JUVENILE COURT NURSERY RHYMES

WILLIAM FRANKLIN ROSENBLUM[[7]]

SIX little culprits

Stood before Judge Ive;

One went to Lancaster

And then there were five.

FIVE little culprits

Robbed a candy store;

One went to Hudson Farm

And then there were four.

FOUR little culprits

Up for truancy;

One went to Boys’ School

And then there were three.

THREE little culprits,

Mighty bad ones too;

One was paroled to me

And then there were two.

TWO little culprits

Killed a dog for fun;

One got a “paddling,” friend,

And then there was one.

ONE little culprit,

Innocent was he;

Judge smiled and shook his hand,

And then he was free.

Now friends, this little rhyme

Would but a moral preach

To every man that has

A heart and soul to reach.

These little culprits six,

You see them every day.

’Tis not alone their due—

The penalty they pay.

The home, the church, the school—

They teach not wrong from right;

And when the child must choose

HIS is a sorry plight.

To him the wrong doth seem

But childish prank and fun,

And then we punish him

Though harm he meant to none.

Some few there are, ’tis true

By intuition bad

Exceptions to the rule

Unlike the normal lad.

But take them all as one—

The boy is born for good,

And if you teach aright

Will do the things he should.

Six little children, friend,

Were stamped with sign of shame;

All innocent they were

And ours alone the blame.

[1]. See page [140] of this issue

[2]. See page [132] of this issue.

[3]. See The Survey, December 14, 1912, p. 341.

[4]. See page 870 for Professor Dewey’s article; page 893 for the reference to “principles and policies.”

[5]. See The Survey, April 12, 1913, p. 72.

[6]. See The Survey for January 6, 1912.

[7]. Director of male activities, Council Educational Alliance, Cleveland.

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