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HENRY

B.

ASHMEAD, PHILADELPHIA.

CARRION

crow

Fol de riddle,

sat

lol

on an oak,

de riddle, he ding do,

"Watching a tailor shape his coat

Sing he, sing ho, the old carrion crow,

Fol de

riddle, lol

de riddle, he ding do.

(

Wife, bring me my old bent bow,

Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do,
That I may shoot yon carrion crow,

Sihg he, sing ho, the old carrion crow,

Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do.

The

tailor shot,

and he missed his mark,

lol de riddle, he ding do,

Fol de riddle,

And

shot the miller's sow right through the heart;

Sing he, sing ho, the old carrion crow,
Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do.

Wife

oh wife bring brandy in a spoon

Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do,
!

For the old

miller's

sow

is

in a

swoon

Sing he, sing ho, the old carrion crow,

Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, he ding do.

A S

was going along, long,

-"
long,
A singing a comical
The

song,
lane that I

song, song,

went was

so long,

long, long,
And the song that I sung

And
(

was

long, long, long,

so I went singing along.

so

was going up Primrose

Primrose Hill was dirty

There

A'

Hill,

And

met a

pretty Miss,

she dropped

me

curtsy.'

Little Miss, pretty Miss,

Blessings light upon you,

If I had half a crown a day,
I'd spend

CAT

came

it all

fiddling out

of a barn,

With

of

pair

under her arm

bag-pipes

She could sing nothing' but

fiddle

cum

fee,

The mouse has married the

humble bee
Pipe, cat,

dance, mouse,

We'll have a wedding at our

good house.

upon you.

A S

went through the

garden gap,

Who

should I meet but Dick

Red-cap

A stick

in his hand, a stone

in his throat,

If you'll tell
I'll

me

this riddle,

give you a groat.

[A

A S

was going

met a man with seven wives

cherry.]

to St. Ives,

Every wife had seven sacks,

Every sack had seven cats,

Every cat had seven kits

Kits, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were there going
:

A S round

And

as

all

to St. Ives

an apple, as deep as a cup,

the king's horses can't pull

it

up.

[A

well']

DILLER,

A ten

a dollar,

o'clock scholar,

"What makes you come so soon ?

used to come at ten o'clock,

You

But now you come

B, C, tumble

The

down D,

cat's in the

FARMER came trotting

at noon.

cupboard and can't see me.

upon his

grey mare,

Bumpety, bumpety, bump.

With
and

his daughter

behind him, so rosy

fair,

Lumpety, lumpety, lump.

raven cried croak

and they

all

tumbled down,

Bumpety, bumpety, bump.

The mare broke her knees, and the

farmer his crown,

Lumpety, lumpety, lump.

The mischievous raven

flew laughing

away,

Bumpety, bumpety, bump.

And vowed

he would serve him the

same next day,

Lumpety, lumpety, lump.

(

LOFG-tailed

"^^

A sow pig,
Or

pig, or a short-tailed pig,

Or a pig without a

tail

or a boar pig,

a pig with a curly

tail.

A BBACE,

"^

Daffagee,

of a row,

Bend the bow,

Kellamenoppekew,

Shot at a pigeon,

Rustyvee,

And

Doubleyou,

X, Y,

LL

killed a crow.

Z.

?"
J,

B, C, and D, pray, playmates agree,

E, F, and G, well so it shall be.

K, and L, in peace we will dwell.

M, N\ and 0,

to play let us go.

P, Q, R, and S, love

may we

possess.

"W, X, and Y, will not quarrel or die.

Z, and ampherse-and, go to school at command.
(

LITTLE

A
Till

cock-sparrow sat on a

Looking as happy
a hoy came by, with

Says he, I will shoot the

His body

And

will

tree,

happy could be,

his bow and arrow,

as

little

make me a nice
make me

his giblets will

cock-sparrow.

little

stew,

little pie, too.

Says the little cock-sparrow, I'll be shot if I stay,

So he clapped his wings, and flew away.

A LITTLE boy went

into a barn,

And

lay

down on

some hay
owl came out and
;

An

flew about,

And

the

little

boy

ran away.

T)LESS
Say,
If

it

you, bless you,

when

will

bonny bee

your wedding be

he to-morrow day,

Take your wings and

(

fly

away.

\ MAN went hunting at Eeigate,

And

wished to jump over a high gate

"
Says the owner,

With your

Go

round,

horse and your hound,

For you never

shall leap over

(

10

my

gate."

"DESSY Bell and Mary

-^
were two
They

They

built

And

Gray,

bonny
a house upon the

covered

it

o'er

lasses,
lea,

with rashes

Bessy kept the garden gate,

And Mary kept the pantry,
Bessy always had to wait,

While Mary

T> AT,*bat, come

And

under

my hat,

I will give you a slice of

bacon,
I bake I'll
give you a cake,

And when
am not

If I

lived in plenty.

mistaken.

BELL

horses, bell horses,

One

T> ARBER,

o'clock,

two

what time of day ?

o'clock,

off'

and away.

barber, shave

a pig;

How many hairs will make

a

wig?

''Four and twenty, that's

enough."
Give

the poor

barber

pinch of snuff!

TVLOW,

wind, blow and go, mill, go

That the miller may grind his corn ;
That the baker may take it,

And
And

into rolls

make

it,

send us some hot in the morn.

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"13 AH, bah, black sheep, have you any wool,

Yes, marry have I, three bags full :

One

for

my

But none

T)RO W,

master, and one for

for the little

brow, brinkie

Eye, eye, winkie

hopper
Mouth, mouth, merry

2Tose, nose,

Chin, chin, chopper.

my dame,
cries in the lane.

T> YE,

baby, bunting,

Daddy's gone a hunting,

Cheek, cheek, cherry;

boy who

To get a
To wrap

little

his

rabbit skin

baby bunting

in.

patch,

draw the

latch,

by the fire and spin

Take a cup, and drink it up,
Sit

Then

call

your neighbors

Y, baby, cry,
Put your finger in your

in.

eye,

And tell your mother it wasn't I.

a doodle doo!

My

My

dame has

lost

her shoe ;

master's lost his fiddle stick,

And

don't

know what

to do.

let's to

plOME,

bed,"

says Sleepy-head;
ii

Tarry a while," says

slow
;

Put on the pot," says

;.*

Greedy-gut,

"We'll sup before we

go-"

CUCKOO,

cherry tree,

Catch a bird and give

it

to

Catch another

And

give

it

to brother.

/^lOCK Robin
At

got up early,

the break of day,

And went
To

He

to Jenny's window,
a
roundelay.
sing

sang Cock Robin's love,

To

the pretty

And when

Jenny Wren,

he got

Then he began
(

15

iinto the end,

again.
)

me

CURLY
Thou
But

And

sit

mine

locks, curly locks, wilt thou be

not wash the dishes, nor yet feed the swine

on a cushion, and sew a fine seam,
shall;

feed upon strawberries, sugar, and cream.

/CHARLEY loves good

cake and

ale,

Charley loves good candy,

Charley loves to kiss the girls,

"When they

/^ ATCH him

are clean

crow

and handy.

carry him, kite

Take him away till the apples are

When they are ripe and ready to fall,
Home comes Johnny, apples, and all.

