Manners
I have an uncle I don’t like,
An aunt I cannot bear:
She chucks me underneath the chin,
He ruffles up my hair.
Another uncle I adore,
Another aunty, too:
She shakes me kindly by the hand,
He says, “How do you do?”
by Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer
Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer, also known as Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer and M. G. Van Rensselaer, was born as Mariana Alley Griswold on 21 February 1851 in New York City, New York, United States of America. She became a writer, focusing on architectural, art, and landscape criticism, as well as fiction and children’s literature. Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer passed on at 82 years of age on 20 January 1934 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
I have an uncle I don’t like,
An aunt I cannot bear:
She chucks me underneath the chin,
He ruffles up my hair.
Another uncle I adore,
Another aunty, too:
She shakes me kindly by the hand,
He says, “How do you do?”
by Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer
Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer, also known as Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer and M. G. Van Rensselaer, was born as Mariana Alley Griswold on 21 February 1851 in New York City, New York, United States of America. She became a writer, focusing on architectural, art, and landscape criticism, as well as fiction and children’s literature. Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer passed on at 82 years of age on 20 January 1934 in New York City, New York, United States of America.