Gateway to the Classics: The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright
 
The Real Mother Goose by  Blanche Fisher Wright

Dance, Thumbkin Dance

Dance, Thumbkin, dance;

(keep the thumb in motion

Dance, ye merrymen, everyone.

(all the fingers in motion

For Thumbkin, he can dance alone,

(the thumb alone moving

Thumbkin, he can dance alone.

(the thumb alone moving

Dance, Foreman, dance,

(the first finger moving

Dance, ye merrymen, everyone.

(all moving

But Foreman, he can dance alone,

(the first finger moving

Foreman, he can dance alone.

(the first finger moving

Dance, Longman, dance,

(the second finger moving

Dance, ye merrymen, everyone.

(all moving

For Longman, he can dance alone,

(the second finger moving

Longman, he can dance alone.

(the second finger moving

Dance, Ringman, dance,

(the third finger moving

Dance, ye merrymen, dance.

(all moving

But Ringman cannot dance alone,

(the third finger moving

Ringman, he cannot dance alone.

(the third finger moving

Dance, Littleman, dance,

(the fourth finger moving

Dance, ye merrymen, dance.

(all moving

But Littleman, he can dance alone,

(the fourth finger moving

Littleman, he can dance alone.

(the fourth finger moving


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