"IPvOCTOR

ripe

Foster went to Gloster.

-*-^In a shower of rain

He

stepped in a puddle up to the

And

middle,
never went there again.

dong,

bell,

Pussy's in the well

Who
Little

put her in

Tommy

Green

Who pull'd her out?

Little

Johnny Stout

What a natighty boy was that

To try and drown poor pussy cat,

Who never did him any

But kiird the mice

harm,

in his father's

barn.

TRICKERY,

dickery, dare,

The pig flew up

The man in brown

in the air

Soon brought him down,

Dickery, dickery, dare.

TPVAOTY, baby, diddy,

""^ What can
mammy

do wid'c ?

Sit in a lap,

And

give

it

Danty, baby, diddy.

(

.17

some pap,

1T\EEDLE, dcedle, dumpling, my son John

Went to bed with his stockings on
;

One shoe

off,

the other shoe on,

Deedle, deedle, dumpling,

my

son John.

~T\ AFFY-DO WN-DILLY has come

^^

up

to town,

In a fine petticoat and a green gown.

T\IDDLETY,
-*-^

The

damply,
up the plum tree

diddlety,

cat ran

Half-a-crown, to fetch her down,

Diddlety, diddlety, dumpty.

dong, darrow,

The

The

And

little

cat

and the sparrow

dog has burnt his

tail.

he shall be hang'd to-morrow.

T^GGS,

butter, cheese, bread,

Stick, stock, stone, dead.

Stick

him

up, stick

Stick

him

in the old man's crown.

him down,

T7LIZABETH, Lizzy, and Betsy

and Bess,
They all went together to seek a
bird's nest.

They found a
eggs

bird's nest

with

five

deen-a,

Dine-a, dust,
Cat'll-a,

ween-a,

Wme-a,

wust,

Spit, spot,

must be done,

Twiddlum, twaddlum, twenty-one.

in,

They all took one and

left four in.

0-U-T,

spells out,

A nasty dirty dish-clout.

FOR fig,
And
I for

for jig,

K for knuckle bones,

John the waterman,

And $

for sack of stones.

IjlLOTJR of England,

Met
Put

in a

If you'll

fruit

together in a

hag
tell

tied

me

of Spain,

shower of rain

round with a

string,

this riddle, I'll give

you a

ring.

[A plum pudding.]

IjlOUR and twenty tailors, went to kill a snail,

The best man amongst them durst not touch her
She put out her horns,
Run,

tailors, run,

like a little

or she'll kill
(

20

you

Kyloe cow
all

just now.

tail.

T71ATHER
--

Short came

down

the lane,

Oh I'm obliged to hammer and smite

From four in the morning till eight at night,
!

For a bad master and a worse dame.

to

bed

GO purse
Go

to

golden

bed second, a golden

to

pheasant

Go

first,

bed

third, a

EOTLEMEN

golden bird.

came every

day,

And

little

blue Betty hopp'd

away.

She hopp'd up

stairs to

make

her bed.

And

she

tumbled down and

broke her head.

KEEN"

Up

cheese, yellow laces,

and down the market-places,

Turn, cheeses, turn

(

21

i^ IRLS and

boys,

come out

The moon doth shine

Come with
Come with

Up

to play r

as bright as

the ladder and

down

the wall,

A halfpenny roll will serve us

all.

You find milk, and I'll find flour,

And we'll have a pudding in half an

U4
_-<^

/~1

day

a whoop, come with a call,

a good-will or not at all.

REAT A,

little a,

Bouncing

The

cat's in the cupboard,

And

can't see
(

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me.

hour.

/"^

OOSEY,

Up

goosey, gander, whither shall I wander?

stairs,

and down

There I met an old

I took

him by

stairs,

and in

man who would

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lady's chamber.

not say his prayers

the left leg, and threw

(

my

him down

stairs.

TTICKETY,

pickety,

my

black

TTERE

With three small children

comes a poor woman

from baby-land,

hen,

She lays eggs for gentlemen

Sometimes nine,
Sometimes ten.
Gentlemen come every day,

in her

hand:

One can brew, the other can bake.

The other can make a lily-white

To see what my black hen doth lay.

cake.

TTERE we are on Tom Tiddler's

One can sit in the garden and spin,

Another can make a fine bed for
the king ;

ground,

Picking up gold and

Pray ma'am

silver.

TTEY

will

diddle, diddle,

The

cat

and the

fiddle,

The cow jump'd over the moon

The little dog laugh'd

To

you take one

see such sport,

While the dish ran

(

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after the spoon.

in

TTOT

cross buns, hot cross buns,

One a penny, two

Hot

a penny,

cross buns.

your daughters don't like them.

Give them to your sons.

]f

One a penny, two a penny.

Hot cross buns.

TTEY, my kitten, my kitten,

Hey; my kitten, my deary
Such a sweet pet as this

Was

neither far nor neary.

TTIGH diddle doubt, my candle's out.

My
Saddle

And

little

my

maid

is

not at

hog, and bridle

fetch

my

little

home

my

dog,

maid home.

TTAKDY Spandy, JackA

a-dandy,

Loves plum-cake and sugar

candy
<

He bought some

at a gro-

cer's shop,
"

And

out he came, hop-

hop-hop.

TTUSH,

bahy,

And

I'll

my

doll, I

pray you don't cry,

give you some bread, and some milk by-and bye

Or perhaps you like custard, or, maybe, a tart,

Then to either you are welcome, with all my heart.

TTUSH-A-BYE,baby,
Daddy

Mamma
And

is

that's

is

near;

a lady,

very clear.

TTERE am

I,

Little jumping Joan,

When nobody's with me,

I'm always alone.

TTICKY more,
Hung at

hacky more,

the kitchen door,

TTICCORY,

All day long,

Nothing
,

The clock struck one,

And down the mouse

Nothing so strong,

As hickymore, hackymore,

Hung

diccory dock,

The mouse ran up the clock,

so long,

at the kitchen door

Hiccory, diccory, dock.

All day long.

[Sunshine.']

TTARK,

hark,

The dogs do hark,

The beggars are coming

Some

in rags,

and some

And some
(

in velvet

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to

in jags,

gowns.

town

run,

sat

on a wall ;

Dumpty,
HUMPT
Humpty Dumpty had a great

Not

all

Could

we

the king's horses, nor

set

all

Humpty Dumpty up

round the mul-

go
HERE
berry bush,

Mulberry bush,
Mulberry bush,
Here we go round the mulberry

This

This

is

is

again.

the

way we brush our

Brush our

hair,

Brush our

hair,

the

way we brush our

On

bush,

fall

the king's men,

" This

is

the
(

way we
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hair,

a cold frosty morning.

On a cold frosty morning.

[Followed ly

hair,

clean our boots,"

etc.']

HEY
How

ding a

cling,

TTERE we go

shall I

And

empty

my

stomach's

here

Here we go backwards and

tor-

wards,

Mamma,

up, up, up,

we go down.
down, downy

sing?
many holes in a skimmer ?

