oh, look there! 
 
 Oh, look there! 
 A great, big rat all covered with hair! 
 
 95 
 
DO AS YOU OUGHT 
 
 N the first month, 
 
 when it is night, 
 
 If you are wise, 
 
 your lamp you'll light; 
 And when the second 
 
 month you meet, 
 If you are hungry 
 
 you should eat; 
 And in the third month 
 
 most of all, 
 To build a house 
 
 you must lay a wall. 
 

 MY NEPHEW 
 
 Y nephew 
 is a naugh- 
 ty boy, 
 
 He comes here 
 every day, He eats until he's very full, 
 And then he runs away. 
 
 red pepper flower, 
 Ling, ling, ling, 
 Mama will listen 
 And baby 
 
 will sing. 
 
 RED PEPPER 
 FLOWER 
 
DON'T 
 
 BE 
 
 CRUEL 
 
 mule 
 going 
 up hill, 
 
 A donkey on the street, 
 Or a horse coming down hill 
 
 ought 
 
 beat 
 
 
 
 . 98 
 
FLOWER 
 POT 
 
 WEE little flower-pot, very deep 
 
 g 
 
 reen, 
 
 With just the sweetest flowers that ever 
 
 were seen; 
 
 Mother with her babies playing very 
 
 funny, 
 Father doing business, making lots of 
 
 money, 
 
 Grandpa very old, but never going to die, 
 Grandma j ust as bright as a star in the sky. 
 
 99 
 
A NEW BABY 
 
 gilt-wood mace, 
 And silvered things, 
 
 My grandfather plays, 
 And grandmother sings; 
 My grandmother sings till broad daylight, 
 And a baby comes to our home at night; 
 
 They place the child by the pot on the 
 ground, 
 
 And it eats rice soup with a sucking 
 sound. 
 
 100 
 
THE DEAD CICADA 
 
 HE rain has come 
 And has overflowed, 
 
 The dew and the frost 
 Are on the road. 
 
 The last of the grass 
 Has drooped its head, 
 
 4 cicada 
 L is on it, 
 
 ^Vs* 
 
 S^ Frozen dead. 
 
 101 
 

 BROTHER WANTS FRUIT 
 
 M 
 
 Y dear little brother, 
 Is fat and is round, 
 
 A bracelet he wears on his arm, 
 A red chest protector, 
 A green pair of pants, 
 
 Keep him neither too cool nor 
 too warm. 
 
 102 
 
cheeks dainty dimples that 
 suit; 
 
 When he toddles he trembles 
 
 * 
 
 * * * 
 

 THE 
 OLD 
 WOMAN 
 
 HERE was an old woman, 
 
 As I have heard tell, 
 She went to sell pie, 
 
 But her pie would not sell. 
 
 She hurried back home, 
 
 But her door-step was high, 
 
 And she stumbled and fell 
 And a dog ate her pie. 
 
 104 
 

 * f & ft 
 
 "4 & 1* * 
 
 ---& A. ft 
 
 ^f $ ^ 
 
 ^ "4 ^ jet 
 
 % "1 ^4^- 
 
 dft *Ii * ^ 
 
 FROGGIE 
 
 t 
 
 ROGGIE, old froggie, 
 Come over to me; 
 
 You'll never go back 
 
 To your home in the sea. 
 
 You're an idle old croker 
 
 As ever I saw, 
 And if not calling papa, 
 
 You're calling mama. 
 
 105 
 
THE LAZY WOMAN 
 
 HE lazy woman 
 
 She sweeps the 
 floor, 
 
 And leaves the dirt 
 Inside the door. 
 
 She cooks her rice 
 In a dirty pot, 
 
 And sleeps at night 
 On an old straw cot 
 
THE TIDY WOMAN 
 
 T 
 
 HE tidy woman 
 Is always clean, 
 No dirt in her home 
 Is ever seen. 
 
 Her food is fit 
 
 For a king to eat, 
 And her hair and clothes 
 
 Are 
 
 always 
 
 neat 
 
 107 
 
E NI ME NI MI NI MO 
 
 NE, two, three, and an old cow's 
 eye, 
 
 When a cow's eye's blind she'll surely 
 die; 
 
 A piece of skin and a melon, too, 
 If you have money 
 I'll sell to you; 
 But if you're without, 
 I'll put you out. 
 
