THE SHINY LITTLE HOUSE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 21 January 1939, Page 15

THE SHINY LITTLE HOUSE

(Selected) I wish, how I wish, that I had a little house. With a mat for a cat. and a corner for a mouse; And a clock going “tock” on a shelf in the room, And a kettle and a cupboard, and a big, big broom.

To school in the morning my children all would run, *nd I’d give them a kiss, and a penny and a bun; But as soon as they had gone from this little house of mine, I’d clap my hands and snatch a cloth, and shine, shine, shine.

I’d shine all the knives, all the windows, all the floors. All the grates, all the plates, all the handles on the doors. Every fork every spoon, every lid and every tin, Till everything was shining like a new bright pin.

At night, by the fire, when the children were in bed. I’d sit and T’d knit with a cap on my head. And the kettles and the -ucepans, they would shine, shine, shine. In this teeny little, cosy little house of mine. —Sent in by June Lusty, Champiou Road, Richmond.