Ten Little Dollies
Ten little dollies
Standing in a line,
One tumbled down,
And then there were nine.
Nine little dollies
Sitting up so late,
One went to sleep
Then there were eight.
Eight little dollies—
All their ages even,
One grew up tall
And then there were seven.
Seven little dollies,
Full of funny tricks,
One snapt her head off
Then there were six.
Six little dollies—
Looked almost alive,
One lost her "pin-back,"
Then there were five.
Five little dollies,
Walking by a door,
One got her nose pinched,
Then there were four.
Four little dollies
On their mamma's knee,
One cried her eyes out,
Then there were three.
Three little dollies,
Didn't know what to do,
One tore her bows off,
Then there were two.
Two little dollies,
Very fond of fun,
One melts her nose off,
Then there was one.
One little dolly,
Living all alone,
Died broken-hearted,
Then there were none.

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Page 47—Dolly Land

My Week
On Monday I wash my dollies' clothes,
On Tuesday smoothly press 'em,
On Wednesday mend their little hose,
On Thursday neatly dress 'em.
On Friday I play they're taken ill,
On Saturday something or other;
But when Sunday comes, I say, "Lie still,
I'm going to church with mother."
Dirty Dolly
Naughty Miss Dolly played out in the mud,
And got all her clothes quite black;
And now such a rubbing, and scrubbing and tubbing
As we have to give them, good lack!
'Tis hard to be mothers and laundresses too,
And nurses and cooks beside.
Grown people don't know all we chicks have to do,
For how can they tell till they've tried?