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    Riley Child-Rhymes
    Riley Child-Rhymes
    Riley Child-Rhymes
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    Riley Child-Rhymes

    By James Whitcomb Riley

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateJan 1, 1899
    Riley Child-Rhymes

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      Riley Child-Rhymes - James Whitcomb Riley

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Riley Child-Rhymes, by James Whitcomb Riley

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: Riley Child-Rhymes

      Author: James Whitcomb Riley

      Posting Date: November 3, 2011 [EBook #9777] Release Date: January, 2006 First Posted: October 15, 2003

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RILEY CHILD-RHYMES ***

      Produced by Maria Cecilia Lim and PG Distributed Proofreaders

      [Illustration: A-list'nin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells abou—Frontispiece]

      RILEY CHILD-RHYMES

      James Whitcomb Riley

      WITH HOOSIER PICTURES BY

      Will Vawter

      Copyright 1890, 1896, 1898 and 1905

      WITH HALE AFFECTION AND ABIDING FAITH THESE RHYMES AND PICTURES ARE INSCRIBED TO THE CHILDREN EVERYWHERE

      He owns the bird-songs of the hills—

      The laughter of the April rills;

      And his are all the diamonds set

      In Morning's dewy coronet,—

      And his the Dusk's first minted stars

      That twinkle through the pasture-bars

      And litter all the skies at night

      With glittering scraps of silver light;—

      The rainbow's bar, from rim to rim,

      In beaten gold, belongs to him.

      CONTENTS

      [Note from the transcriber: The Table of Contents below was taken from the book and is an alphabetical list of the poems. A second Table of Contents, listing the poems in the order they occur in this book, has been provided by the transcriber.]

      AT AUNTY'S HOUSE

      BEAR STORY, THE

      BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM, THE

      BOYS' CANDIDATE, THE

      BUMBLEBEE, THE

      CIRCUS-DAY PARADE, THE

      CURLY LOCKS

      DAYS GONE BY, THE

      DOWN AROUND THE RIVER

      ENVOY

      FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW, THE

      GRANDFATHER SQUEERS

      HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE, THE

      HOME-MADE FAIRY-TALE, A

      IMPETUOUS RESOLVE, AN

      JOLLY MILLER, THE

      LIFE-LESSON, A

      LITTLE COAT, THE

      LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE

      LUGUBRIOUS WHING-WHANG, THE

      NAUGHTY CLAUDE

      NINE LITTLE GOBLINS, THE

      OLD AUNT MARY'S

      OLD HAY-MOW, THE

      OLD TRAMP, THE

      ON THE SUNNY SIDE

      OUR HIRED GIRL

      PET COON, THE

      PIXY PEOPLE, THE

      RAGGEDY MAN, THE

      RIDER OF THE KNEE, THE

      RUNAWAY BOY, THE

      SOUTH WIND AND THE SUN, THE

      SQUIRTGUN UNCLE MAKED ME, THE

      SUDDEN SHOWER, A

      TIME OF CLEARER TWITTERINGS

      WAITIN' FER THE CAT TO DIE

      WHO SANTY-CLAUS WUZ

      WINTER FANCIES

      Contents (Listed in the Order They Appear)

      LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE

      THE RAGGEDY MAN

      CURLY LOCKS

      THE FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW

      THE HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE

      THE RIDER OF THE KNEE

      DOWN AROUND THE RIVER

      AT AUNTY'S HOUSE

      THE DAYS GONE BY

      THE BUMBLEBEE

      THE BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM

      THE SQUIRTGUN UNCLE MAKED ME

      THE OLD TRAMP

      OLD AUNT MARY'S

      WINTER FANCIES

      THE RUNAWAY BOY

      THE LITTLE COAT

      AN IMPETUOUS RESOLVE

      WHO SANTY-CLAUS WUZ

      THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS

      TIME OF CLEARER TWITTERINGS

      THE CIRCUS-DAY PARADE

      THE LUGUBRIOUS WHING-WHANG

      WAITIN' FER THE CAT TO DIE

      NAUGHTY CLAUDE

      THE SOUTH WIND AND THE SUN

      THE JOLLY MILLER

      OUR HIRED GIRL

      THE BOYS' CANDIDATE

      THE PET COON

      THE OLD HAY-MOW

      ON THE SUNNY SIDE

      A SUDDEN SHOWER

      GRANDFATHER SQUEERS

      THE PIXY PEOPLE

      A LIFE-LESSON

      A HOME-MADE FAIRY-TALE

      THE BEAR STORY

      ENVOY

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      WITCH-TALES

      THEY WAS TWO GREAT BIG BLACK THINGS A-STANDIN' BY HER SIDE

      AN' WHEN THEY TURN'T THE KIVVERS DOWN

      LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE—TAILPIECE

      THE RAGGEDY MAN—TITLE

      HE SHOWED ME THE HOLE 'AT THE WUNKS IS GOT

      CURLY LOCKS—TITLE

      SIT ON A CUSHION AND SEW A FINE SEAM

      THE FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW—TITLE

      NEVER KNEW A BABY THAT WOULDN'T CROW FOR HIM

      THE HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE—TITLE

      AN' I PECK ON THE WINDER

      AN' COOKS A' EGG FER ME

      THE HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE—TAILPIECE

      THE RIDER OF THE KNEE

      DOWN AROUND THE RIVER—TITLE

      NOON-TIME AND JUNE-TIME DOWN AROUND THE RIVER

      DOWN AROUND THE RIVER—TAILPIECE

      AT AUNTY'S HOUSE—TITLE

      WE ET OUT ON THE PORCH

      THE DAYS GONE BY—TITLE

      IN THE ORCHARD

      THE BUMBLEBEE

      THE BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM—TITLE

      STAND UP LIKE HIM AN' DRIVE

      THE SQUIRTGUN UNCLE MAKED ME—TITLE

      THE SQUIRTGUN—TAILPIECE

      AN' NEN HE PEELED OFF THE BARK

      THE OLD TRAMP

      WE PATTER ALONG IN THE DUST AGAIN

      OLD AUNT MARY'S—TAILPIECE

      WINTER FANCIES—TITLE

      WINTER WITHOUT AND WARMTH WITHIN

      HERE IN MY ROOM I'M AS SNUGLY SHUT

      AN' A GREA'-BIG PIG WENT BOOH!

      HUG WITE CLOSE ROUND HER NECK

      THE LITTLE COAT

      THE LITTLE COAT—TAILPIECE

      AN IMPETUOUS RESOLVE—TITLE

      I'M GO' TO BE A BAKER

      A-SLINGIN' PIE-CRUST 'LONG THE ROAD

      WHO SANTY-CLAUS WUZ—TITLE

      AN' QUAR'L WITH HIS FROSTED HEELS

      WHO SANTY-CLAUS WUZ—TAILPIECE

      THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS

      THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS—TAILPIECE

      TIME OF CLEARER TWITTERINGS—TITLE

      WHERE THE SHELLBARK HICKORY TREE

      THE CIRCUS-DAY PARADE

      HOW THE CAGES JOLTED PAST

      AND, LAST

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