 108 
 
FINGER 
 TEST 
 
 
 
 ou 
 
 strike 
 
 three times 
 on the top, 
 you see, | 
 
 And strike three times on the bottom 
 for me, 
 
 Then top and bottom you strike very 
 fast, 
 
 *F JC And open 
 
 3f a door in 
 
 ^ the middle 
 
 ^ at last. 
 
 109 
 
TEN 
 FINGERS 
 
 HREE horses are drinking, 
 Three horses are feeding, 
 The two men are fighting, 
 
 - * 
 
 The old woman plead- 
 ing* 
 
 The babv is c 
 
 * But no one is heeding. 
 
 10 
 
FACE 
 GAME 
 
 NOCK 
 
 at the 
 door, 
 
 See a face, 
 Smell an odor, 
 
 Hear a voice, 
 
 Eat your dinner 
 
F 
 
 LOWERS for sale, 
 Flowers for sale, 
 Come, buy my flowers, 
 $L> Before they get stale. 
 
 MAKING A FLOWER POT 
 
 OU first cross over and then 
 cross back, 
 
 And step in the well as you cross 
 
 the track, 
 
 And then there is some- 
 thing else you do, 
 
 Oh, yes, you make a 
 
 '" tat 
 
 too. 
 
 112 
 
WATER- 
 ING 
 THE 
 FLOW- 
 ERS 
 
 n 
 
 water the flowers, I water the flowers, 
 
 I water them morning and evening 
 
 hours, 
 
 I never wait till the flowers are dry, 
 1 water them e'er the sun is high; 
 A basin of water, a basin of tea, 
 
 I water the flowers, they're 
 
 op'ning, you see; 
 A basin of water, another 
 
 beside, 
 
 I water the flowers, they're 
 opening wide. 
 
 113 
 
BALD HEAD LEE 
 
 HERE once was a bald-head, 
 his name it was Lee, 
 
 No one ever burned 
 
 so much incense as he; 
 
 Now, people burn incense 
 
 to get them an heir, 
 
 But baldy burned incense 
 
 to get him some hair. 
 
 When he found in three days 
 
 all his hair had returned, 
 
 He the god gave a coat 
 
 and more incense he burned; 
 
 114 
 
When he found in three days 
 
 all his hair had dropped out, 
 
 He upset the god 
 
 and he kicked him about. 
 
 Then the god became angry 
 
 and took up a sword, 
 
 And made into dippers 
 
 that bald-headed gourd. 
 
*** 
 
 THE 
 
 KING 
 
 WILL 
 
 WANT 
 YOU 
 
 HEN the leaves are 
 
 green, 
 And full of life, 
 The king will want you 
 For his wife. 
 
 When the leaves are yellow 
 From time and tide, 
 
 The king will want you 
 For his bride. 
 
 116 
 
DON'T 
 STEAL 
 
 you steal a needle, 
 Or steal a thread, 
 ifS* A pimple will grow 
 Upon your head; 
 
 f f ry j y OU s j- ea } a dog 
 
 ^T *l Or steal a cat ' 
 ^ ^W 
 
 A pimple will grow 
 
 Beneath your hat. 
 
 117 
 
THE SHREW 
 
 LL over the ground 
 
 the old black woman rolled, 
 
 And for not buying powder 
 
 her husband did scold; 
 
 He bought her some powder, 
 
 which she would not use, 
 
 And for not buying hemp 
 
 him she'd soundly abuse; 
 
 He bought her some hemp, 
 
 but she only got worse, 
 
 And scolded because 
 
 118 
 

 
 And scolded because 'twas 
 
 a clothes-press she needed; 
 
 He bought her a clothes-press, 
 
 but nothing she packed, 
 
 And scolded because 
 
 'twas a rope that she lacked; 
 
 He bought her a rope 
 
 and she hung herself dead, 
 
 And frightened her husband 
 
 near out of his head. 
 
 119 
 
A 
 
 MIS- 
 TAKE 
 
 He picked up a turnip 
 
 And thought it was a 
 * 
 
 took a big bite, 
 
 r , . 
 
 But found it was bit- 
 
 ter> 
 
 And, oh, what a pity, 
 He threw it in the 
 gutter. 
 
THE 
 BLIND 
 
 MAN 
 
 LD Mr. blind man, come here quick, 
 I see you carry a feeling- stick; 
 To the river side you take your way, 
 And feed the froggies 
 
 every day; 
 A frog, one day, stuck 
 
 out his head, 
 
 And bit your toe, I've 
 
 heard it said. 
 
