Poetry: Who Stole The Bird's Nest?
First published in Lydia Maria Child, Flowers for Children, Vol. II, New York: C. S. Francis, 1844.
To-wht! to'whit! to-whee! Wil! yoti lisien tome! Who etole foor e?rs I ln3 And ihe niee nest. I mode? Not T, eaitl thc cow, Moo oo - Such a ttii ng I neycr do, 1 gave you a wisp of hay, ' Bnt did'nt take your nest nwny, Not I, snid thccow, Moo oo! To-wlit! to-uhii! to-whee! Will yon listen to mfe? Who stole t'tnr é8 T 'uid, And the nice neát I ma8Ã! llob-n-VmU! Bob a linl:! Who stole a ticst nwny From t!ie pluin-uro lo driyà "Not T, snit), tlie dnr, l)ow ov, ! would'nt be so bad, I VoW. To wKi'! to-whit to-whce! Will you listen to ni"? Who stole tbur ei; I l"d, And the i. ice nest I üjade? Eub-a-lmk! Bob a ünk! Ni.w what do von liiink?W!)o stulü a nest nway Vrom the plum-tree to-dnj? Oo coo! cocicüo! ooo cooJ Let me èpe&k a word too, Wbo stolc that pretty nest From the lklle ye!!w breasl? Caw! caw! cried the crow, J ehoukl like t" know, .Wliat tliief stole nway A bird'á net tq ilny? CliicUlcluck! fcsaid the hen, Don't nsk mn agaiti: Whr, I lmv'nt a cliitk Who'd do i-ucl) a trick, We nll gave her a l'eullier, And slie vvove theni togetlior! l'd scorn to iiurudw On her and her hrortd; Cluck, eluck, paid Iho hen, Don't nsk me ngnin. Chirra-wh:rr! cliirr a-whirr, We wiH make a ivut :i! Let us fii:d out his nnme. And all cry, for shaino! I vvould not rob a bird, Said litlle Rfary Cireen; I think I never lioaid Of any ihing so mean. 'Tis very crue!, too, Said little Ahce Neol} 1 wonder it he knew ]Iov sud the bitd woultl feel à A little boy Innig: down hip head. And went and hid behmd the bed; For liö etole that prelty nest, From the p(.or lillle yeHow bicasi; And bc feit so Pull of éjiátñ'e He diri'nt ülce to teil his nsme.