Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 450
od-bye, my Pa and Ma, I m off from Dan to Beersheba! He traveled near, he traveled far;In Tyrol he did tra-la-la,He heard a German saying yah,He twanged a Spanish maids guitar,And bowed before the Russian czar.Now, then, he cried, To see a star,And then, through Borrioboolaga,I 11 hie me on to… … His ears were red, his nose was blue.Oh, dear! he cried, What shall 1 do?For he was frightened through and through,And never thought to laugh Ha! ha!But wished himself in Beersheba. Because of clouds of rain and snowHe could not see the way to go;He struck a star a sudden blow,And, in a thousand…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.