Christmas Carols
I boken ”Christmas Entertainments” har Alice Maude Kellogg samlat verser, sånger, lekar och annat smått och gott som hon trodde skulle roa barn från fem till femton års ålder — om det roar barn nu, drygt hundra år senare, lämnar jag åt läsarna att avgöra.
What I Should Like.
By JENNIE D. MOORE.
(Recitation for a little girl.)
On Christmas eve I'd like to lie
Awake, when stars are in the sky,
And listen to the sound that swells
From Santa Claus's jingling bells.
I'd like to hear upon the roof
The patter of each tiny hoof
Of Santa's reindeer overhead,
When I am snug and warm in bed.
But mamma says I must not lie
Awake, or he will pass me by;
He does not like the girls or boys
To watch him when he brings the toys.
I think I'd better go to sleep.
I guess the presents all will keep,
Then in the morning I shall be
Glad to think I did not see.
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