 %. 
 
 121 
 
A 
 
 TRAGEDY 
 
 IN 
 
 THREE 
 
 ACTS 
 
 SMALL boy 
 came from the 
 
 south of the farm, 
 
 With a bamboo basket upon his arm, 
 
 With mutton bones was the basket 
 
 filled, 
 From a sheep which his folks that 
 
 day had killed. 
 
 A monkey came from a pile of stones 
 To steal that boy's fresh mutton 
 bones, 
 
 122 
 
But a big, spotted dog followed close 
 
 at his heels, 
 To bite a bad monkey whenever he 
 
 steals. 
 
 A half of a brick lay there on the 
 
 road, 
 It upset the boy and he spilt out 
 
 his load, 
 The dog bit the monkey, the monkey 
 
 ran away, 
 The boy broke his basket and cried 
 
 all day. 
 
 123 
 
PULLING THE SAW 
 E pull the big saw, 
 And we push it out straight, 
 
 There's a Punch and a Judy 
 At grandmother's gate, 
 Our sisters and brothers 
 Invite to the show, 
 And all of us, even 
 The baby, shall go. 
 
 124 
 
THISTLE- 
 SEED 
 
 T 
 
 HISTLE-SEED, thistle-seed, 
 Fly away, fly, 
 
 4 
 ? * 
 
 The hair on your body 
 
 A? Will take you up high; 
 Let the wind whirl you 
 Around and around, 
 You'll not hurt yourself 
 * ^ # v When you fall to the 
 
 ground. 
 
 125 
 
THE LITTLE STUDENT 
 
 HILE raking the hay on the 
 
 mountain, 
 
 A student came riding along, 
 He was riding a dapple- gray pony, 
 And singing a scrap of a song. 
 
 To the home of his bride he wa,s 
 
 going, 
 But her father and mother were out, 
 
 126 
 
And he saw, as he pushed the door 
 
 open, 
 The girl he was thinking about. 
 
 Her cheeks were as pink as a rose- 
 bud, 
 
 Her teeth were as white as a pearl, 
 Her lips were as red as a cherry, 
 Most truly a beautiful girl. 
 
 
 127 
 
THE 
 FIVE 
 FINGERS 
 
 GREAT big brother, 
 
 And a little brother, so, 
 A big bell tower, 
 
 And a temple and a show, 
 And little baby wee wee, 
 Always wants to go. 
 
 128 
 
It it i 
 
 [<f| 
 
 
 
 THE FIVE FINGERS 
 HIS one's old, 
 This one's young, 
 
 * *L 4$ This one has no meat, 
 
 ^ This one's gone 
 To buy some hay,, 
 And this one's on the street. 
 
 OLD MOTHER WIND 
 
 LD Mother Wind -*f 
 
 And make our baby 
 
 Cool to-day. WASH 
 
 ASH your face, you 
 little tease, 
 
 you'll be free from all 
 
 disease; 
 Wash your head, your face, 
 
 and throat, 
 And you shall have a red silk 
 
 coat. 
 
EIGHT BALD-HEADS 
 
 BALD-HEAD is sick, 
 
 And the second's afraid, 
 The third calls a doctor, 
 The fourth gives him aid. 
 
 By the fifth he is borne, 
 By the sixth he is buried, 
 
 The seventh comes crying 
 Because he is worried. 
 
 130 
 
When asked by an eighth, 
 Why it was that he cried, 
 
 He said, "In my home, 
 A dear bald-head has died/' 
 
 "Come, bury him quickly, 
 
 1 tear a great hoard 
 Of the seeds of his spirit 
 Will spring from his gourd." 
 
 -3- 
 
 * % 
 
 .* 
 
 <L * 
 
 x * & 3. 
 
 131 
 
The 
 
 e gg 
 
 And 
 
 But 
 
 And 
 
 HE big dog's gone to the city, 
 The little dog's run away, 
 : allen and broken, 
 
 leaked out, they say, 
 roller, 
 ith power, 
 
 I'll be a mill- 
 stone 
 And grind the flour, 
 
 you 
 
 - 
 
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 -f 3 5 t 
 
 132 
 
: .k \i! Sii : sSt-.<iL'5ttL-^&-' : 
 
 SWALLOW'S NEST 
 
 AT, pat, 
 
 A swallow's nest we'll 
 make, 
 
 And if we pat some money out 
 We'll buy ourselves a cake. 
 
 jjk tfc * 3fa 
 
 *3 +\ ~~^ ** 
 
 i s 
 
 133 
 
THE LOCUST TREES 
 
 HE locust trees, 
 
 See how they grow! 
 Here in their shade 
 We will have a show. 
 
