Riley Child-Rhymes   By: James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916)

RILEY CHILD RHYMES

James Whitcomb Riley

WITH HOOSIER PICTURES BY

Will Vawter

Copyright 1890, 1896, 1898 and 1905

WITH HALE AFFECTION AND ABIDING FAITH THESE RHYMES AND PICTURES ARE INSCRIBED TO THE CHILDREN EVERYWHERE

He owns the bird songs of the hills The laughter of the April rills; And his are all the diamonds set In Morning's dewy coronet, And his the Dusk's first minted stars That twinkle through the pasture bars And litter all the skies at night With glittering scraps of silver light; The rainbow's bar, from rim to rim, In beaten gold, belongs to him.

CONTENTS

[Note from the transcriber: The Table of Contents below was taken from the book and is an alphabetical list of the poems. A second Table of Contents, listing the poems in the order they occur in this book, has been provided by the transcriber.]

AT AUNTY'S HOUSE

BEAR STORY, THE

BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM, THE

BOYS' CANDIDATE, THE

BUMBLEBEE, THE

CIRCUS DAY PARADE, THE

CURLY LOCKS

DAYS GONE BY, THE

DOWN AROUND THE RIVER

ENVOY

FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW, THE

GRANDFATHER SQUEERS

HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE, THE

HOME MADE FAIRY TALE, A

IMPETUOUS RESOLVE, AN

JOLLY MILLER, THE

LIFE LESSON, A

LITTLE COAT, THE

LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE

LUGUBRIOUS WHING WHANG, THE

NAUGHTY CLAUDE

NINE LITTLE GOBLINS, THE

OLD AUNT MARY'S

OLD HAY MOW, THE

OLD TRAMP, THE

ON THE SUNNY SIDE

OUR HIRED GIRL

PET COON, THE

PIXY PEOPLE, THE

RAGGEDY MAN, THE

RIDER OF THE KNEE, THE

RUNAWAY BOY, THE

SOUTH WIND AND THE SUN, THE

SQUIRTGUN UNCLE MAKED ME, THE

SUDDEN SHOWER, A

TIME OF CLEARER TWITTERINGS

WAITIN' FER THE CAT TO DIE

WHO SANTY CLAUS WUZ

WINTER FANCIES

Contents (Listed in the Order They Appear)

LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE

THE RAGGEDY MAN

CURLY LOCKS

THE FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW

THE HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE

THE RIDER OF THE KNEE

DOWN AROUND THE RIVER

AT AUNTY'S HOUSE

THE DAYS GONE BY

THE BUMBLEBEE

THE BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM

THE SQUIRTGUN UNCLE MAKED ME

THE OLD TRAMP

OLD AUNT MARY'S

WINTER FANCIES

THE RUNAWAY BOY

THE LITTLE COAT

AN IMPETUOUS RESOLVE

WHO SANTY CLAUS WUZ

THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS

TIME OF CLEARER TWITTERINGS

THE CIRCUS DAY PARADE

THE LUGUBRIOUS WHING WHANG

WAITIN' FER THE CAT TO DIE

NAUGHTY CLAUDE

THE SOUTH WIND AND THE SUN

THE JOLLY MILLER

OUR HIRED GIRL

THE BOYS' CANDIDATE

THE PET COON

THE OLD HAY MOW

ON THE SUNNY SIDE

A SUDDEN SHOWER

GRANDFATHER SQUEERS

THE PIXY PEOPLE

A LIFE LESSON

A HOME MADE FAIRY TALE

THE BEAR STORY

ENVOY

ILLUSTRATIONS

WITCH TALES

THEY WAS TWO GREAT BIG BLACK THINGS A STANDIN' BY HER SIDE

AN' WHEN THEY TURN'T THE KIVVERS DOWN

LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE TAILPIECE

THE RAGGEDY MAN TITLE

HE SHOWED ME THE HOLE 'AT THE WUNKS IS GOT

CURLY LOCKS TITLE

SIT ON A CUSHION AND SEW A FINE SEAM

THE FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW TITLE

NEVER KNEW A BABY THAT WOULDN'T CROW FOR HIM

THE HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE TITLE

AN' I PECK ON THE WINDER

AN' COOKS A' EGG FER ME

THE HAPPY LITTLE CRIPPLE TAILPIECE

THE RIDER OF THE KNEE

DOWN AROUND THE RIVER TITLE

NOON TIME AND JUNE TIME DOWN AROUND THE RIVER

DOWN AROUND THE RIVER TAILPIECE

AT AUNTY'S HOUSE TITLE

WE ET OUT ON THE PORCH

THE DAYS GONE BY TITLE

IN THE ORCHARD

THE BUMBLEBEE

THE BOY LIVES ON OUR FARM TITLE

STAND UP LIKE HIM AN' DRIVE

THE SQUIRTGUN UNCLE MAKED ME TITLE

THE SQUIRTGUN TAILPIECE

AN' NEN HE PEELED OFF THE BARK

THE OLD TRAMP

WE PATTER ALONG IN THE DUST AGAIN

OLD AUNT MARY'S TAILPIECE

WINTER FANCIES TITLE

WINTER WITHOUT AND WARMTH WITHIN

HERE IN MY ROOM I'M AS SNUGLY SHUT

AN' A GREA' BIG PIG WENT "BOOH!"

HUG WITE CLOSE ROUND HER NECK

THE LITTLE COAT

THE LITTLE COAT TAILPIECE

AN IMPETUOUS RESOLVE TITLE

I'M GO' TO BE A BAKER

A SLINGIN' PIE CRUST 'LONG THE ROAD

WHO SANTY CLAUS WUZ TITLE

AN' QUAR'L WITH HIS FROSTED HEELS

WHO SANTY CLAUS WUZ TAILPIECE

THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS

THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS TAILPIECE

TIME OF CLEARER TWITTERINGS TITLE

WHERE THE SHELLBARK HICKORY TREE

THE CIRCUS DAY PARADE

HOW THE CAGES JOLTED PAST

AND, LAST OF ALL, THE CLOWN

THE LUGUBRIOUS WHING WHANG TITLE

WAITIN' FER THE CAT TO DIE TITLE

BAREFOOTED, HUNGRY, LEAN, ORNRY BOYS

WHY YOU ROCK SO SLOW?

NAUGHTY CLAUDE

THE SOUTH WIND AND THE SUN TITLE

THIS PAIR OF MERRY FAYS

THE JOLLY MILLER TITLE

THAT CAT O' YOURN I'D KILL HER

WUZ PARCHIN' CORN FER THE RAGGEDY MAN

THE BOYS' CANDIDATE

THE PET COON TITLE

AN' NEN WHEN BILLY FIGHTED ME

THE OLD HAY MOW TITLE

IN OUR HAY MOW WHERE I KEEP STORE

ON THE SUNNY SIDE TITLE

AS A ROMPING BOY

A SUDDEN SHOWER TITLE