Four and twenty

Pray,

what

give

And

me some

dinner.

here

we go round,

roundy.

TTUSH-A-BYE, baby, on the tree top,

When the wind blows the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall,
Down comes hush-a-bye, baby, and all.
(

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round,

T HAD a

little

pony,

His name was Dapple-gray,

him

I lent

To

little

mare

in Lin-

coln-lane,

to a lady,

ride a mile

LOST my

And couldn't tell where to find

away

She whipped him, she slashed him,

She rode him through the mire

her,

came home hoth lame

Till she

would not lend

For

all

my

pony now

and hlind,

With never

tail

behind her.

the lady's hire.

T HAD a

little doll,

the prettiest

ever seen,

She washed up the

dishes,,

and

kept the house clean.

She went

to the mill,

some

And

fetch

me

always got it home, in less

than an hour.

She baked

brewed

She

to.

flour,

sat

me my bread,
me my ale,

by the

fire,

she

and told me a

tale.

TF

all

the world were apple pie,

And
And

all

all

the sea was ink,

the trees were bread and

cheese,

What should we have for drink?

T HAD a

little

She wash'd
She went

She baked
sat

me

the dishes and kept the house clean

to the mill to fetch

She brought

She

hen, the prettiest ever seen,

it

home

me my

by the

fire,

me some

flour,

in less than an hour,

bread, she brew'd

and

told

many
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me my

a fine

ale,

tale.

T'LL

tell you a
About Jack

And now my
I'll tell

husband,

put him in a pint pot,

And there I bid him drum.

r
I bought a

little

horse,

That gallop'd up and down

I

bridled

him and saddled

him,

And

I gave

To

And

sent

him out

him some

of town.

garters,

his hose,

garter

up

pocket-handker-

little

chief,

To wipe

his pretty nose.

32

his brother,

story's done.

No bigger than my thumb,

I

begun

you another,

And now my

little

a Nory,

story's

About Jack and

T HAD a

story,

T HAD a
I sent

But he

little

him

dog, they called

lost the bag,

So take that

T HAVE

him

Buff,

to the shop for a hap'orth of snuff:

cuff,

and

and

little sister

spilt

the snuff,

that's

enough.

they

call

her Peep, Peep.

She wades the water, deep, deep, deep

She climbs the mountains, high, high, high.

Poor little thing she has but one eye.
!

|"F

you are

to

be a gentleman, as I suppose you'll be,

You'll neither laugh nor smile for a tickling of the knee.

(

33

horses, beggars would ride,

were watches, I would wear one by

FF wishes were
L

If turnips

my

side.

John Smith within

*r

IS

Yes, that he is.

Can he set a shoe ?

Aye, marry, two.

Here a nail, there
Tick, tack, too.

TACKY,

come give me thy fiddle,

mean to thrive.

If ever thou

Nay,

I'll

not give

To any man

my

fiddle,

alive.

If I should give

my

fiddle,

They'll think that I'm gone

For many a joyful day

My

fiddle

and I have had.

(

34

mad

a nail,

TOffiJ Cook he had

little

hee, haw,

Her

a
'

black mare,

hum

were long and

her back was bare,
legs

hee, haw,

hum.

John Cook was riding

up Shooter's Bank,
hee, haw,

hum

The mare she began

to

kick and to prank.

hee, haw,

-i5g^

hum.

John Cook was riding up

Shooter's Hill,
hee, haw,

His mare

fell

down and made her

hee, haw,

The

bridle

and saddle were

laid

on the

hee, haw,

If you

hum

will,

want any more, you may sing

it

hee, haw,

hum.

shelf,

hum

yourself,

hum.

TACK be nimble,
Jack be quick,

And Jack jump

over the candlestick.

TACK and Jill

went up the
hill,

To

fetch a pail

of water

Jack

fell

down,

and broke

his

crown,

And

Jill

came

tumbling after.

TACK SPRAT
could eat no
fat,

His

wife
eat

And

so

them

They

could

no lean

betwixt
both,

lick'd

the

platter clean.

ISS

me

Kiss

asleep,

me

and

kiss

me

aw^ake,

for dear Willie's sake.

(

36

Sprat's pig,

JACK
He was not very
Nor yet very

little

big;

He was
He was

not very lean,

not very fat;
He'll do well for a grunt,

Says

little

Jack

Sprat.

Sprat,

TACK
Had a cat,
had but one ear,
went to buy butter,
When butter was dear.

It
It

ITTLE

boy, pretty boy, where were you born

In Lincolnshire, master, come blow the cow's horn.

us

go
LETthis pig.

What

to

to the woods, says

do there? says

To seek mamma,

What
To

to

ITTLE

Betty Blue
Lost her holiday shoe,
What can little Betty do?
-*-*

this pig.

says this pig.

Give her another

do with her ? says this

To match

Pigkiss her, to kiss her, says this

And

Pig(

37

the other,

then she

may walk

in two.

ITTLE

I J

lost

And

Bo-peep has

her sheep,

can't tell
find them

where to

Leave them
they'll

and

alone,

come home,

And

bring their
behind them.

tails

fell

fast

Little

Bo-peep
asleep,

And

dreamt she heard

them bleating

But when she awoke, she

found

For they

it

a joke,

still

were

all

fleeting.

Then

she took
little

up her

crook,

Determined for to find

them
She found them indeed,
;

but it made her heart

bleed

For they'd
tails

T
I

left all their

behind 'em.

ITTLE boy
A

blue,

come blow me

your horn,

The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in

the corn.
the
is

Where

little

boy, minding the

sheep ?
the haycock

Under

fast asleep
(

38

ITTLE Robin

Red-breast sat upon a tree,

went
Up
Pussy-cat, and down went he
Down came Pussy-cat, and away Robin ran
T"

"^

Says

little

Robin Red-breast, "Catch me

if you can."

Robin Red-breast jumped upon a spade,

Pussy-cat jumped after him, and made him afraid;

Little

Robin chirp'd and sung, and what did Pussy say?

Pussy-cat said "Mew, mew, mew," and Robin flew away.
Little

ITTLE Anne

And

Etticoat,

In a white petticoat,
a red nose
;

The longer she stands,

The shorter she grows.

[A

Candle.]

ITTLE Tee Wee,

He went to sea,

In an open boat
while afloat

And
The

little

And my

boat bended,

story's ended.

ITTLE Mary

Ester,

Sat upon a tester,

Eating of curds and whey

There came a large

And
And
39

sat

down

spider,

beside her,

frighten'd poor

Mary away.

ITTLE Jack Homer

sat in the corner,

Eating a Christmas pie

He

put in his thumb, and

pull'd out a plum,

And

said,

boy

" What a
good

am

I!"

T AD Y-BIRD, lady-bird,
Fly away home,

Your house is on fire,

Your children at home.

Red-

Robin

LITTLE
breast
Sat upon a

Niddle

rail

noddle

went

his

head,

And waggle went his tail,

-"

ITTLE Tommy Tucker

Sang

What

shall

for his supper

he eat ?

"White bread and butter.

