Mother Goose: Coffee and Tea
COFFEE AND TEA
Molly, my sister and I fell out,
And what do you think it was all about?
She loved coffee and I loved tea,
And that was the reason we couldn’t agree.
Posts tagged ‘Poetry’
Mother Goose: Dapple-Gray
DAPPLE-GRAY
I had a little pony,
His name was Dapple-Gray,
I lent him to a lady,
To ride a mile away.
She whipped him, she slashed him,
She rode him through the mire;
I would not lend my pony now
For all the lady’s hire.
James Weldon Johnson: Activist and Literary Pioneer
James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an important American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to Grace Nail Johnson, who was also a civil rights activist.
James Weldon Johnson, born in Jacksonville, Florida, attended Atlanta University before taking on roles as a schoolteacher, lawyer, journalist, civil rights advocate, and U.S. consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua. Later, he taught at Fisk University. With his brother, composer Rosamond Johnson, he co-wrote “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which became known as the Black National Anthem. His poetry collections include *Fifty Years and Other Poems* (1917), *Saint Peter Relates an Incident* (1934), *Selected Poems* (1936), *The Creation* (1994), *Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing* (songs, 1995), and *Complete Poems* (2000). He received honors such as the Spingarn Medal and the W.E.B. Du Bois Prize for Negro Literature. Johnson died in a car accident while vacationing in Maine.
Poems:
Mother Goose: Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
Oh, my pretty cock, oh, my handsome cock,
I pray you, do not crow before day,
And your comb shall be made of the very beaten gold,
And your wings of the silver so gray.
Mother Goose: The Blacksmith
THE BLACKSMITH
“Robert Barnes, my fellow fine,
Can you shoe this horse of mine?”
“Yes, good sir, that I can,
As well as any other man;
There’s a nail, and there’s a prod,
Now, good sir, your horse is shod.”
Mother Goose: Tommy Snooks
TOMMY SNOOKS
As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks
Were walking out one Sunday,
Says Tommy Snooks to Bessy Brooks,
“Wilt marry me on Monday?”
Mother Goose: Cock-crow
COCK-CROW
Cocks crow in the morn
To tell us to rise,
And he who lies late
Will never be wise;
For early to bed
And early to rise,
Is the way to be healthy
And wealthy and wise.
Mother Goose: Comical Folk
COMICAL FOLK
In a cottage in Fife
Lived a man and his wife
Who, believe me, were comical folk;
For, to people’s surprise,
They both saw with their eyes,
And their tongues moved whenever they spoke!
When they were asleep,
I’m told, that to keep
Their eyes open they could not contrive;
They both walked on their feet,
And ’twas thought what they eat
Helped, with drinking, to keep them alive!
Mother Goose: I Love Sixpence
I LOVE SIXPENCE
I love sixpence, a jolly, jolly sixpence,
I love sixpence as my life;
I spent a penny of it, I spent a penny of it,
I took a penny home to my wife.
Oh, my little fourpence, a jolly, jolly fourpence,
I love fourpence as my life;
I spent twopence of it, I spent twopence of it,
And I took twopence home to my wife.
Mother Goose: Poor Old Robinson Crusoe
POOR OLD ROBINSON CRUSOE!
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
They made him a coat
Of an old Nanny goat.
I wonder why they should do so!
With a ring-a-ting-tang,
And a ring-a-ting-tang,
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
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