Mother Goose's Bicycle Tour
Written and Adapted by M. A. Bonnell
A wake, sweet hope! for she who shares the throne
L ends her own merit to make dulness bright,
E ven as Luna to the insipid drop its light.
X anthine yellow might the aster take for hue,
A n emerald green the clove carnation crown,
N or could fair England’s rose yet learn to frown.
D iadems of humble bloom and royal fleur-de-lis,
R are crowns of love, have crowned her long ago;
A nd ever round her noble brow more intertwined they grow.
— M. A. BONNELL
July 3rd, 1901.
M. A. Bonnell
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DEDICATION.
CONTENTS.
Mother Goose’s Bicycle Tour.
THE DEPARTURE.
PUSSY CAT.
HIGH DIDDLE-DIDDLE.
THE QUEENS OF THE CARDS.
JACK AND JILL.
OLD KING COLE.
THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN.
BAA-BAA BLACK SHEEP.
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO, MY PRETTY MAID?
WHEN I WAS A BACHELOR
HUMPETY DUMPETY.
TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN.
THREE WISE MEN OF ST. IVES.
THE FROG AND THE CROW.
THE DONKEY’S REPLY.
FARMER BROWN.
THE CAPTAIN.
THE SHOEMAKER.
THE COOK.
THE GROCER.
FOOTNOTES:
THE FARMER.
THE FARMER’S WIFE.
THE TAILOR.
MRS. THOMPKINS AND MR. HOPKINS.
THIS VERY BLACK MAN OF SIAM.
THIS LAZY OLD MAN OF MOSELLE.
CE COCHON, AN INTERESTING PIG.
THIS SHOCKING OLD MAN FROM CAPE RAY.
PETER PRADDLE BOUGHT A SADDLE.
THE MAN FROM HONG KONG.
THE LITTLE BOHEMIAN.
THE KING IS RETURNING TO PARIS.
FOOTNOTES:
LA PETITE ÉTRANGÈRE.
LAY THE TABLE.
TOMMY HAS A GUN.
ENIGMAS
THE MAID WITH EYES OF BLUE.
THIS STUDIOUS GIRL OF OGONTZ
FOOTNOTES:
ENIGMAS
THE MILLER
FOOTNOTES:
LOUIS HAD A SISTER TRÈS-PETITE.
DICK’S POEM.
THE LITTLE NUT TREE.
L’ENFANT TERRIBLE.
ISIDORE ET ISABELLE.
EVERY DOG ON THE STREET.
THE APPLE-PIE PARTY.