How

shall

Without

How

will

Without

he cut

it

e'er a knife

he marry
e'er a wife

.40

my

sister,

and

I fell out,

MOLLY,
And what do you think
She loved

And

that

coffee,

and

it

was about ?

I loved tea,

was the reason we couldn't agree.

and a mouse was

Jane had a

in

MISSShe opened thebag,

bag, he was out in a minute
The

And

it,

saw him jump, and run under the table,

the dog said, catch him, puss, soon as you're

cat

MY

old

little

able.

man and

I fell

out,

I had

you what 'twas all about,

money and he had none,

And

that's

I'll tell

the

way

the

noise

begun.

M'ARY had

a pretty bird,

Feathers bright and yellow,

Slender legs
SEEr.

The

sweetest notes

He was
h/3

always sung,

Which much

And

delighted Mary,
near the cage she'd ever sit,

To hear her own

(

41

canary.
)

upon

my

word,

a pretty fellow.

1iT ASTER

I have,

and I

Gallop a dreary dun

Master I have, and I

And

I'll

With

am

am

his

man,

1%/TY

his

My

man,

get a wife as fast as I can

Go

Higgledy, piggledy, niggledy, niggledy,

Gallop a dreary dun.

1%/TARY, Mary,

And

get

it

quite contrary,

does your garden grow

pretty maids all of a row.

(

42

it,

to the next door,

"With silver bells and cockle-shells,

And

spoon's bended;

If you don't like

a heighly gaily gamberally,

How

story's ended,

mended.

1ITARGERY MUTTON-PIE
They met together

and Johnny Bo-peep,

in Grace-church Street,

In and out, in and out, over the way,

Oh

says Johnny,

1\TULTIPLICATION

is

'tis

chop-nose day.

vexa-

II

TY mother and your mother,

-***

"Went over the way

mother to your mother,

tion,

Division

is

as

bad

The Rule of Three

And

Said

it

It's

puzzles me,

Practice drives

me

my

mad.
\_Tlie

chop-a-nose day.

above lines are repeated by the

nurse when sliding her hand down

the child's face.~\

^VTEEDLES

and

pins, needles

"When a man marries

(

43

and

pins,

his trouble begins.

^VT UMBER number nine,

-*^
This hoop's mine

ONE'S
Two's

Number number

Three's a

none
some

Take

it

ten,

back again.

many

Four's a penny
Five is a little hundred.
;

mother Widdle Waddle

jumped out of bed,

T>

And
(

out

of the

casement

popp'd out her head,

'rying, "The house is on
grey goose

And

the fox

is

is

she

fire,

the

dead,

come

to the town,

oh!"

I saw a little bird come hop, hop, hop

So I cried, little bird, will you stop, stop, stop ?
And was going to the window to say how do you do ?
But he shook his little tail, and far away he flew.
;

D Mistress McShuttle

two, three,

Lived in a coal scuttle,

Along with her dog and her cat

What
But

they ate I can't

'tis

known very

tell,

well

That none of the party were

OKEj
I love coffee,
;

And

Billy loves tea,

How

good you

be.

One, two, three,

fat.

I love coffee,
Billy loves tea.

And

/"VLB King

Was

And

And

Cole,

a merry old soul,

a merry old soul was he,

And

he called for his pipe,

And

he called for his

he called for his

(

45

glass,

fiddlers three.

And

every fiddler he had a fine fiddle,

And

a very fine fiddle had he

" Tweedle
dee, tweedle dee," said the fiddlers,
" Oh there's none so rare
;

"As

can compare

"With King

Cole and his fiddlers three."

i~\LD woman,

old woman, shall we go a shearing?

a
little
Speak
louder, sir, I am very thick o' hearing.
Old woman, old woman, shall I kiss you dearly?

^-^

Thank

you, kind

sir,

I hear very clearly.

dear what can the matter be

Two

old

women

got up in an apple

One came down,

And

the other staid

(

up
46

till

Saturday.

tree.

o THE
I'll

oKANGES

little rusty,

not change

dusty, rusty miller

my

and lemons,

Said the Bells of St.

Clement's.

You owe me

When

will

St.

Said

the

When

Martin's.

grow

rich,

Bells

of

Shore-

will that be

you pay me ?

I do not

know,

Said the great Bell of Bow.

Here comes a candle

to light

you

to bed,

here comes a chopper to chop

the

Said the Bells of Stepney.

Said the Bells of Old Bailey.

And

When

ditch.

five farthings,

Said the Bells of

wife for either gold or silver.

last

man's
47

head.

off

/~\NE-ERY,
KE, Two, Three, Four, Five,
1,

2,

4,

3,

caught a hare alive

7,

let

8,

two-ery, ziccary zan

Hollow bone, crack a bone,

ninery ten

5,

Spillery spot,

it

must be done

Twiddledum, twaddledum, twenty-

Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten,

3,

V^

9,

one.

10,

0,

her go again.

TJ,
[

T, spells out.

Used ly Children to decide tvho

to begin a game.~\

misty, moisty morning,

ONEWhen
cloudy was the weather,

meet an old man clothed all

and I began to
How do you do ? and how do you do ?
And how do you do again ?

I chanced to

in leather.

He began

grin,

to compliment,

48

is

Mother Goose, when

She wanted

to wander,

Would ride through the

On a very fine gander.

air

Mother Goose had a house,

'Twas built in a wood,
at the door

Where an owl
For sentinel
This

is

stood.

her son Jack,

A plain-looking lad,
He

is

Nor

not very good,

yet very bad.

She sent him

to market,

A live goose he bought,

Here, mother, says he,
It will not

go

for nought.

Jack's goose and her gander

Grew very fond
;

They'd both eat together,

Or swim in one pond.

Jack found one morning,

As I have been told,
His goose had laid him

An
49

egg of pure gold.

Q
)

Jack rode

to his mother,

The news

for to

She

call'd

And

said

Jack sold

tell,

him a good boy,

it was well.
his gold

egg

To a rogue of a Jew,
"Who cheated him out of
The half of his due.
Then Jack went a courting

A lady so
As

gay,

fair as the lily,

And
The

sweet as the May.

old

Mother Goose

That instant came

And

in,

turned her son Jack

Into famed Harlequin.

She then touched her wand,

Touch'd the lady so fine,
And turn'd her at once
Into sweet Columbine.

Jack's mother

came

in,

And caught the goose soon,

And mounting its back
Flew up

to the

moon.

50

E, two, buckle

up

Five, six, pick

sticks

Thirteen, fourteen, maids a courting;

shoe ;

my

Three, four, shut the door

Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen ;

Seventeen, eighteen, maids a waiting ;

Seven, eight, lay them straight ;

Nine, ten, a good

Eleven, twelve,

fat

hen

Nineteen, twenty,

my stomach's

empty,

who will delve ?

Please,

mamma, give me some dinner.

LD mother Twitchet had

but one eye,

And

a long

tail

which she

let fly;

And

every time she went

over a gap,

She

left

a bit of her

tail in

trap.

[A Needle and

TDHSSY-CAT,
I've

Pussy-cat,

been to London

where have you been ?

to

look at the Queen.

Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat, what did you there ?

I frighten' d a little mouse under the chair.
(

51

Thread.}

T3ETER PIPER picked

a peck of pepper,

A peck of pepper Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pepper,

Where's the peck of pepper Peter Piper picked ?

T}AT-A-CAKE,

pat-

baker's

a-cake,

man;
So I will, master, as
as I can

Pat

it,

Put

it

)T

and prick

mark

it

fast

it,

and

'

with B,

in the

oven for

Baby and me.

T)ITTY Patty

Polt,

Shoe the wild

Here a

And

colt,

nail,

there a nail,

Pitty Patty Polt.

T3TJSSY

cat Mole,

Jumped

And

over a coal,

in her best petticoat burnt a great hole

Poor Pussy's weeping,

she'll

Until her best petticoat's

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52

mended with
)

have no more milk,

silk.

)USSY

sits

beside the

In walks a

little

fire.

How

cat ate the dumplings, the

Pussy cat ate the dumplings.

Mamma stood by, and cried, " Oh,

Why did you

eat the

dumplings?"
(

can she be

fair

doggy. Pussy, are you there

53

dumplings

fie!

T>EASE

and Judy
Fought for a pie
Punch gave Judy
A knock of the eye.

pudding hot,
Pease pudding cold,
Pease pudding in the pot,
-*-

Nine days

Some like it
Some like
Some like it
Nine days

old.

Says Punch to Judy,

Will you have any more?

hot,
it

cold,

in the potr

Says Judy to Punch,

My eye's too sore.

old.

White

PETER
Will ne'er go right.
Would you know the reason why?
He follows his nose,
Wherever he

And

goes,
that stands all awry.

TDETEB,
*-

Peter, pumpkin eater,

a wife and couldn't keep her;
put her in a pumpkin shell,

He
And

Had

then he kept her very well.

Peter, Peter,

pumpkin

eater,

Had

another and didn't love her ;

Peter learned to read and spell,

And

then he loved her very welL

(

54

TDOOR

old Eobinson Crusoe! poor old Robinson Crusoe

They made him a

I

With

coat, of

wonder how they could do

an old Nanny goat y

so!

a ring a ting tang, and a

ring a ting tang>

Poor old Eobinson Crusoe.

(

55

T>OLLY put the

kettle on,

Polly put the kettle on,

Polly put the kettle on,

And

let's

drink

Sukey take

it

off again,

Sukey take
Sukey take

it

off again,

fire

and make the

Put the muffins down

Blow

again,

It will all boil

tea.

Blow the

it off

the fire and

We'll

all

QUICKSIGHT

toast,

to roast,

make

have

away.

the toast,

tea.

quiz'd a queerish quidbox,

QUIXOTE
A queerish quidbox Quixote Quicksight quiz'd

If Quixote Quicksight quiz'd a queerish quidbox,

Where's the queerish quidbox Quixote Quicksight quiz'd?

(

56

Ann, Queen Ann, she

As fair as the
QUEEN
I send

sits

in the sun,

as white as the

lily,

swan

pray you read one.

I cannot read one unless I read all

you three

letters, so

So pray, Master Teddy, deliver the

"DIDDLE
me,

ball.

riddle

me,

ree,

A hawk sat upon a tree;

And
La

he says

to himself,

says he,
what a fine bird 1 be

the

Bobbin*

ROBIN"
the big-bellied Ben,
He

ate

more meat than

fourscore

men

He

ate a cow,

He

ate a butcher

He
He

half;
ate a church, he ate a steeple.
ate the priest and all the people

he ate a

calf,

and a

T>OBERT Barns,
-*-**

fellow fine,
this horse of mine,
cut a shine ?

Can you shoe

So that I may

Yes good

sir,

and that

I can,

any other man

There a nail, and here a prod,

As well

And

as

now, good
(

sir,

57

your horse
)

is

shod.

T>IDE,

baby, ride!

Pretty baby shall ride,

And have a little puppy-dog tied to her side,

And a little pussy-cat tied to the other,
And away she shall ride to see her grandmother,
To
To

the bell

Knock

Lift

up the

latch

And walk in

see her grandmother.

door

at the

see her grandmother,

T> OBEN" and Eichard were

lay in bed

till

They
Then up starts Eobin and
O, brother Eichard

two pretty men

the clock struck ten

looks at the sky,

the sun's very high.

You go first with bottle and bag,

And I'll come after on little Jack Nag
You go first and open the gate,
And I'll come after, and break your pate.
;

T)UB

a dub dub,

Three

The

men

in a tub

butcher, the baker,

The candlestick-maker

All jumped out of a rotten potato.

T>AIN,
Go

Come

rain,

away,

again

Another day
Little

Johnny
Wants to play.

59

T)IDE

a cock-horse

to Banbury Cross,

To

see

an old

ride

on

horse

woman
brown

With rings on her

gers and

bells

fin-

on

her toes,
.She shall have music

wherever she goes.

Kiss IN THE RING.

[This popular game

is

honored with a variety of jingles, but

generally

commencing

O ALLY, Sally Waters, sprinkle in the pan,

Hie, Sally

Hie, Sally, for a young

Choose for the

Choose
Choose

for the worst,

for the prettiest that

(

man

best,

60

you love

best.

come
gFAIL,
To-morrow
snail,

is

sEE,A

see.

What

put out your horn,

the day to shear the corn.

shall I see

horse's head
(

where his
61

tail

should be.

song, the days are long,

The woodcock and

The

little

And

~^=^^r-

''.^JV-.rV

shall

shall

tail,

hang to-morrow.

%v$cv

saw, Margery

SEE,
Johnny

he

the sparrow

dog has burnt his

Was

Daw,

To

have a new

not she a dirty slut,

her bed and lie in the

sell

master
have but a penny a day,
Because he can't work any

dirt!

He shall

saw, sacradown,
is the way to

Q4EE,
^
Which

faster.

London

town?

One

Daw,
and lay upon

saw, Margery

SEE,Sold her bed

straw

up,

the

other

foot

down,

That

foot

62

is

the

way to London town.

a pin and pick

it

swam

up,

SEEAll the day you'll have good

SWAIN"
Swim,

over the sea

swan, swim;

Swan swam back

luck.

again,

Well swan swam.

See a pin and let it lay,

Bad luck you'll have all the day.

OME

little

mice

sat in

a barn

to spin.

Pussy came by, and she popped

her head in
;

" Shall I

come

in

and

cut your

you

will snap

threads off?"

"

Oh

no,

kind

our heads

rosy boys,

girls,

SMILING
Come and buy my little toys,

Grundy,

SOLOMON
Born on a

Monkeys made of gingerbread,

And

Grind

Put

it

Let

One may
Come,

Married on Wednesday,
Very ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
This is the end

lady's oatmeal,

my

lady's flour,
in a chestnut,

it

stand an hour

two may rush,

girls, walk under the bush.

rush,

my

Monday,

Christened on Tuesday,

sugar horses painted red.

1EIVE my

sir,

off."

