ONE LITTLE CHICKEN.
ONE little chicken, two little chickens, three little chickens, dear;
Don't you see we add s,when more than one is here?
And this we do with almost all the nouns that may appear.
One little birdy, two little birdies, three little birdies soar;
The y is changed to i-e-s for birdies two or more;
And this, when a word shall end in y with a consonant before.
One little donkey, two little donkeys, three little donkeys bray.
But here the y remains unchanged, and s is called in play;
And this, when a word shall end in y,where a vowel leads the way.
LETTERS.
A, E, I, O, U,
The vowels we may call;
W, Y, are vowels too,
Whene'er they chance to fall
To the end of syllable or word.
And this we well may know
That all the rest are consonants;
Just nineteen in a row.