This rhyming children's book contains several short poems and rhymes, including: 1. A rhyme about a little pig going to market and another staying home while the third has roast beef and can't find its way home. 2. A rhyme about a clock in the schoolroom that points to the time with its two hands and encourages keeping a clean face and helping others. 3. A rhyme noting that every lady has twenty nails on each hand and feet. 4. A rhyming baking song about patting and pricking dough and putting it in the oven. 5. A rhyme about finding and leaving pins for good or bad luck.

1. MOTHER GOOSE A BOOK OF RHYTMS

2. FIVE TOES This little pig went to market; This little pig stayed at home; This little pig had roast beef; This little pig had none; This little pig said, "Wee, wee! I can't find my way home."

3. THE CLOCK There's a neat little clock,-- In the schoolroom it stands,-- And it points to the time With its two little hands. And may we, like the clock, Keep a face clean and bright, With hands ever ready To do what is right.

4. FINGERS AND TOES Every lady in this land Has twenty nails, upon each hand Five, and twenty on hands and feet: All this is true, without deceit.

5. PAT-A-CAKE Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Baker's man! So I do, master, As fast as I can. Pat it, and prick it, And mark it with T, Put it in the oven For Tommy and me.

6. PINS See a pin and pick it up, All the day you'll have good luck. See a pin and let it lay, Bad luck you'll have all the day.

7. HUSH-A-BYE Hush-a-bye, baby, Daddy is near; Mamma is a lady, And that's very clear.

8. THE ALPHABET A, B, C, and D, Pray, playmates, agree. E, F, and G, Well, so it shall be. J, K, and L, In peace we will dwell. M, N, and O, To play let us go. P, Q, R, and S, Love may we possess. W, X, and Y, Will not quarrel or die. Z, and ampersand, Go to school at command.

9. FOREHEAD, EYES, CHEEKS, NOSE, MOUTH, AND CHIN Here sits the Lord Mayor, Here sit his two men, Here sits the cock, Here sits the hen, Here sit the little chickens, Here they run in. Chin-chopper, chin-chopper, chin chopper, chin!

10. THE BALLOON "What is the news of the day, Good neighbor, I pray?" "They say the balloon Is gone up to the moon!"