63

Of Solomon Grundy.
)

O'N'ATT^

Or

come out of your

snail,

else I will beat

you

hole,

as black as a coal.

ftl

OINXr

The king was

a song of sixpence,

A pocket full of rye

Four and twenty blackbirds

Baked in a pie

Eating bread and honey.

When
The

the pie was open'd

birds began to sing

in his counting-house,

Counting out his money

The queen was in the parlor,

The maid was

in the garden,

Hanging out the clothes

Down came a blackbird,

Was

not that a dainty dish,

To set before the king ?

And
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64

pecked

off

her nose.
i

Q4IMPLE SIMON"
^
Going

met a pieman

to the fair:

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,

"Let me taste your ware."

Says the pieman to Simple Simon,

" Show me first
your penny."
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
"Indeed I have not any."

Simple Simon went a fishing

For to catch a whale
;

All the water he had got

Was

in his mother's pail.

Simple Simon went to look

If plums

He

grew on a

thistle

prick' d his fingers very

much,

"Which made poor Simon whistle.

the colt, shoe the colt,

sing,

what

shall I sing

Puss has stolen the pudding-

Shoe the grey mare ;

If the colt won't be shod,

string

Do, do, what shall I do ?

Puss has bit it quite in two

Let him go bare.

65

fTlHERE was a little man

And he woo'd a little

And

he

said,

I have

Than
For

" Little

little

more

will you,

Yea

least said is soonest

or Nay,

mended-ded, ded, ded."

"Went to sea in a bowl,

bowl had been stronger,

My song had been

mHERE was a
And
And

shot

little

man,

little

bullets they

his

made

He

longer.

he had a

gun,

were

of lead, lead, lead;

Johnny Sprig

Through the middle of the

wig,

And

he knocked

it

right off

his head, head, head.

wed ?

to say,

mHREE wise men of Gotham

If the

maid,

maid, will you wed, wed,

66

E old woman must

stand at the tub, tub, tub,

The dirty clothes to rub, rub, rub

But when they are clean, and fit to be seen,
I'll dress like a
lady, and dance on the green.
;

fTlHERE was a rat, for want of stairs,

-Went down a rope to say his prayers.
(

67

E Queen

Call'd for the tarts,

tarts,

All on a summer's day

The Knave

The King of Hearts,

of Hearts,

She made some

And

beat the knave

full sore

The Knave of Hearts

of Hearts,

He stole the tarts,

And took them clean

Brought back the tarts,

And vow'd he'd steal no more.

away.

mHE

Lion and the

Unicorn,

Were

fighting for the

crown

Some gave them white

bread,

And some

gave them

brown

Some gave them plumcake,

And

sent

them out of

the town.

north wind doth blow,

And we

shall

He'll

And what will poor Eobin

sit

in a barn,

To keep himself warm,

have snow,

do then ?

Poor thing
(

68

And hide his head under his wing,

Poor

thing.

was a man

THERE
deed,
Who

in double

sow'd his garden

And when the sky began to roar,

'Twas like a lion at the door;
A nd when the door began to crack,
'Twas like a stick across your back

full

of

seed began

to

And when

of

'Twas like a penknife in your

seed;

And when

the

smart,

grow,

'Twas

like

snow

your back began to

garden

full

heart

And when

snow began to fall,

'Twas like a bird upon the wall
And when the bird away did fly,
the

your heart began to

bleed,

'Twas like an eagle in the sky

And when

You're dead, and dead, and dead,

indeed.

market, to market, to buy a fat pig,

Home
To market,

Home

again, home again, jiggety jig.

to market, to buy a fat hog,

again,

home
(

again, jiggety jog.

69

mAFFY was a Welchman, Taffy was a thief

Taffy came ta

went

Taffy

my house,

to Taffy's house, Taffy

came

to

my house,

and

and

stole a piece of beef:

was not
stole a

at

home

marrow-bone :

I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed,

I took the marrow-bone, and beat about his head.

was a
crooked

man

and he went a
crooked mile

He found a crooked
sixpence against

a crooked

stile

He bought a crooked

cat,

which

caught a crook-

ed mouse,

And

they

all

together
little

house.

lived
in

crooked

THERE
Who

was an old man of Tobago,

lived 011 rice, gruel and

sago,
Till,

much

to his bliss,

His physician said this,

To a leg, sir, of mutton you

may

go.

was an old woman

THERE
Lived under a
And

hill,

not gone,
She lives there still.
if she's

was a man, and

his

name was Dob,

THERE
And he had a wife, and her name was Mob,
And
And

he had a dog, and he called

she had a

cat, called

it

Cob,

Chitterabob.

Cob, says Dob,

Chitterabob, says

Cob was Dob's

Mob,

dog,

Chitterabob Mob's

cat.

fTlHEEE was an
*-

old crow

Sat upon a clod.

There's an end of my song,
That's very odd.

rflHE man in the moon,

Came down too soon,

was an old

soldier of

Bister,

And ask' d. his way to Norwich

He went by the south,
And burnt his mouth

Went walking

sister

one day with his

"When a cow at a poke,

Toss'd her into an oak,

"With eating cold pease-porridge.

Before the old gentleman miss'd

her.

E was an

old

woman who

lived in a shoe,

She had so many children she did'nt know w hat to do

She gave them some broth without any bread,
r

She whipp'd them

all

soundly, and sent

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72

them

to bed.

was an owl lived

THERE
Whiskey,
And

all

Were

in an oak,

Whaskey, Weedle

the words he ever spoke

Fiddle, Faddle, Feedle.

A gunner chanced to

come that way,

Whiskey, Whaskey. Weedle
;

Says he, "I'll shoot you, silly bird,"

So Fiddle, Faddle, Feedle.

barber shaved the mason,

THEAnd as I suppose
Cut

And

off his nose,

popp'd

in the basin.

it

was a

little girl,

THERE
And she had a

little

pig.

She learned the little brute

To dance a little jig.
This pretty

little girl

Had

a pretty little taste,

She dressed this little porker

With ribbons round

up

his waist.

little and by little,

She learned him how to spell,
And now he knows his lessons

By

A little

bit too well.

He

creeps into her little room,

Upon her little trunnel bed,

And

Sarah Little says, she will

Cut

off his little head.

73

rflHERE was an

old woman, and what do you think ?

She lived upon nothing but victuals and drink
Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet
:

woman

This plaguy old

She went to the baker

And when
She went

1.

to

buy her some bread,

old husband was dead

home her

she came

to the clerk to toll the bell,

And when

[A Song

could never be quiet.

she came back her old husband was well.

set to fingers or toes.~\

rflHIS pig went

to

market;

JL

home

2.

This pig staid at

3.

This pig had plenty to

4.

But

5.

And this

this pig

had none

little

eat,

pig said,

Wee,

wee, wee

All the

way home.
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74

nnOMMY kept a

chandler's shop,

-*-

Richard went to buy a mop,

Tommy gave him such a knock
That sent him out of his chandler's shop.

THREE
Would

straws on a staff

make

a haby cry and laugh.

nnHE
-*-

If

Cock doth crow

To

let

you be

you know,

wise,

'Tis time to rise.

was a

THERE
Miller

jolly

Lived on the River Dee,

Said he, I care for nobody,
If

rriHE
-*-

nobody

cat sat asleep by the side of the fire,

mistress snored loud as a pig,

The

Jack took up

And

his fiddle

by Jenny's /desire.

struck up a bit of a jig.

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75

cares for

me.

r INHERE

And

was an old man of Thessalj,

he was wondrous wise,

He jumped into a quickset hedge,

And scratch'd out both his eyes
But when he saw
"With

all his

his eyes

were

r 1

1HERE

was an old woman

Lived under a

And

out,

might and main,

if she's

She

hill

not gone,

lives there

still.

He jump'd into a holly-bush,

And

scratch'd

them

in again.

fat

man

"Who was smoking

one

was a
of Bombay,

sunshiny day,

When a bird, called a snipe,

Flew away with

his pipe,

"Which vex'd the

of

E man

Bombay.

in the wilderness ask'd of me,

How many

strawberries grewr in the sea

I answer'd him, as I thought good,

As many

red herrings as grew in the wood.

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76

fat

man

was an old woman,

as I've

heard

tell,

She went

to

She went

to

And

she

fell

market her eggs for to sell

market all on a market day,

J^

asleep on the king's highway.

v
There came by a pedlar whose name was
Stout,

He cut her petticoats all round about

He cut her petticoats up to the knees,
Which made the old woman to shiver and
;

freeze.

When

this little woman first did wake,

She began to shiver and she began to shake
She began to wonder and she began to cry,

"Lauk
"But

a mercy on me, this

be

if it

I've a little

I,

as I

dog

at

is

none of I

do hope it be,
home, and he'll

know

me;
If

it

And

be

I,

he'll

wag

be not

if it

his little tail,

I, he'll

loudly bark and

wail."

Home went the little woman all

got the

Up
He began

little

in the dark,

dog, and he began

to bark, so she

to

bark

to cry,

began
u Lauk a
mercy on me, this is none of I

!"

<j

fTIHTRTY

days hath September,

April, June,

and November

February has twenty-eight alone.

All the rest have thirty-one,
that's the

Excepting leap-year,

"When February's days

time

are twenty-nine.

nn WO legs sat upon three legs,

With one
his lap

leg in

In comes four legs,

And

runs

away

with one leg

Upj umps two legs,

Catches up three
legs,

Throws

it

after

four legs,

And makes him

bring back one
leg.

girl in

the lane, that couldn't speak plain,

Cried gobble, gobble, gobble

man on the hill, that couldn't stand
:

The

"Went hobble, hobble, hobble.

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78

still,

FTHHEKE was

monkey climbed up

tree,

When he

fell

down, then down

There was a crow

When

sat

on a

fell

he.

stone,

he was gone, then there was

none.

There was an old wife did eat an apple,

When she eat two, she had eat a couple.

There was a horse going to the mill,

went on, he stood not still.

When he

There was a butcher cut his thumb,

it did bleed, then blood did

When

come.

There was a lackey ran a race,

he ran fast, he ran apace.

When

There was a cobbler clouting shoon,

When they were mended, they were
done.

There was a navy went into Spain,

When

it

return'd,

it

came

again.

FT1HERE was

little

guinea pig,

He

often squeak'd,

Who, being little, was not big,

He always walked upon bis feet,

And never fasted wben be eat.

And when

When

He knew

was

Though
from a place he ran away,

He never at that place did stay

And when he ran, as I am told,
He ne'er stood still for young

and sometimes

vi'lent,

be squeak'd he ne'er

silent;

ne'er instructed

by a

a mouse was not a

cat,
rat.

old.

One
or

He

And,

He

am certified,
whim and fairly died
am told by men of sense,

day, as I

took a
I

never has been living since.

FT1HERE was an
old woman
up in a

toss'd

basket,

Nineteen times as
as

the

she

was

high

moon,

Where

going I couldn't
but ask

For

in

she

carried

broom.

" Old
woman, old woman, old woman," quoth I,
"
whither, so high ?"
whither,
whither,
"To brush the cobwebs off the sky !"
" Shall I
go with thee ?"

"

Aye, by and by."

it,

her hand
a

how they run

ran after the farmer's wife,

blind mice, see

They

Who

all

cut off their tails with a carving knife,

Did you ever

mHUMBIKIN",

see such fools in

your life ?
Three hlind mice*

rflHERE was an old man,

And he had a calf,
And that's half;
He took him out of the stall,
And put him on the wall
And that's all.

Thumhikin, hroke

the barn,

Pinnikin, Pinnikin, stole the corn.

Long back'd Gray

Carried

it

away.

Old Mid-man

sat

and saw,

But Peesy-weesy, paid

for

a'.

was an old woman

Who rejoiced

A man stretched his mouth to

And down

at

called Nothing-at-all,

in a dwelling exceedingly small:

its

utmost extent,

one gulp house and old

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81

woman

went.

.-*-

fTVEIS

is

the

the ladies ride

way

Tri, tre, tre, tree,

Tri, tre, tre, tree

This

is

the

way

the ladies ride,

Tri, tre, tre, tree, tri-tre-tre-

tree

This

is

the

way the gentlemen

ride

Gallop-a-trot,

Gallop-a-trot

This

is

the

way the gentlemen ride,

Gallop-a-gallop-a-trot

This

the

is

way

the farmers ride

Hohbledy-hoy,

Hobbledy-hoy
This

is

the

way

the farmers ride,

Hobbledy hobbledy-hoy

He

7T1HE Cuckoo's a fine bird,

He sings as he flies
He brings us good tidings,
He tells us no lies.

sucks

little birds'

eggs,

To make his voice clear

And when he sings " Cuckoo !"
The summer is near.
;

82

he was a piper's son,

TOM,
He learned to play when he was young;
But

all the tune that he could play,

"Was " Over the hills and far away."

Tom

with his pipe made such a noise,

girls and boys ;
they stopp'd to hear him play,

But

That he pleased both the

And

" Over the hills

Tom

and

far

away."

with his pipe did play with such

skill,'

That those who heard him could never keep

still;

Whenever they heard they began

for to

dance,
Even pigs on their hind legs would after
him prance.

As Dolly was milking ner cow one

day,

Tom took out his pipe and began for to play;

So Doll and the cow danced "tho Cheshire
round,"

was broke, and the milk ran

on the ground.

Till the pail

He met old dame Trot with a basket of eggs,

He used his pipe, and she used her legs
;

She danced about

till

the eggs were all

broke,

She began

for to fret,

but he laugh' d at the

joke.

He saw

a cross fellow was beating an ass,

pots, pans, dishes, and

Heavy laden with

glass;

He took out his pipe and play'd them a tune,

And the jackass's load was lighten 'd full
soon.
(

Tom, the

Stole a pig

The pig was

eat,

And Tom went

piper's son,

and away he run

and Tom was beat,

roaring

down

the street.

