Time Won’t Wait For Me!

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Illustration: “Idle Hands Make Sad Hearts.” NURSERY COLORED PICTURE BOOK. McLOUGHLIN BROS.: NEW YORK. Ca 1870.

“Idle Hands Make Sad Hearts.”

You little bee,

Come play with me,

The sunshine’s warm and clear;

You need not fear

The cold severe,

The winter is not near.

My little maid,

I can’t be stayed,

I must not lose to-day.

For time, you see,

Won’t wait for me,

But sweeps the flowers away.

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NURSERY COLORED PICTURE BOOK.

McLOUGHLIN BROS.: NEW YORK. Ca 1870.

Shot In The Head, Head, Head!

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Illustration: The Little Man And His Gun. NURSERY COLORED PICTURE BOOK. McLOUGHLIN BROS.: NEW YORK. Ca 1870.

“The Little Man and His Gun.”

There was a little man, and he had a little gun,

And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead;

He went unto the brook, and he shot a little duck,

And hit her right through the head, head, head.

Then he went home unto his little wife Joan,

And bade her a good fire make, make, make,

To roast the little duck he had shot at the brook,

Whilst he went and shot the drake, drake, drake.

NURSERY COLORED PICTURE BOOK.

McLOUGHLIN BROS.: NEW YORK. Ca 1870.

Is It Better To Get Up Early?

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Illustration: Early To Bed, And Early To Rise. NURSERY COLORED PICTURE BOOK. McLOUGHLIN BROS.: NEW YORK. Ca 1870.

“EARLY TO BED, AND EARLY TO RISE.”

 “You naughty bird, I want to know

Why you so early rise;

You wake me, when you know that I

Have hardly closed my eyes?”

 

“Why, really, dear,” said Cocky Crow,

“I hear you with surprise;

You go to bed with other lambs,

And quickly shut your eyes.”

 

“So when I sound my morning call,

Be quick, my pet, and rise;

For that’s the way to healthy be,

And wealthy, love, and wise.”

 

 

NURSERY COLORED PICTURE BOOK.

McLOUGHLIN BROS.: NEW YORK. Ca 1870.