The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Buckle My Shoe Picture Book, by Walter Crane
Title: The Buckle My Shoe Picture Book
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe; A Gaping-Wide-Mouth Waddling Frog; My Mother
Author: Walter Crane
Release Date: December 19, 2007 [eBook #23895]
Language: English
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THE
BUCKLE MY SHOE
PICTURE BOOK
CONTAINING:
ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE
A GAPING-WIDE-MOUTH-WADDLING-FROG
MY MOTHER.
WITH THE ORIGINAL COLOURED PICTURES
AND A PREFACE & NEW DESIGNS BY
WALTER CRANE
LONDON:
JOHN LANE
THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK:
JOHN LANE COMPANY
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE
A GAPING-WIDE-MOUTH-WADDLING FROG
MY MOTHER
WELL, I must buckle to, and put a good face (pre-face) on the matter as I have to introduce the latest addition to the already considerable family of Crane-reprints.
Here we have those delightful rigmaroles “ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE” and “A GAPING-WIDE-Mouth-WADDLING-FROG”: but what, it may be asked is “MY MOTHER” doing in such company? I shrewdly suspect, if we knew the truth, that she is really the author of both. It is probable, however, that both legends have been transmitted through a long line of mothers, assisted perhaps, by nurses, but I had them direct from my Mother.
A pleasing romance of domestic incident runs through “One, Two, Buckle my shoe”, while the “Waddling Frog” shows a rich and sumptuous imagination, if a little inconsequent, except numerically; but if he sets us agape with astonishment, his own “Wide-Mouth” seems capacious enough to swallow all the marvels by land or sea which he enumerates.
These two are quite early Cranes—almost pre-historic (please notice, however, the up-to-date additions): “My Mother” is mid-Victorian—just after crinolines had gone out—but mothers are always in fashion, bless them,—and you also, dear children, whether of the old or the new world, who, having chosen your parents wisely, have become possessors of this book, may your shoes never want buckling, and if by any mischance you should lose one, may Good Luck always find a spare one for you, and so set you on your feet again.
Kensington, June 1910.
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ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE
1, 2.
3, 4.
Buckle my shoe.
Open the door.
5, 6.
7, 8.
Pick up sticks.
Lay them straight.
9, 10.
A good fat Hen.
11, 12.
Ring the Bell.
13, 14.
Maids are courting.
15, 16.
Maids in the Kitchen.
17, 18.
Maids in waiting.
19, 20.
My plate is empty.
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A GAPING-WIDE-MOUTH-WADDLING FROG
Two puddings’ends would choke a dog,
Or a gaping-wide-mouth-waddling frog.
Two puddings’ends, would choke a dog,
Or a gaping, wide-mouthed, waddling frog.
Who daily for their breakfast call.
Three monkeys tied to a log.
Two puddings’ends, would choke a dog,
Or a gaping, wide-mouthed, waddling frog.
Close to an old woman’s apple-stall.
Four puppies with our dog Ball,
Who
Three monkeys tied to a log.
Two puddings’ends, would choke a dog,
Or a gaping, wide-mouthed, waddling frog.
Working with their tools and all.
Five beetles against the wall,
Close to an old woman’s apple-stall.
Four puppies with our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call.
Three monkeys tied to a log.
Two puddings’ ends, would choke a dog,
Or a gaping, wide-mouthed, waddling frog.
As fresh as any heart could wish.
Six joiners in Joiners’ Hall,
Working with their tools and all.
Five beetles against the wall,
Close to an old woman’s apple-stall.
Four puppies with our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call.
Three monkeys tied to a log.
Two puddings’ ends, would choke a dog,
Or a gaping, wide-mouthed, waddling frog.
I wonder how they all got there?
You don’t know, and I don’t care.
Seven lobsters in a dish, as fresh as any heart could wish.
Six joiners in Joiners’ Hall, working with their tools and all.
Five beetles against the wall, close to an old woman’s apple-stall.
Four puppies with our dog Ball, who daily for their breakfast call.
Three monkeys tied to a log.
Two puddings’ ends, would choke a dog,
Or a gaping, wide-mouthed, waddling frog.
Some bound for France, and some for Spain;
I wish them all safe back again.
Eight peacocks in the air,
I wonder how they all got there?
You don’t know, and I don’t care.
Seven lobsters in a dish,
As fresh as any heart could wish.
Six joiners in Joiners’ Hall,
Working with their tools and all.
Five beetles against the wall,
Close to an old woman’s apple-stall.
Four puppies with our dog Ball,
Who daily for their breakfast call.
Three monkeys tied to a log.
Two puddings’ ends, would choke a dog,
Or a gaping, wide-mouthed, waddling frog.
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MY MOTHER
And hush’d me in her arms to rest,
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My Mother.
Who was it sung sweet hushaby,
And rock’d me that I should not cry?
My Mother.
When sleeping in my cradle bed,
And tears of sweet
My Mother.
Who gazed upon my heavy eye,
And wept for fear that I should die?
My Mother.
And taught me pretty how to play.
And minded all I had to say?
My Mother.
And love God’s holy book and day.
And walk in Wisdom’s pleasant way?
My Mother.
Affectionate and kind to thee,
Who was so very kind to me,
My Mother?
And if God please my life to spare,
I hope I shall reward thy care,
My Mother.
And would some pretty story tell,
Or kiss the place to make it well?
My Mother.
My healthy arm shall be thy stay,
And I will soothe thy pains away.
My Mother.
’Twill be my turn to watch thy bed.
And tears of sweet affection shed,
My Mother.
Would look with vengeance in His eyes,
If I should ever dare despise
My Mother.
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Transcriber’s notes:
The Table of Contents was added to aid navigation.
In the original, the text was interlaced with the illustrations. In this etext it has been placed below the associated illustration.
In “A Gaping-Wide-Mouth-Waddling Frog”, the original text has variations between verses in the position of the apostrophe in “Joiners” and “Puddings”. These have been made consistent.
In “A Gaping-Wide-Mouth-Waddling Frog”, the variations in wording and punctuation of the first line of each verse are preserved from the original.
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