Little Betty Blue
Has lost her holiday shoe.
Give her another
To match the other,
And she will walk in two.
* * *
-Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been?
-I’ve been to London to look at the Queen.
-Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you do there?
-I frightened a little mouse under the chair.
* * *
Hey, diddle, diddle!
The cattle and the fiddle.
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
* * *
Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry;
When the boys came out to play,
Georgie Porgie ran away.
* * *
There was an old woman
And nothing she had,
And so this old woman
Was said to be mad.
She’d nothing to eat.
She’d nothing to wear,
She’d nothing to lose.
She’d nothing to fear.
She’d nothing to ask,
And nothing to give,
And when she did die
She’d nothing to leave.
Old Mother Hubbard Went to the Cupboard
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To fetch her poor dog a bone;
But when she came there
The cupboard was bare
And so the poor dog had none.
She went to the baker’s
To buy him some bread;
But when she came back
The poor dog was dead.
She went to the undertaker’s
To buy him a coffin;
But when she came back
The poor dog was laughing.
(A nursery rhyme)
Can’t buy me love
I’ll buy you a diamond ring, my friend,
If it makes you feel all right.
I’ll get you anything, my friend,
If it makes you feel all right.
I’ll give you all I’ve got to give
If you say you love me too.
I may not have a lot to give,
But what I‘ve got, I’ll give to you,
For I don’t care too much for money,
For money can’t buy me love.
(John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
Enlarge upon the statement: ” Money can’t buy everything.”
Idealists
Brother Tree,
Why do you reach and reach?
Do you dream some day to touch the sky?
Brother Stream,
Why do you run and run?
Do you dream some day to fill the sea?
Brother Bird,
Why do sing and sing?
Do you dream –
Young Man,
Why do you talk and talk?
(Alfred Kreymborg)
Everything has its appointed hour, there is
A time for all things under heaven;
A time for birth, a time for death,
A time to plant and a time to uproot,
A time to kill, a time to heal,
A time to break down and a time to build,
A time to cry, a time to laugh,
A time to mourn, a time to dance,
A time to scatter and a time to gather,
A time to embrace, a time to refrain,
A time to seek, a time to lose,
A time to keep, a time to throw away,
A time to tear, a time to sew,
A time for silence and a time for speech,
A time for love, a time for hate,
A time for war, a time for peace.
(Ecclesiastes, III/1-8. (The Holy Bible. A new translation by James Moffatt D.D., D.Litt., M.A. (Oxon))
When hungry, it is good to eat;
When thirsty, sweet to drink;
When tired, to bathe the weary feet;
When solitary to think…
Walter De La Mare
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