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May 13, 2011 · Little Orphant Annie. James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis) Childhood. Humorous. Love. Nature. To all the little children: -- The happy ones; and sad ones; The sober and the silent ones; the boisterous and glad ones; The good ones -- Yes, the good ones, too; and all the lovely bad ones.
“Little Orphant Annie” was written in the Hoosier dialect of Riley’s native Indiana. Sentimental and cheerfully philosophical, the poem concerns an orphaned girl who tells the children in whose house she lives scary stories about “the Gobble-un.”
Apr 14, 2023 · An' little Orphant Annie says, when the blaze is blue, An' the lamp wick sputters, an' the wind goes woo-oo! An' you hear the crickets quit, an' the moon is gray, An' the lightnin'-bugs in dew is all squenched away,— You better mind yer parents, an' yer teachers fond an' dear, An' churish them 'at loves you, an' dry the orphant's tear,
1916. Little Orphant Annie’s come to our house to stay, An’ wash the cups an’ saucers up, an’ brush the crumbs away, An’ shoo the chickens off the porch, an’ dust the hearth, an’ sweep, An’ make the fire, an’ bake the bread, an’ earn her board-an’-keep; An’ all us other childern, when the supper things is done,
Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley - Meaning, Themes, Analysis and Literary Devices - American Poems. INSCRIBED WITH ALL FAITH AND AFFECTION. To all the little children: — The happy ones; and sad ones; The sober and the silent ones; the boisterous and glad ones; The good ones — Yes, the good ones, too; and all the lovely bad ones.
LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE. by: James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) INSCRIBED WITH ALL FAITH AND AFFECTION. To all the little children: -- The happy ones; and sad ones; The sober and the silent ones; the boisterous and glad ones; The good ones -- Yes, the good ones, too; and all the lovely bad ones.
Mar 28, 2014 · Illustrated by Ethel Franklin Betts. Original. 001. Original. 007. Original. 010. Original. 011. 1892. CONTENTS. LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE. BILLY MILLERS CIRCUS-SHOW. LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE. Original. INSCRIBED 013 —WITH ALL FAITH AND AFFECTION— To all the little children:—The happy ones; and sad ones;
