A tiny back-and-forth between a modest dove and a boastful wren, each answering the other in rhyme. Short enough to say in one breath, which makes it a good pick for the very youngest listeners still tuning into rhythm.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
The dove says coo, coo, what shall I do?
I can scarce maintain two.
Pooh, pooh! says the wren, I've got ten,
And keep them all like gentlemen.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition