Eight o'clock; The postman's knock! Five letters for Papa; One for Lou, And none for you, And three for dear Mamma.
Seventeen Lyrics from "Sing-song" , opus 19
by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953)
Heft 1 -- 1. Eight o'clock  [sung text not yet checked]
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 1 -- 2. Baby cry ‑‑ oh fie!  [sung text not yet checked]
Baby cry -- Oh fie! -- At the physic in the cup: Gulp it twice And gulp it thrice, Baby gulp it up.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 1 -- 3. Dead in the cold, a song‑singing thrush  [sung text not yet checked]
Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush, Dead at the foot of a snowberry bush,-- Weave him a coffin of rush, Dig him a grave where the soft mosses grow, Raise him a tombstone of snow.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 1 -- 4. Love me, ‑‑ I love you  [sung text not yet checked]
Love me, - I love you, Love me, my baby; Sing it high, sing it low, Sing it as may be. Mother's arms under you, Her eyes above you; Sing it high, sing it low, Love me, - I love you.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this page: Ted PerryHeft 1 -- 5. Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!  [sung text not yet checked]
"Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!" Crows the cock before the morn; "Kikirikee! kikirikee!" Roses in the east are born. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!" Early birds begin their singing; "Kikirikee! kikirikee!" The day, the day, the day is springing.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 1 -- 6. Boats sail on the rivers  [sung text not yet checked]
Boats sail on the rivers, And ships sail on the seas; But clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier far than these. There are bridges on the rivers, As pretty as you please; But the bow that bridges heaven, And overtops the trees, And builds a road from earth to sky, Is prettier far than these.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 1 -- 7. In the meadow ‑‑ what in the meadow?  [sung text not yet checked]
In the meadow -- what in the meadow? Bluebells, buttercups, meadowsweet, And fairy rings for the children's feet In the meadow. In the garden -- what in the garden? Jacob's-ladder and Solomon's-seal, And Love-lies-bleeding beside All-heal In the garden.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 1 -- 8. The dog lies in his kennel  [sung text not yet checked]
The dog lies in his kennel, And Puss purrs on the rug, And baby perches on my knee For me to love and hug. Pat the dog and stroke the cat, Each in its degree; And cuddle and kiss my baby, And baby kiss me.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 1 -- 9. Lie a‑bed, sleepy head  [sung text not yet checked]
Lie a-bed, Sleepy head, Shut up eyes, bo-peep; Till daybreak Never wake: -- Baby, sleep.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 1 -- 10. Mix a pancake, stir a pancake  [sung text not yet checked]
Mix a pancake, Stir a pancake, Pop it in the pan; Fry the pancake, Toss the pancake, -- Catch it if you can.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 2 -- 1. Who has seen the wind?  [sung text not yet checked]
Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you; But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I; But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Who has seen the wind?", appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 2 -- 2. Dancing on the hill‑tops  [sung text not yet checked]
Dancing on the hill-tops, Singing in the valleys, Laughing with the echoes, Merry little Alice. Playing games with lambkins In the flowering valleys, Gathering pretty posies, Helpful little Alice. If her father's cottage Turned into a palace, And he owned the hill-tops And the flowering valleys, She'd be none the happier, Happy little Alice.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 2 -- 3. A pocket handkerchief to hem  [sung text not yet checked]
A pocket handkerchief to hem -- Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! How many stitches it will take Before it's done, I fear. Yet set a stitch and then a stitch, And stitch and stitch away, Till stitch by stitch the hem is done -- And after work is play!
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 2 -- 4. A motherless soft lambkin  [sung text not yet checked]
A motherless soft lambkin Along upon a hill; No mother's fleece to shelter him And wrap him from the cold:-- I'll run to him and comfort him, I'll fetch him, that I will; I'll care for him and feed him Until he's strong and bold.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 2 -- 5. Lullaby, o lullaby!  [sung text not yet checked]
Lullaby, oh, lullaby! Flowers are closed and lambs are sleeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby! [Stars are up, the moon is peeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby!]1 While the birds are silence keeping, (Lullaby, oh, lullaby!) Sleep, my baby, fall a-sleeping, Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Heft 2 -- 6. Hurt no living thing  [sung text not yet checked]
Hurt no living thing: Ladybird, nor butterfly, Nor moth with dusty wing, Nor cricket chirping cheerily, Nor grasshopper so light of leap, Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat, Nor harmless worms that creep.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Heft 2 -- 7. Minnie and Mattie and fat little May  [sung text not yet checked]
Minnie and Mattie And fat little May, Out in the country, Spending a day. Such a bright day, With the sun glowing, And the trees half in leaf, And the grass growing. Pinky white pigling Squeals through his snout, Woolly white lambkin Frisks all about. Cluck! cluck! the nursing hen Summons her folk, -- Ducklings all downy soft Yellow as yolk. Cluck! cluck! the mother hen Summons her chickens To peck the dainty bits Found in her pickings. Minnie and Mattie And May carry posies, Half of sweet violets, Half of primroses. Give the sun time enough, Glowing and glowing, He'll rouse the roses And bring them blowing. Don't wait for roses Losing to-day, O Minnie, Mattie, And wise little May. Violets and primroses Blossom to-day For Minnie and Mattie And fat little May.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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