Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes Part 6

WHAT IS IT?

It has both nose and eyes, But it has not breathed since birth, It cannot go to heaven, And it will not stay on earth.

YELLOW DOG

Yellow dog, yellow dog, You stay and watch, While I gather roses In the south rose-patch.

GET UP

 

The day has come, I hear the c.o.c.k; Get up and dress, 'Tis six o'clock.

THE BALD OLD WOMAN

On the top of the mount, By the road, on a stone-- Or a big pile of bricks-- Sat a bald-headed crone.

On her head were three hairs, Which you'll reckon were thin, In which she was trying To wear a jade pin.

She put it in once, But once it fell out; She put it in twice, But twice it fell out.

But the old woman said, "I know what I'm about, I'll not put it in And it cannot fall out."

THE CLOTHES VENDER

While out selling clothes, As our uncle must do, He married a wife Who is aunt to us two.

She loves to eat cake, As you'll readily see, For she's left but a half one For brother and me.

MAMA'S BOY

Do not fear, do not fear, We'll put the pants on mama's dear, Do not cry, do not cry, We'll put the coat on mama's boy.

THE CAKE SELLER

Round bean cakes with red spots bright, The blind who eat them receive their sight; They cure the deaf and heal the lame, And preserve the teeth of the aged dame.

The bald who eat them grow a cue, And the priest can read his bible through, They help the Taoist a seat to take.

Their virtues are many--buy my cake.

The man who eats fears not his wife, And the woman works better all her life.

THE SPIDER

Oh, my dear brother spider, With your stomach big and red, From the eaves you are hanging On a single little thread.

THE SMALL PUG DOG

The small pug dog, It jumped over there; It has no tail, And it has no hair.

It never will bark, If a stranger come, But runs here and there Like a dog that is dumb.

THE LITTLE BOY

The little boy, He bought some oil, But fell and spilled it On the soil.

His mother said: You careless lad, I'll box your ears, Because you're bad.

THE MAGICIAN