 Other people's children 
 All have come, 
 
But my little girl 
 Is still at home. 
 
 Just as I speak, 
 She is coming 
 
 along, 
 
 Riding a donkey 
 And singing a 
 song. 
 
 Herparasolopen 
 She holds in 
 
 her hand, 
 Her hair is done 
 
 up 
 In a. neat little band. 
 
THE 
 EAT 
 
 the 
 
 WEDDING 
 
 drum, be 
 
 We 
 
 re co 
 
 ming 
 
 in a 
 
 the drum 
 chair. 
 
 Who will clear the 
 
 way 
 
 here? 
 
 For the girl that's coming 
 
 Beat the drum, beat the 
 
 drum, 
 
 See, the chair is coming, 
 Ho'rh ho! clear the way! 
 jl <*H) T Don't you hear the drum- 
 
 *1* 
 
 ming 
 
 
<* 
 
 THE 
 PIG-STYE 
 
 *Mr 
 
 N the top of a mount- 
 
 ain 
 
 There stands a pig-stye 
 And the fighting of parents 
 Has made the child cry. 
 
 Baby, baby, 
 
 Don't you cry, 
 Wait, and I'll whip 
 
 The old man by-and-by. 
 
 137 
 
THE CAMEL-BACK BRIDGE 
 
 F you chance to be cross- 
 ing 
 
 The camel-back bridge, 
 Each step leads you up 
 
 Till you come to the ridge. 
 
The lantern-grass floats 
 On the pond like a sail, 
 
 The silver-fish bites 
 At the gold-fish's tail. 
 
 The big-bellied trog 
 
 Sitting there on the rock, 
 Keeps constantly calling 
 
 Wa'rh wa, wa'rh wa. 
 
 X* 
 
 ** 
 
 139 
 
THE 
 
 SENSES 
 
 L 
 
 ITTLE eyes see pretty 
 things, 
 
 Little nose smells what is 
 sweet, 
 
 Little ears hear pleasant sounds, 
 
 Mouth likes luscious things 
 to eat. 
 
 140 
 
CAKE 
 BAKING 
 
 E turn the cake, 
 The cake we bake, 
 
 We put in oil, or pork, or steak 
 And when 'tis done, 
 We'll have some fun, 
 
 And give a piece to every one. 
 
 141 
 
WEDDING FEAST 
 
 BIG cow's horn 
 
 We will blow, blow, 
 blow, 
 
 To our sister's wedding feast 
 We will go, go, go. 
 
 142 
 
Who will drive the cart? 
 
 My big brother; 
 Who will eat the feast? 
 
 A sister of my mother. 
 
 Who will pack her trunk? 
 
 My sister, whom you saw; 
 Who will light the fire? 
 
 Her own mother-in-law. 
 
 #.'-** 
 
 ' 
 
 " 
 
ROAST PORK 
 
 U~u 
 
 OAST, roast, 
 Roast pig meat. 
 
 The second pot smells bad, 
 
 The big pot is sweet; 
 Come, 
 
 Mrs. Wang, 
 
 please, 
 r^ And 
 
 eat pig 
 
 meat. 
 
GOING 
 TO TOWN 
 
 Pyougo, 
 down 
 
 you see, 
 Here's a turnip 
 for you andme, 
 Here's a pitch- 
 er, we'll go to 
 town, 
 
 Oh, what a pity we've fallen down; 
 
 What do you see in the heavens bright? 
 
 I see the moon and the stars at night; 
 
 What do you see in the earth, pray tell? 
 
 I see in the earth a deep, deep well; 
 
 What do you see in the well, my dear? 
 
 i see a fr g> 
 
 voice l hear ; 
 
 Whatishesayingthere 
 
 on the rock? 
 
 Get up, get up; ke rh 
 . kua, ke'rh kua. 
 
 1 
 
 
 3 
 
^I^F^pvi^f^ 
 
 MLJ" r** ^** ^** 
 
 THE 
 
 MISCHIEV- 
 OUS 
 
 SISTER- 
 IN- 
 LAW 
 
 H the pumpkin red, oh the 
 gourd decayed, 
 
 I am my father's mischievous maid; 
 I am my brother's dear little sister; 
 I am my sister-in-law's fly-blister. 
 Father, when I marry, what will you 
 
 give? 
 A box and a ward-robe you shall 
 
 receive. 
 
