Mother Goose's Teddy Bears

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 53240 *** Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the lovely original illustrations. See 53240-h.htm or 53240-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/53240/53240-h/53240-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/53240/53240-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/mothergoosestedd00cava [Illustration] MOTHER GOOSE’S TEDDY BEARS Illustrated and Adapted to Mother Goose by FREDERICK L. CAVALLY. The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers Indianapolis U.S.A. MCMVII Copyright 1907 The Bobbs-Merrill Company Dear Boys and Girls.— In the short time I have been among you, I have made friends of some of the best little boys and girls throughout the land. I have been writing to my brothers and sisters at home telling them all about you, and they are very anxious to become acquainted also; so I sent for our family photograph album, which contains most of their pictures. Now Old Mother Goose is a neighbor of ours, and she earns her living by writing little rhymes, tales and jingles, and as she is a very good friend of our family, she has written many verses and rhymes about us, which I know you will enjoy reading. So you see I take great pride in presenting you this copy of our Family Photograph Album. Your sincere friend, Teddy. [Illustration: Hello!] [Illustration] What are little Ted boys made of, made of? What are little Ted boys made of? Snaps and snails, and puppy-dogs’ tails; And that’s what Little Ted Boys are made of, made of. [Illustration] What are little Ted girls made of, made of? What are little Ted girls made of? Sugar and spice, and all that’s nice; And that’s what Little Ted girls are made of, made of. [Illustration] [Illustration] Ding dong bell! Teddy’s in the well! Who put him in? Little Teddy Flinn. Who pulled him out? Little Teddy Stout. What a naughty boy was there Thus to drown poor Teddy Bear. [Illustration] [Illustration] Little Ted Horner Sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas Pie. He put in his thumb, And took out a plum, And said, “What a big bear am I!” [Illustration] [Illustration: To Bonner] As I went to Bonner, I met a bear With coal-black hair, Upon my word and honor. [Illustration] [Illustration: Old Mother Hubbard] Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get Little Teddy a bun; But when she got there, The cupboard was bare, So poor Little Ted had none. [Illustration] [Illustration] She went to the baker’s To buy him some bread; But when she came back, Poor Teddy was dead. [Illustration] [Illustration] She went to the joiner’s To buy him a coffin; But when she came back, Little Teddy was laughing [Illustration] [Illustration] She took a clean dish To get him some tripe; But when she came back, He was smoking his pipe [Illustration] [Illustration] She went to the tavern For white wine and red; But when she came back, Ted stood on his head. [Illustration] [Illustration] She went to the ale-house To get him some beer; But when she came back, Ted sat in a chair. [Illustration] [Illustration] She went to the barber’s To buy him a wig; But when she came back, He was dancing a Jig [Illustration] [Illustration] She went to the fruiterer’s To buy him some fruit; But when she came back, Ted was playing the flute. [Illustration] [Illustration] She went to the cobbler’s To buy him some shoes; But when she came back, Ted was reading the news. [Illustration] [Illustration] Dame Bear made a curtsey, Little Ted made a bow; Dame Bear said, “Your servant,” Little Ted said, “How now.” [Illustration] [Illustration] Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Teddy wants to play. [Illustration] [Illustration] Solomon Grundy Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Very ill on Thursday, Worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday, This is the end, Of Solomon Grundy. [Illustration] [Illustration] Ted and Jill Went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; [Illustration] [Illustration] Ted Fell down, And broke his crown, And Jill came Tumbling after. [Illustration] [Illustration] To make your candles last for aye, You wives and maids give ear-o! To put them out’s the only way, Says Honest Ted Boldero. [Illustration] [Illustration] Little Teddy Tittlemouse Lived in a little house; He caught fishes In other men’s ditches. [Illustration] Multiplication is vexation; 2 x 2 = ? Division is as bad; 6 ÷ 2 = ? The rule of three perplexes me, 3 x 3 = ? And practice drives me mad. [Illustration] [Illustration] Teddy Trot, a man of law Sold his bed and lay upon straw Sold the straw and slept on grass To buy his wife a looking-glass [Illustration] [Illustration] Wash me and comb me, And lay me down softly, And set me on a bank to dry; That I may look pretty When Teddy comes by. [Illustration] [Illustration] Tell-Tale Tit! Your tongue shall be slit, And all the Teddy Bears in town Shall have a little bit! [Illustration] [Illustration] Nose, nose, jolly red nose, And what gave you that jolly red nose? Nutmegs and cinnamon spices and cloves, And they gave me this jolly red nose. [Illustration] [Illustration] Three wise bears of Gotham Went to sea in a bowl; If the bowl had been stronger My story had been longer. [Illustration] [Illustration] Teddy be nimble, Teddy be quick, And Teddy jump over the candlestick. [Illustration] [Illustration] See-saw, Margery Daw, Teddy shall have a new master; He shall have but a penny a day, Because he can’t work any faster [Illustration] [Illustration] Little Ted Snooks was Fond of his books, And loved by his usher and master; But naughty Ted Spry, he got a black eye, And carries his nose in a plaster. [Illustration] [Illustration] Cock crows in the morn, To tell us to rise, And he who lies late Will never be wise; For early to bed, And early to rise, Makes teddy bears healthy And wealthy and wise. [Illustration] [Illustration] _The rose is red, The grass is green; And in this book My name is seen._ _Teddy._ *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 53240 ***