Crudlin' Dew; Little Mistress Sans Merci

With Trumpet and Drum by Eugene Field audiobook.

Genre: poetry

With Trumpet and Drum is Eugene Field's classic 1892 collection of verse devoted to the music, make-believe, and quiet mysteries of childhood. Opening with the title poem, Field listens as children march in with a tin trumpet and a red drum, and the simple parade becomes a doorway into an older narrator's heart - hearty, welcoming, and touched by longing. From there, the book moves through lullabies, play-songs, and miniature story-poems that drift between bright humor and gentle melancholy, capturing the way a nursery can feel like an entire universe. Field peoples his pages with drowsy sailors and dream voyagers, mischievous youngsters, tender parents and grandparents, and the small, beloved objects of a child's world: toys, bedtime shadows, garden corners, and imagined kingdoms. Familiar favorites such as Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, The Sugar-Plum Tree, and Little Boy Blue appear alongside verses inspired by folk songs and lullabies from different lands, all written to be read aloud with a steady rhythm and a warm, singing tone. It is a book for listeners who want comfort, nostalgia, and the timeless cadence of a bedtime tale.

Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:18) Chapter 01

(00:04:30) Chapter 02

(00:07:13) Chapter 03

(00:09:28) Chapter 04

(00:11:33) Chapter 05

(00:14:25) Chapter 06

(00:17:22) Chapter 07

(00:18:57) Chapter 08

(00:22:19) Chapter 09

(00:23:59) Chapter 10

(00:25:59) Chapter 11

(00:28:52) Chapter 12

(00:30:55) Chapter 13

(00:32:33) Chapter 14

(00:33:27) Chapter 15

(00:35:01) Chapter 16

(00:39:53) Chapter 17

(00:41:57) Chapter 18

(00:44:26) Chapter 19

(00:46:24) Chapter 20

(00:48:24) Chapter 21

(00:51:43) Chapter 22

(00:53:11) Chapter 23

(00:55:14) Chapter 24

(00:57:17) Chapter 25

(00:58:56) Chapter 26

(01:02:29) Chapter 27

(01:04:34) Chapter 28

(01:06:28) Chapter 29

(01:07:53) Chapter 30

(01:09:03) Chapter 31

(01:10:16) Chapter 32

(01:11:58) Chapter 33

(01:16:39) Chapter 34

(01:18:20) Chapter 35

(01:22:30) Chapter 36

(01:24:21) Chapter 37

(01:26:06) Chapter 38

(01:27:55) Chapter 39

(01:30:41) Chapter 40

(01:32:17) Chapter 41

(01:34:02) Chapter 42

(01:36:00) Chapter 43

(01:37:47) Chapter 44

(01:39:51) Chapter 45

(01:41:41) Chapter 46

(01:44:02) Chapter 47

(01:45:28) Chapter 48

(01:47:56) Chapter 49

(01:50:07) Chapter 50

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