THUMB
!

bold,

Thibity-thold,

Langman,
Lick pan,

Mamma's

little

man.

tat, toe,

My first go,
Three jolly butcher boys
All in a row
;

Stick one up,

Stick one down,

Stick one on the old man's

crown.

nnHERE

was an old woman had John was lost and never was found

And

three sons,
Jerry,

and James, and John

there
sons,

Jerry was hung, James was drown' d, Jerry, and James, and John.

sow came

The

The

To

in with the saddle

pig rock'd the cradle

little

dish jump'd

up on the

table,

see the pot swallow the ladle.

The

spit that stood

Threw

behind the door,

the pudding-stick on the floor.

Oh said the gridiron, can't you agree ?

I'm the head constable, bring them to me.
!

85

was an end of the three

TflWAS

once upon a time

When Jenny "Wren

was young,

So daintily she danced,

And

so prettily she

Robin Redbreast

sung ;

lost his heart,

For he was a gallant bird

So he dofF'd

his hat to

Jenny "Wren,

Requesting to be heard.

dearest
If

you

Jenny "Wren

will but

be mine,

You shall feed on cherry-pie, you shall,

And drink new currant wine
;

I'll

dress

you

like a goldfinch,

Or any peacock gay

So dearest Jen, if you'll be mine,
;

Let us appoint the day.

Jenny blush'd behind her fan,

And thus declared her mind;
Since, dearest Bob, I love
I'll

take your offer kind

Cherry-pie

And

so

is

is

you

well,

very nice,

currant-wine

But I must wear my plain brown gown,

And
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86

never go to

fine.

Robin Redbreast rose up early,

All at the break of day,

And he flew to Jenny "Wren's house,

And sung a roundelay
He sang of Robin Redbreast,
And little Jenny Wren,
And when he came unto the end,
He then began again.
;

JENNY WREN
Upon

fell

a merry time

sick
;

In came Robin Redbreast,

And

brought her sops and wine.

Eat well of the

sop,

Jenny,

Drink well of the wine

Thank

You

shall

be mine.

Jenny, she got well,

And stood upon her

And

you, Robin, kindly,

told

Robin

feet,

plainly,

She loved him not a

bit.

Robin being angry,

Hopp'd upon a twig

Saying, Out upon you, Jenny
;

Fie upon you, bold faced jig

87

FT10 market,

to market, to

Home again, home

buy a

again, dancing a jig ;

Ride to the market to buy a

Home

again,

home

fat pig,

fat hog,

again, jiggety-jog.

rflELL

tale, tit

Your tongue
be

And

shall

slit,

all

the dogs in

the town
Shall have a

fTlWO

little

dicky birds sat upon a

One nam'd Jack,

the other

Fly away, Jack fly away, Jill

Come again, Jack come again,
!

hill,

named

88

Jill

Jill

little bit.

she goes and

If

down

you haven't got

TTPON my word

she comes,
apples,

I'll

give you some plums.

and

honor,

As

was going

to

Bon-

ner,

met a

pig,

Without a wig,
^'/MJJLES
j
and
_^/*<

TT

Upon my word

honor.

TTIKEGAK,

veal,

and venison,

Are very good

victuals, I

vow.

TTTE'RE

all in the dumps,

For diamonds are trumps ;

The

kittens are gone to St. Paul's

The

babies are bit,

The moon's

And the

in a

fit,

houses are built without walls.

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89

good
king Arthur
ruled this land,

He was

a goodly

king;

He

stole

three

pecks of barleymeal,

To make

bag

pudding.

A bag pudding the

king did make,

Andstuff'ditwell
with plums

And in it put great

lumps of fat,
as my two

As big

_.

thumbs.

The king and queen did

eat thereof,

And noblemen beside

And what they could not
;

eat that night,

The queen next morning

(

90

fried.

TTTHERE
I

May

am

are

you going

to,

going a milking,

I go with you,

sir,

pretty

my

sir,

91

she said.
)

maid ?

she said.

pretty maid ?

You're kindly welcome,

(

my

What

My

"What

My

is

your

my

father,

father's a farmer,
is

face

Then

my

1 won't

fortune,

Nobody asked

you,

pretty

sir,

marry you,
sir,

maid

she said.

my

your fortune,
is

pretty

sir,

maid ?

she said.

my

pretty maid.

she said.

TTTHAT'S

the news of the day,

Good neighbor,
They say
Is

gone up to the moon.

TTTHAT are little boys made of,

What

are

Snaps and

snails,

And

what

that's

What
What

little

boys made

and puppy-dog's
little

boys are

are

little girls

made

of,

are

little girls

made

of?

Sugar and

spice,

And

what

that's

and

all

92

made

of,

of?
tails

made

made

of,

of,

made

made

things that are nice

are

little girls

I pray

the halloon

made

of,

of.

of,

made

of.

WHEN
And

was a bachelor, I lived all by myself,

the bread and cheese I got I put upon the

all

shelf.

and the mice they made such a strife,

I was forced to go to London to buy me a wife.
The roads were so bad, and the lanes were so narrow,
I was forced to bring my wife home in a wheel-barrow.
The wheel-barrow broke, and my wife had a fall,
Down came wheel-barrow, wife, and all.

The

rats

shoe-maker makes
WHAT
With

shoes without leather,

the four elements put together ?

Fire and water, earth and air ;
all

Ev'ry customer has two pair,

[A
(

93

Horse-Shoe.']

TTTHEN'

a Twister a

twisting,

For the twisting of his

But

will twist

twist,

him a

twist

he three times doth intwist

one of the twines of the twist do untwist,

The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist.
if

Untwirling the twine that untwisteth between,

twirls, with the twister, the two in a twine

He

Then

He

twice having twisted the twines of the twine,

twisteth the twine he

The twain

As

had twined

in twain.

that, in twining, before in the twine,

twines were intwisted

he

now doth untwine

'Twixt the twain inter-twisting a twine more between,

He, twirling his

~\

TTASH,

vv

twister,

makes

a twist of the twine.

hands, wash,

Daddy's gone to plough,

If you want your hands wash'd,
Have them wash'd now.

TTTHEIsT

little

ASH

"Wash on Saturday,
Slut indeed.

Fred went

to bed,

He always said his prayers

He kissed mamma, and then papa,
And straightway went up stairs.
(

on Friday,

"Wash in need

94

~\7~

SHALL

stand for playmates

V for Five stout,

I for but One, as

I'm

alive

and

D for Five

for a hundred,
for a

And

"V7TET

all

Thousand

Ten

men

stalwart

soldiers true

these figures I've told to you.

didn't

you

see,

What naughty

yet didn't you see,

tricks they put

upon

me ?

my pitcher, and spilt my water

And hufFd my mother, and chid her daughter;
And kissed my sister instead of me.
They broke

"VTOTJ

You

You

have an apple,
shall have a plum,

shall

have a

shall

rattle-bas-

ket,

When

your dad
home.

17ANY,

comes

Zany, Zad-

dlepate,

Go

to

bed early and

get up

late.

lambs to

sell,

young lambs

to sell

YOUNG
If I had as much money as I could
I never would cry,

young lambs

to sell.

Young lambs to sell, young lambs

I never would cry, young lambs to

THE END.

to sell.
sell.

tell,