190 Rhymes and Jingles
Mother’s gone to milk the cow;
Sister’s gone — I don’t know how;
Brother’s gone to get a skin
Whether it is a nurse or one of the sisters of the infant that is supposed to say this is not quite clear.
Catch a grasshopper, and say to it,—
Grasshopper, grasshopper, give me some molasses,
Or I’ll kill you to-day, and bury you tomorrow.
When you are asked to tell a story, or to furnish amusement of most any sort, you can say,—
I’ll tell you a story
About old Mother Morey,
And now my story's begun;
I’ll tell you another
About her brother,
And now my story is done.
Or you can put it in this form:—
I’ll tell you a story
About Jack a Nory;
And he had a calf,
