Listen Children!


Listen, children! when your head aches,

Do not eat, but wait a meal;

This will oftentimes relieve you,

Making you right joyous feel.



Listen, children! when your stomach

Rolls and tumbles, wait awhile;

Do not eat, but drink warm water,

And you'll soon be glad and smile.



Listen, children! in hot water

Put your feet when you've "a cold;"

Into bed now, wrapped in blankets,

And you'll soon be well, we're told.



Listen, children! perspiration

Is a saving from much sin:

Wash and rub, and dry well after;

Thus we quell disease within.



Listen, children! when you're hungry

Do not stuff you like a pig,

But eat slowly and chew thorough,

Lest your teeth your grave shall dig.



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