title: Out Came the Sun: A Day in Nursery Rhymes
author: Heather Collins
description: [R]ich and warm illustrations ?<br /><br />Although this catergory is a crowded one, the manageable size and good-natured fun make this volume stand out.
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  # Doreen
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### C J Dennis
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  I. WASHING DAY
  
  
  II. LOGIC AND SPOTTED DOG
  
  
  III. VI'LITS
  
  
  IV. POSSUM
  
  
  
  
  
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  ### I. WASHING DAY
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
    
  The little gipsy vi'lits, they wus peepin' thro' the green
  
  
    
  As she come walkin' in the grass, me little wife, Doreen.
  
  
    
  The sun shone on the sassafras, where thrushes sung a bar.
  
  
    
  —The 'ope an' worry uv our lives wus yelling fer 'is Mar.—
  
  
    
  I watched 'er comin' down the green; the sun wus on 'her 'air—
  
  
    
  Jist the woman that I marri'd, when me luck wus 'eading fair.
  
  
    
    
    
  
  
    
  I seen 'er walkin' in the sun that lit our little farm.
  
  
    
  She 'ad three clothes-pegs in 'er mouth, an' washin' on 'er arm—
  
  
    
  Three clothes-pegs, fer I counted 'em, an' watched 'er as she
  
  
  come.
  
  
    
  “The stove-wood's low,” she mumbles, “an' young Bill 'as cut
  
  
  'is thumb,”
  