 146 
 
Mother, when I marry, what will you 
 
 bring ? 
 
 A little work-basket full of everything. 
 Brother, when I marry, what will 
 
 come from you ? 
 A fancy cloth towel; think that will 
 
 do? 
 
 My happiness, sister, you will not mar? 
 I'll give a broken bottle and a little 
 
 smashed jar, 
 And send you, you nuisance, away 
 
 very far. 
 
 f 
 
 f 
 
 A. 
 
 
BUY- 
 ING 
 A 
 LOCK 
 
 H, 
 
 here we 
 
 all go to 
 
 buy us a 
 
 lock, 
 
 What kind of a lock shall it be ? 
 We'll buy one of silver or buy one of gold, 
 But what shall we use as a key ? 
 We'll use a broom-handle; if that will 
 
 not do, 
 With a poker we'll try it alone; 
 
 But if neither the 
 

 FORCING 'HE CITY GATES 
 
 E stuck a feather in his hat, 
 
 And hurried to the town, 
 
 hildren met him with a 
 
 IM 
 Ini 
 

 HOME ON THE MOUNTAIN 
 
 N a very high mountain 
 
 A family dwell, 
 Of ten of 
 
 & 
 
 rooms 
 
 & 
 
 JL 
 
 4* 
 
 *2* 
 
 i^- k *^ 
 
 Nine of them 
 
 fell. 
 fc 
 
 rf^ 
 
The old man comes out 
 
 With a great deal of trouble; 
 
 His wife hobbles after, 
 Her body bent double. 
 
 Their three-legged dog 
 
 Is as thin as a rail, 
 And their rat- fearing cat 
 
 Is minus a tail. 
 

 
 
 FAMILY NEEDS 
 
 OU'LL find whene'er the new 
 year come, 
 
 The kitchen god will want a plum; 
 The gi*ls will want some flowers new, 
 
 ^^e boys w ill want 
 some crackers, too; 
 
 A new felt cap will 
 i 
 
 p se papa? 
 
 And sugar-cake will 
 please mama. 
 
 m 
 
 152 
 
MY BOAT 
 
 Y boat is turned up at 
 
 both ends, 
 All storms it encounters 
 
 it weathers 
 On its body you'll find not 
 
 a board, 
 
 But covered all over with 
 feathers. 
 
 We daily re- load it with 
 rice, 
 
 
 
 'Tis admired by all 
 whom we meet, 
 
 You will find not a 
 crack in my boat, 
 
 But you'll find under- 
 neath it two feet: 
 A duck. 
 
 53 
 

 OLD 
 
 GRANNY 
 CHANG 
 
 
 NOCKING, knocking, who's 
 
 at the door? 
 Old Granny Chang, and nothing 
 more. 
 
 Why don't you enter, granny, dear? 
 The dog will bite me, child, I fear. 
 
 What are you shaking there at 
 
 your feet ? 
 A string of garlic, good to eat. 
 
 What are you carrying under your 
 
 arm ? 
 An old fur cloak to keep me warm. 
 
 154 
 
Why don't you put the cloak on, 
 
 granny ? 
 Fear the insects will bite me, sonny. 
 
 Why don't your husband kill such 
 
 a pest ? 
 My husband's gone t the land of 
 
 rest. 
 
 Where is the old man's burial spot? 
 There, in the fire-place, under the pot. 
 
 Why don't you cry for your husband 
 
 true ? 
 Old pot! old pan!! old man!!! 
 
 boo-hoo !!!! 
 
 * 
 
 ** 
 
 *& 
 
 *& 
 3 
 
 H** 
 
 f 
 
 155 
 
BLIND MAN'S BUFF 
 
 PEACOCK feather 
 On a plum-tree limb, 
 
 You catch me, 
 And 
 
 I'll 
 
 catch 
 
 him. 
 
 156 
 
H 
 
 E 
 
 V 
 
 E 
 
 T 
 
 O 
 
 E 
 
 HIS little cow eats grass, 
 This little cow eats hay, 
 
 This little cow drinks water, 
 This little cow runs away, 
 ^t iL S- it.This little cow does 
 
 4&> 
 
 4 4 4 
 
 *. 
 
 But just lie down all 
 day; 
 
 1 whip her. 
 
 157 
 
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