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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SONG-SHOP, by ANNETTE WYNNE
First Line: Tink, tink, tink, / hear the pretty pieces clink
Last Line: Stars, and all-assorted things.
Subject(s): Children; January; Music & Musicians; Singing & Singers; Childhood
First Line: Tink, tink, tink, / hear the pretty pieces clink
Last Line: Stars, and all-assorted things.
Subject(s): Children; January; Music & Musicians; Singing & Singers; Childhood
TINK, tink, tink,
Hear the pretty pieces clink,
How the busy worker sings
As his tiny hammer rings.
Little songs are fashioned so,
Placed all sweetly in a row.
Stars and colored bits of glass,
Look in, children, as you pass;
See, the songsmith's happy things,
Bells, and laughs, and fairy wings;
Silver-dreams and dreams of gold—
(Songsmith, are you really old?—
Making pretty songs all day—
Are you really old and gray?)
Tink, tink, tink,
We can hear the chink;
Pretty songs are fashioned so,
Placed all sweetly in a row.
See the songsmith's happy things—
Bells and laughs and fairy wings,
Stars, and all-assorted things.
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