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Book: Marigold Garden (1885?)

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There was no publication date for or in the book, but the date is said to be around 1885, thus the ? above.

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  • Preface
    YOU little girl,
    You little boy,
    8 lines
  • Susan Blue
    OH, Susan Blue,
    How do you do?
    6 lines
  • Baby Mine
    BABY mine, over the trees;
    Baby mine, over the flowers;
    8 lines
  • Blue Shoes
    Little Blue Shoes mustn't go
    Very far alone, you know
    8 lines
  • On The Wall Top
    SO high–so high on the wall we run,
    The nearer the sky–why, the nearer the sun,
    4 lines
  • Street Show
    PUFF, puff, puff. How the trumpets blow
    All you little boys and girls come and see the show.
    5 lines
  • Ball
    ONE–two, is one to you;
    One–two–three, is one to me.
    4 lines
  • To The Sun Door
    THEY saw it rise in the morning,
    They saw it set at night,
    16 lines
  • The Cats Have Come To Tea
    WHAT did she see–oh, what did she see,
    As she stood leaning against the tree?
    16 lines, 1 comment
  • The Daisies
    YOU very fine Miss Molly,
    What will the daisies say,
    8 lines
  • Miss Molly and the Little Fishes
    OH, sweet Miss Molly,
    You're so fond
    13 lines
  • The Dancing Family
    PRAY let me introduce you to
    This little dancing family;
    20 lines
  • The Little Queen's Coming
    WITH Roses–red Roses,
    We'll pelt her with Roses,
    12 lines
  • Going To See Grandmamma
    LITTLE Molly and Damon
    Are walking so far,
    16 lines
  • Mammas and Babies
    "MY Polly is so very good,
      Belinda never cries;
    33 lines, 3 comments
  • Wishes
    OH, if you were a little boy,
    And I was a little girl–
    8 lines
  • Under Rose Arches
    UNDER Rose Arches to Rose Town–
    Rose Town on the top of the hill;
    16 lines
  • First Arrivals
    IT is a Party, do you know,
    And there they sit, all in a row,
    18 lines
  • From Wonder World
    OUT of Wonder World I think you come;
    For in your eyes the wonder comes with you.
    12 lines, 1 comment
  • When We Went Out With Grandmamma
    WHEN we went out with Grandmamma–
    Mamma said for a treat–
    32 lines
  • Ring-A-Ring
    RING-A-RING of little boys.
    Ring-a-ring of girls;
    12 lines
  • To Mystery Land
    OH, dear, how will it end?
    Peggy and Susie how naughty you are.
    22 lines, 1 comment
  • Happy Days
    "ARE you going next week to see Phillis and Phoebe?
    Phillis on Monday will be just fourteen.
    20 lines
  • From Market
    OH who'll give us Posies,
    And Garlands of Roses,
    7 lines
  • On The Wall Top
    DANCING and prancing to town we go,
    On the top of the wall of the town we go.
    4 lines
  • Little Phillis
    I AM a very little girl,
      I think that I've turned two;
    28 lines
  • Tip-A-Toe
    TIP-A-TOE,
    See them go;
    12 lines
  • The Four Princesses
    FOUR Princesses lived in a Green Tower–
    A Bright Green Tower in the middle of the sea;
    20 lines
  • My Little Girlie
    LITTLE girlie tell to me
    What your wistful blue eyes see?
    12 lines
  • When You And I Grow Up
    WHEN you and I
    Grow up–Polly–
    9 lines
  • The Tea Party
    IN the pleasant green Garden
      We sat down to tea;
    9 lines, 1 comment
  • In An Apple Tree
    IN September, when the apples were red,
    To Belinda I said,
    7 lines
  • A Genteel Family
    SOME children are so naughty,
    And some are very good;
    28 lines
  • The Wedding Bells
    THE Wedding Bells were ringing,
    And Monday was the day,
    8 lines
  • Little Girls and Little Lambs
    IN the May-time flowers grow;
    Little girls in meadows go;
    16 lines
  • The Little London Girl
    IN my little Green House, quite content am I,
    When the hot sun pours down from the sky;
    20 lines
  • Child's Song
    THE King and the Queen were riding
    Upon a Summer's day,
    8 lines, 1 comment
  • To Baby
    OH, what shall my blue eyes go see?
    Shall it be pretty Quack-Quack to-day?
    9 lines
  • The Little Jumping Girls
    JUMP–jump–jump–
    Jump away
    24 lines
  • Willy and His Sister
    WILLY said to his sister,
    "Please may I go with you?"
    24 lines
  • On The Bridge
    IF I could see a little fish–
    That is what I just now wish!
    18 lines, 1 comment
  • At School
    FIVE little Girls, sitting on a form,
    Five little Girls, with lessons to learn,
    8 lines, 5 comments
  • Good-Bye
    FAIRY Blue Eyes
    And Fairy Brown,
    8 lines, 1 comment
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