The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-03-27
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The .Clsyslasd ,Hereld prqposea to ssvive
in the recollections Of its readers, . few OF
the old fashioned nursery rhymes. i isl
mite smitten with them indeed, and after
and eloquent review says: .g a.. sg,,gr,I. ]
Take the old fashioned nursery rhymes
ne love to read them Or reeite them to o
group of little children. That venerable
ditty commencing, issss q t,sssas 2asa 'ssa.1s
s'Sing song Of sixpence, s
-, ~ EatfggY pocket full Of rye; K v.5Ss y d &
~43S@ ~ Baked in . pie" 1 -
Of course is all nonsense, and sshould not
be repeated to sensible, children" but just
see how eagerly six year old will listen to
its recital, and how her eyes will sparkle
with expectation at what she has heard .
hundred times before-when lgs
ssThe maid was in the garden.
HanGtng on the elothes.
Therecams ltttle blackblrd,
And shapped on her noseP'
Il hundred, aye, thousand times, . child
will hear with eager and unaagging interest
that Z 81 sss { t53A @'' ~S@s
= ..Latt,s Bo-peep has lost bet shespp, ,sstsa.ses
49, - And can't tell where to nnd ,em; 5tgsy gssg 20
~ .@' Leave 'em alone, and they come hons, ,5E
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MANY thousands Of children have exercis-
ed their little. wits in trying to solve the
nursery riddles: ss~ .. ID z. 7a' : -
"Thirty white horses upon a red hill, E saa.1ss8
Now they .r.np, now they champ and now they stand
"Humpty-Dunp4y a. "a ~all,& D
Humpty-Dumpty had great fall ..z so rs,,s,,
Three score men, an1Ghree score more 80
Cannot place Humpty y-Dumpty as she was before"
'@s 'Iives in winter, g.,frt% 4 xlsgsiI4 zs
Dies In summer, 1.-.
And grows with its roots npvards."
We cannot issy whether the school boys
now use the same forms of play that wedid,
but if they have got over such "illiness,"
we see no very great ground for rejoicing.
Whether or not the boys choose the VIC
Tins at play BY the old formulary,
"Hickory, dickory, dock, -.
-F ~ PCS The mouse run up the clock, - s-
sESs The clock struck one, u tths.s
74a g4.l The mouse was gone -'t@ - e,hs
arlRs AO,U, 7, spells ouTW itsA tt34
or, when they run plank across log for
tho purpose Of playing ssSss Saw" they do
or do not chant, as they merrily 50 up and
down. how dAu x.,,.,v 81. j. = u Ssaa
.saE'E Sold her bed and laid on straw" "F' %
of one thing We have NO doubt, that many
children on their nurses knees
-sN 'Ride cock-horse to Banbury cross, ''7 ~
To see an old lady upon white horse,
Rings on her fingers, bells on her toes,
g And 90 she makes music wherever she goes" H'A
As we jot down these pleasant bits of
childish nonsense verses, hundred more
come up to our mind, and with each one
come sunny memories of the "happy days
of childhood" %z y'
Charles Lamb, quaint, kindly. Ella, loved
these baby prattlings. zs ato -
The story must be well known how at q
quiet little supper one evening the gentle
Ella became somewhat overcome with drink,
and taking offence at q money changer who
had been incautiously admitted to the social
board with the literary friends, he persisted
in singing, in the face Of the alarmed broker,
the old nursery ditty-~--~-..-. - ...
"Deedle, decide, dumplngs, my son John
Went to bed with his breeches on, u N
r"g One shoe of, the other on, .af' @'-5f -
Decide. decide, dumplinss, my son John. !"
The Herald youngster winds up with
"We expect to have mortally offended many
'very sensible people with our confessions
Of love for the above nonsense but we
have no doubts Of most Of the children be-
ing on our side; and so long as we have
their sunny smiles-God bless them-we can
afford a few stately frowns from the cold
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