is is the way they go to rest,
So early in the morning.

THUMBKIN, POINTER

Thumbkin, Pointer, Middleman big,
Sillyman, Weeman, rig-a-jig-jig.

NAMING THE FINGERS[A]

BY LAURA E. RICHARDS

This is little Tommy Thumb,
Round and smooth as any plum.
This is busy Peter Pointer:
Surely he's a double-jointer.
This is mighty Toby Tall,
He's the biggest one of all.
This is dainty Reuben Ring:
He's too fine for anything.
And this little wee one, maybe,
Is the pretty Finger-baby.

All the five we've counted now,
Busy fingers in a row.
Every finger knows the way
How to work and how to play;
Yet together work they best,
Each one helping all the rest.

[A] _From "Songs and Music of Froebel's Mother Play"; used by permission
of the publishers, D. Appleton & Company._

ROBERT BARNS

Robert Barns, fellow fine,
Can you shoe this horse of mine,
So that I may cut a shine?
Yes, good sir, and that I can,
As well as any other man;
There a nail, and here a prod,
And now, good sir, your horse is shod.

"SHALL I, OH! SHALL I?"

A little boy and a little girl
Lived in an alley;
Said the little boy to the little girl,
"Shall I, oh! shall I?"

Said the little girl to the little boy,
"What will you do?"
Said the little boy to the little girl,
"I will kiss you."

(_As the last words are sung, the mother kisses
the little one in the folds of the neck._)

[Illustration: OFF WITH MOTHER GOOSE
FROM A DRAWING BY MABEL LUCIE ATTWELL]

JACK, BE NIMBLE

Jack, be nimble,
Jack, be quick;
(_Jack is one hand walking along on
its fore- and middle-fingers._)

Jack, jump over
The candlestick.
(_Fist closed; uplifted thumb for
candle. Jack jumps over it._)

TWO LITTLE HANDS

Two little hands so soft and white,
This is the left--this is the right.
Five little fingers stand on each,
So I can hold a plum or a peach.
But if I should grow as old as you
Lots of little things these hands can do.

PAT A CAKE

Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man.
So I do, master, as fast as I can.
Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T,
And then it will serve for Tommy and me.

CLAP YOUR HANDS

Baby, Baby, clap your hands!
Where