PAGE Wynken, Blynken, And Nod (Dutch Lullaby)... 46 The Peace Of Christmas-time 51 Cobbler And Stork (Armenian Folk-Lore) 66 * Cooing Dove. WITH TRUMPET AND DRUM THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE Have you ever heard of the Sugar-Plum Tree? In the garden of Shut-Eye Town 3 (As those who have tasted it say) When you've got to the tree, you would have a hard time To capture the fruit which I sing; The tree is so tall that no person could climb To the boughs where the sugar-plums swing! 2 THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE But up in that tree sits a chocolate cat, And this is the way you contrive to get at Vou say but the word to that gingerbread dog And he barks with such terrible zest That the chocolate cat is at once all agog, As her swelling proportions attest. And the chocolate cat goes cavorting around From this leafy limb unto that, And the sugar-plums tumble, of course, to the ground— Hurrah for that chocolate cat! There are marshmallows, gumdrops, and peppermint canes, With stripings of scarlet or gold, And you carry away of the treasure that rains As much as your apron can hold! |