Tag: James Whitcomb Riley
“Little Orphant Annie”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/James-Whitcomb-Rileys-Little-Orphant-Annie.mp3 Author Rosie Russo Air Date 10/31/2001 “Little Orphant Annie” Transcript Little Orphant Annie’s come to our house to stay, An’ wash the cups an’ saucers up, an’ brush the crumbs away, An’ shoo the chickens off the porch, an’ dust the hearth, an’ sweep, An’ make the fire, an’ […]
James Whitcomb Riley
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/James-Whitcomb-Riley.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/9/2000 James Whitcomb Riley Transcript Just recently, Indiana celebrated the birthday of James Whitcomb Riley, the famed Jossier writer, who was born in a log cabin in Geenfield, Indiana, on October 7th, 1849, and who became, by the time of his death in 1916, […]
“Little Orphant Annie” for Halloween
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/James-Riley-Orphan-Annie-1.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 10/29/1999 “Little Orphant Annie” Transcript James Whitcomb Riley was a widely known Indiana poet ofthe late 1800s. He was so popular that in 1915, a year before his death, the National Commissioner of Education ordered that on his birthday, October 7, a Riley poem […]