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Title: Rhymes and jingles ..
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905
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Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's Sons

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Bye, baby, clay is over, Bees are drowsing in the clover Bye, baby, bye !Now the sun to bed is gliding,All the pretty flowers are hiding ; Bye, baby, bye ! Bye, baby, birds are sleeping ;One by one the stars are peeping ; Bye, baby, bye !In the far-off sky they twinkle,While the cows come tinkle, tinkle; Bye, baby, bye ! Bye, baby, mother holds thee ;Loving, tender care infolds thee ; Bye, baby, bye ! Angels in thy dreams caress thee ;Through the darkness guard and bless thee ; Bye, baby, bye ! ELFIN JACK, THE GIANT-KILLER. ELFIN JACK, THE GIANT-KILLER. Do not think the storyOf the giant-killers gloryIs known and cherished only by yourselves,O, my dears ;
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For his deeds so daring,And his trick of scaringAll his foes, are quite familiar to the elves,It appears. RHYMES AND JINGLES. In the starlight, tender —In the moonlights splendorDo they gather and recount every deed, It is said ; How he met a hornet,Who was playing on a cornet,Out of tune; and he slew him with a reed, —Slew him dead! How, growing ever bolder,With his reed upon his shoulder,And an acorn-shield upon his little arm Well equipped —He sought a mighty giant,Who was known as Worm, the pliant/And after giving battle, fierce and warm,Left him whipped. How he saw a spiderWith her victim, dead, inside her,Told her, in a voice of fury, to begone From his sight ; How he killed her when shed risenTo her cruel, fatal prison,And nobly freed her captives, so forlorn, —Gallant knight ! Ah, but the elves are proudest,And ring his praises loudest,When telling of a snail, grim and hoary,In his mail. ELFIN JACK, THE GIANT-KILLER. With those fearful horns before him,Jack gallantly u

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