• “little haly! Little Haly!” cheeps the robin in the tree;
    “Little Haly!” sighs the clover, “Little Haly!” moans the bee;
    “Little Haly! Little Haly!” calls the kill-deer at twilight;
    And the katydids and crickets hollers “Haly!” all the night.

    The sunflowers and the hollyhawks droops over the garden fence;
    The old path down the garden-walks still holds...

  • Little orphant Annie ’s come to our house to stay,
    An’ wash the cups and saucers up, an’ brush the crumbs away,
    An’ shoo the chickens off the porch, an’ dust the hearth, an’ sweep,
    An’ make the fire, an’ bake the bread, an’ earn her board-an’-keep;
    An’ all us other children, when the supper things is done,
    We set around the kitchen fire an’ has the...

  • Little Orphant Annie ’s come to our house to stay,
    An’ wash the cups and saucers up, an’ brush the crumbs away,
    An’ shoo the chickens off the porch, an’ dust the hearth, an’ sweep,
    An’ make the fire, an’ bake the bread, an’ earn her board-an’-keep;
    An’ all us other childern, when the supper things is done,
    We set around the kitchen fire an’ has the...