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MOTHER GOOSE’S TEDDY BEARS
Illustrated and Adapted to Mother Goose by
FREDERICK L. CAVALLY.
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Publishers Indianapolis U.S.A.
MCMVII
Copyright 1907
The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Dear Boys and Girls.—
In the short time I have been among you, I have made
friends of some of the best little boys and girls
throughout the land.
I have been writing to my brothers and sisters at home
telling them all about you, and they are very anxious
to become acquainted also; so I sent for our family
photograph album, which contains most of their pictures.
Now Old Mother Goose is a neighbor of ours, and she
earns her living by writing little rhymes, tales and
jingles, and as she is a very good friend of our
family, she has written many verses and rhymes about
us, which I know you will enjoy reading.
So you see I take great pride in presenting you this
copy of our Family Photograph Album.
Your sincere friend,
Teddy.
[Illustration: Hello!]
[Illustration]
What are little Ted boys made of, made of?
What are little Ted boys made of?
Snaps and snails, and puppy-dogs’ tails;
And that’s what Little Ted Boys are made of, made of.
[Illustration]
What are little Ted girls made of, made of?
What are little Ted girls made of?
Sugar and spice, and all that’s nice;
And that’s what Little Ted girls are made of, made of.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Ding dong bell!
Teddy’s in the well!
Who put him in?
Little Teddy Flinn.
Who pulled him out?
Little Teddy Stout.
What a naughty boy was there
Thus to drown poor Teddy Bear.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Little Ted Horner
Sat in a corner,
Eating a Christmas Pie.
He put in his thumb,
And took out a plum,
And said, “What a big bear am I!”
[Illustration]
[Illustration: To Bonner]
As I went to Bonner,
I met a bear
With coal-black hair,
Upon my word and honor.
[Illustration]
[Illustration: Old Mother Hubbard]
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To get Little Teddy a bun;
But when she got there,
The cupboard was bare,
So poor Little Ted had none.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
She went to the baker’s
To buy him some bread;
But when she came back,
Poor Teddy was dead.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
She went to the joiner’s
To buy him a coffin;
But when she came back,
Little Teddy was laughing
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
She took a clean dish
To get him some tripe;
But when she came back,
He was smoking his pipe
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
She went to the tavern
For white wine and red;
But when she came back,
Ted stood on his head.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
She went to the ale-house
To get him some beer;
But when she came back,
Ted sat in a chair.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
She went to the barber’s
To buy him a wig;
But when she came back,
He was dancing a Jig
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
She went to the fruiterer’s
To buy him some fruit;
But when she came back,
Ted was playing the flute.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
She went to the cobbler’s
To buy him some shoes;
But when she came back,
Ted was reading the news.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Dame Bear made a curtsey,
Little Ted made a bow;
Dame Bear said, “Your servant,”
Little Ted said, “How now.”
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Rain, rain, go away;
Come again another day;
Little Teddy wants to play.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Solomon Grundy
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Very ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
This is the end,
Of Solomon Grundy.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Ted and Jill
Went up the hill,
To fetch a pail
of water;
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Ted Fell down,
And broke his crown,
And Jill came
Tumbling after.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
To make your candles last for aye,
You wives and maids give ear-o!
To put them out’s the only way,
Says Honest Ted Boldero.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Little Teddy Tittlemouse
Lived in a little house;
He caught fishes
In other men’s ditches.
[Illustration]
Multiplication is vexation;
2 x 2 = ?
Division is as bad;
6 ÷ 2 = ?
The rule of three perplexes me,
3 x 3 = ?
And practice drives me mad.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Teddy Trot, a man of law
Sold his bed and lay upon straw
Sold the straw and slept on grass
To buy his wife a looking-glass
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Wash me and comb me,
And lay me down softly,
And set me on a bank to dry;
That I may look pretty
When Teddy comes by.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Tell-Tale Tit!
Your tongue shall be slit,
And all the Teddy Bears in town
Shall have a little bit!
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Nose, nose, jolly red nose,
And what gave you that jolly red nose?
Nutmegs and cinnamon spices and cloves,
And they gave me this jolly red nose.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Three wise bears of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl;
If the bowl had been stronger
My story had been longer.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Teddy be nimble,
Teddy be quick,
And Teddy jump over the candlestick.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
See-saw, Margery Daw,
Teddy shall have a new master;
He shall have but a penny a day,
Because he can’t work any faster
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Little Ted Snooks was Fond of his books,
And loved by his usher and master;
But naughty Ted Spry, he got a black eye,
And carries his nose in a plaster.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Cock crows in the morn,
To tell us to rise,
And he who lies late
Will never be wise;
For early to bed,
And early to rise,
Makes teddy bears healthy
And wealthy and wise.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
_The rose is red,
The grass is green;
And in this book
My name is seen._
_Teddy._
