Rhymes: So get a royal canopy,...

So get a royal canopy, The finest ever seen, And whiskers for his majesty, And tresses for the queen.

THE CANADA GOOSE

A Canada goose On the South Palouse Is singing her summer song. Her words are wise, And she greets the skies With a voice like a steamer gong: "If you harbor your wealth And keep your health, You'll always be rich and strong."

HIPPERTY, CLICKERTY, CLACKERTY, BANG

Hipperty, clickerty, clackerty, bang, Get in a corner as fast as you can! The sideboard is tipsy, the table is mad, The chairs have lost all the sense that they had. So hipperty, clickerty, clackerty, bang, Get in a corner as fast as you can!

A sailor gave his sonny Nearly half a pint of money And sent him out to buy a ton of coal; But he met a poor old miser Who told him it were wiser To bury all his money in a hole.

A sailor gave his sonny Nearly half a pint of money And told him he should buy a suit of clothes; But he saw a pretty maiden With all kinds of posies laden, And he gave her all his money for a rose.

Then the sailor gave his sonny Nearly half a pint of money To buy a little garden and a house; But he found him the next day, In a shop on Yesler Way, A-buying cheese and crackers for a mouse.

A stove is a thing that gets awfully hot, And fries up your meat, or whatever you've got. It's made out of iron and hinges and screws, And filled up with shakers, and dampers, and flues. It's not very long and it's not very wide; It's got black'ning on top and ashes inside.

THE THUNDER BABY

Have you heard of the Thunder Baby Way up in the big blue sky? You've seen his cradle, maybe, And maybe you've heard him cry.

Most of the time he's sleeping, Rolled up in a big white cloud, But when he's awake and hungry He bellows awfully loud.

And when he's crying, sometimes You can hear his teardrops fall With a patter, patter, patter, Against the garden wall.

But when he's madder'n mischief, He rolls, and growls, and spits, And kicks the clouds all forty ways, And gives the weather fits.

Then tears come down in bucketfuls, And children dance for joy, Till the sun comes out and soundly spanks Her Thunder Baby Boy.

HINKY, PINKY, PEARLY EARL

Hinky, pinky, pearly earl, Twenty nobles and a churl; Some are fat and some are lean, One in red and one in green-- Prior, priest, and pearly earl, Twenty nobles and a churl.

Tipsy Tom, the naughty fellow, Dressed his wife in pink and yellow, Set her in an apple tree, And said: "Now catch a bumblebee."

Jolly Jinks, the sailor man, Went to sea in an oyster can. But he found the water wet, Fishes got into his net, So he pulled his boat to shore And vowed he'd sail the seas no more.

Auntie Ellen found her poodle-- Mercy! Goodness sake!-- Playing with the mully-wumps Down along the lake.

And when she called him tenderly He didn't want to come; It took her over half an hour To get the rascal home.

She washed him well with shaving-soap, Pumice stone and lye, She showered him and she scoured him And she hung him up to dry.

And now he sits there quite serene, The sweetest poodle ever seen.

Bricks and bones! Sticks and stones! I chased a thief through twenty zones.

I found his hat On Ararat, And hurried on as quick as scat.

In a day or two I found his shoe Where he had sailed for Timbuktu.

I met the goat That ate his coat Upon the road to Terre Haute.

At last all worn And quite forlorn I chased him up the Matterhorn.

Somebody give me a peanut, Somebody give me a pear; I want to go down to the circus And feed all the animals there.

A dime and a dollar Took me by the collar And whispered this word in my ear:

"We must leave you to-morrow, But prithee don't sorrow, We'll come back to see you next year."

THE ROBIN AND THE SQUIRREL

Said the Robin to the Squirrel, "How d' you do?" Said the Squirrel to the Robin, "How are you?" "Oh, I've got some cherry pies, And a half a dozen flies, And a kettle full of beetles on to stew."

Said the Squirrel to the Robin, "How d' you do?" Said the Robin to the Squirrel, "How are you?" "I've a nest that's nice and neat, And a wife that can't be beat, And I'm every bit as happy now as you."

THE KING HAD A PLATTER

The King had a platter Of brisket and batter, The Prince had a Bellington bun, The Queen had a rose To put to her nose As soon as the dinner was done.

The lightning split the sky in two And set the clouds to leaking Just as dear old Pastor Brown Began his Sunday speaking.

He told about the awful rain That fell in Noah's day, And one by one the happy smiles Began to fade away.

In half an hour the people all Put on their rubber coats, And when he finished everyone Was out and building boats.

OLD FATHER McNETHER

Old Father McNether He sorts out the weather And takes what he pleases, I'm told, With a big turkey-feather He mixes the weather, And makes it blow hot and blow cold.

JERRY WAS A JOKER