CROODLIN' DOO Now you go balow, my little croodlin' doo; Now you go rockaby ever so far,— Rockaby, rockaby up to the star 59 That's winkin' an' blinkin' an' singin' to you, As you go balow, my wee, wee croodlin' doo! LITTLE MISTRESS SANS-MERCI ITTLE Mistress Sans-Merci L Fareth world-wide, fancy And her cooing is command- And my heart it lieth where Little Mistress Sans-Merci She hath made a slave of me! Be she wroth or frolicsome, Yet am I content to be Slave to Mistress Sans-Merci! LITTLE MISTRESS SANS-MERCI 61 Little Mistress Sans-Merci Hath become so dear to me That go trampling on my heart: Ah, how lonely life would be But for little Sans-Merci! Little Mistress Sans-Merci, Cuddle close this night to me, Shall outpour a soothing song For its best beloved one All its tenderness for thee, Little Mistress Sans-Merci! I LONG AGO ONCE knew all the birds that came And nested in our orchard trees, For every flower I had a name— My friends were woodchucks, toads, and bees; I knew where thrived in yonder glen What plants would soothe a stone-bruised toe Oh, I was very learned then, But that was very long ago. I knew the spot upon the hill Where checkerberries could be found, I knew the rushes near the mill Where pickerel lay that weighed a pound! LONG AGO I knew the wood-the very tree Where lived the poaching, saucy crow, And all the woods and crows knew meBut that was very long ago. And pining for the joys of youth, Yet here's this youngster at my knee Knows all the things I used to know; I know it's folly to complain Yet, were not wishes all in vain, I tell you what my wish should be: I 'd wish to be a boy again, Back with the friends I used to know. For I was, oh, so happy then But that was very long ago! 63 |