Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="THE_ORGAN-GRINDER" id="THE_ORGAN-GRINDER"></SPAN>THE ORGAN-GRINDER</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Hark! I hear the organ-grinder<br/></span> <span class="i2">Coming down the street,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And the sudden clatter-patter<br/></span> <span class="i2">Of the children's feet!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Come, oh, let us run to meet him!<br/></span> <span class="i2">Did you ever hear<br/></span> <span class="i0">Tunes so gay as he is playing,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Or so sweet and clear?<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">See the brown-faced little monkey,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Impudent and bold,<br/></span> <span class="i0">With his little scarlet jacket<br/></span> <span class="i2">Braided all in gold!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And his tiny cap and tassel<br/></span> <span class="i2">Bobbing to and fro,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Look, oh, look! he plucks it off now,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Bowing very low.<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</SPAN></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And he's passing it politely&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i2">Can it be for <i>pay</i>?<br/></span> <span class="i0">O dear me! I have no penny!<br/></span> <span class="i2">Let us run away!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />