Living

Baby Nell

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

Baby nell had ten little toes,
Baby Nell had two little hose,
She always stared when the hose went on,
And thought her ten little toes were gone.

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Baby Nell.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/159/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “Baby Nell.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/159/.

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