Living
The Little Baldhead
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
You dear little baby,
Don't you cry;
Your father's drawing water
In the south, near by,
A red tasseled hat
He wears on his head;
Your mother's in the kitchen
Making up bread.
Walk a step, walk a step,
Off he goes,
See from his shoe-tips
Peep three toes.
Cite this poem
MLA
Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Little Baldhead.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/11/.
Chicago
Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Little Baldhead.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/11/.
Read this poem with the Codex →