GOODY TWO-SHOES.

GOODY TWO-SHOES.

VERSIFIED BY MRS. CLARA DOTY BATES,

WO-Shoes, Two-Shoes,
Little Goody Two-Shoes !
Do you know about her? Well,
I’m ready now to tell
How the little creature came
By so odd a name.

It was very long ago,
In the days of good Queen Bess,
When upon the cold world’s care,
Fatherless and motherless,

There were thrown two helpless ones,
Destitute as they could be;

Tom, they called the little boy,
And the girl was Margery.

Many a day they cried for food

When the cup-board shelves were bare ;
Many an hour they roamed the streets
Scarcely knowing why or where.

As to kindred, all were dead ;
As to shelter, they had none;

As to shoes, Tom had a pair;
Little Margery had but one!

One-Shoe, One-Shoe,

Think of Little One-Shoe!
Think how never a pretty boot
Was buttoned on the tender foot ;
Nor yet a slipper, fairy-light,

With dainty knot or buckle bright!