So now, you see, it is a very good plan for little wee girls to learn to count two.


THE PATHETIC BALLAD OF CLARINTHIA JANE LOUISA.

(To be sung to the tune of “The Monkey married the Baboon’s Sister.”)

This is Clarinthia Jane Louisa,

Holding her brother Ebenezer:

Here he sits on the post to please her,—

Happy little two!

Dog came by with a growl and a grumble,

Made Clarinthia start and stumble;