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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Real Mother Goose
+Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
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+
+Title: The Real Mother Goose
+
+Author: (Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright)
+
+Release Date: January 5, 2004 [EBook #10607]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Suzanne Shell, Ben Courtney and PG Distributed Proofreaders
+
+
+
+
+
+      THE REAL
+    MOTHER GOOSE
+
+  _Illustrated by_
+Blanche Fisher Wright
+
+1916
+
+
+
+A LIST OF THE RHYMES
+
+Little Bo-Peep
+Little Boy Blue
+Rain
+The Clock
+Winter
+Fingers and Toes
+A Seasonable Song
+Dame Trot and Her Cat
+Three Children on the Ice
+Cross Patch
+The Old Woman Under a Hill
+Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee
+Oh Dear!
+Old Mother Goose
+Little Jumping Joan
+Pat-a-Cake
+Money and the Mare
+Robin Redbreast
+A Melancholy Song
+Jack
+Going to St. Ives
+Thirty Days Hath September
+Baby Dolly
+Bees
+Come Out to Play
+If Wishes Were Horses
+To Market
+Old Chairs to Mend
+Robin and Richard
+A Man and a Maid
+Here Goes My Lord
+The Clever Hen
+Two Birds
+Leg Over Leg
+Lucy Locket
+When Jenny Wren Was Young
+Barber
+The Flying Pig
+Solomon Grundy
+Hush-a-Bye
+Burnie Bee
+Three Wise Men of Gotham
+The Hunter of Reigate
+Little Polly Flinders
+Ride Away, Ride Away
+Pippen Hill
+Pussy-Cat and Queen
+The Winds
+Clap Handies
+Christmas
+Elizabeth
+Just Like Me
+Play Days
+Heigh-Ho, the Carrion Crow
+ABC
+A Needle and Thread
+Banbury Cross
+The Man in Our Town
+Georgy Porgy
+For Every Evil
+Cushy Cow
+Wee Willie Winkie
+About the Bush
+See-Saw
+Robin-a-Bobbin
+John Smith
+Simple Simon
+Three Blind Mice
+Five Toes
+A Little Man
+Doctor Foster
+Diddle Diddle Dumpling
+Jerry Hall
+Lengthening Days
+The Black Hen
+The Mist
+A Candle
+Miss Muffet
+Curly-Locks
+Humpty Dumpty
+One, Two, Three
+The Dove and the Wren
+Master I Have
+Pins
+Shall We Go A-Shearing?
+Goosey, Goosey, Gander
+Old Mother Hubbard
+The Cock and the Hen
+Blue Bell Boy
+Why May Not I Love Johnny?
+Jack Jelf
+Jack Sprat
+Hush-a-Bye
+Daffodils
+The Girl in the Lane
+Hush-a-Bye
+Nancy Dawson
+Handy Pandy
+Jack and Jill
+The Alphabet
+Dance to Your Daddie
+One Misty Moisty Morning
+Robin Hood and Little John
+Rain
+The Old Woman from France
+Teeth and Gums
+The Robins
+The Old Man
+T'Other Little Tune
+My Kitten
+If All the Seas Were One Sea
+Pancake Day
+A Plum Pudding
+Forehead, Eyes, Cheeks, Nose, etc.
+Two Pigeons
+A Sure Test
+Lock and Key
+The Lion and the Unicorn
+The Merchants of London
+I Had a Little Husband
+To Babylon
+I'll Tell You a Story
+A Strange Old Woman
+Sleep, Baby, Sleep
+Cry, Baby
+Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
+Little Fred
+The Cat and the Fiddle
+Doctor Fell
+A Counting-Out Rhyme
+Jack and His Fiddle
+Buttons
+Hot Boiled Beans
+Little Pussy
+Sing a Song of Sixpence
+Tommy Tittlemouse
+The Derby Ram
+The Hobby-Horse
+The Mulberry Bush
+Young Lambs to Sell
+Boy and the Sparrow
+Old Woman, Old Woman
+The First of May
+Sulky Sue
+The House That Jack Built
+Saturday, Sunday
+Little Jenny Wren
+The Old Woman and the Pedlar
+Bobby Snooks
+The Little Moppet
+I Saw a Ship A-Sailing
+A Walnut
+The Man in the Moon
+One, He Loves
+Bat, Bat
+Hark! Hark!
+The Hart
+My Love
+The Man of Bombay
+Poor Old Robinson Crusoe!
+A Sieve
+My Maid Mary
+A Difficult Rhyme
+Pretty John Watts
+Good Advice
+I Love Sixpence
+Bye, Baby Bunting
+Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son
+Comical Folk
+Cock-Crow
+Tommy Snooks
+The Three Sons
+The Blacksmith
+Two Gray Kits
+One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
+Cock-a-Doodle-Do!
+Pairs or Pears
+Belleisle
+Old King Cole
+See, See
+Dapple-Gray
+A Well
+Coffee and Tea
+Pussy-Cat Mew
+The Little Girl with a Curl
+Dreams
+A Cock and Bull Story
+For Baby
+Myself
+Over the Water
+Candle-Saving
+Fears and Tears
+The Kilkenny Cats
+Old Grimes
+A Week of Birthdays
+A Chimney
+Ladybird
+The Man Who Had Naught
+The Tailors and the Snail
+Around the Green Gravel
+Intery, Mintery
+Caesar's Song
+As I Was Going Along
+Hector Protector
+Billy, Billy
+Rock-a-Bye, Baby
+The Man in the Wilderness
+Little Jack Horner
+The Bird Scarer
+Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
+Bessy Bell and Mary Gray
+Needles and Pins
+Pussy-Cat and the Dumplings
+Dance, Thumbkin, Dance
+Mary's Canary
+The Little Bird
+Birds of a Feather
+The Dusty Miller
+A Star
+The Greedy Man
+The Ten O'Clock Scholar
+Cock-a-Doodle-Do
+An Icicle
+A Ship's Nail
+The Old Woman of Leeds
+The Boy in the Barn
+Sunshine
+Willy, Willy
+Tongs
+Jack Jingle
+The Quarrel
+The Pumpkin-Eater
+Shoeing
+Betty Blue
+That's All
+Bedtime
+Dance, Little Baby
+My Little Maid
+For Want of a Nail
+Pease Porridge
+Ring a Ring o' Roses
+The Crooked Sixpence
+This Is the Way
+Ducks and Drakes
+The Donkey
+If
+The Bells
+Little Girl and Queen
+The King of France
+Peter Piper
+One to Ten
+An Equal
+The Tarts
+Come, Let's to Bed
+Little Maid
+What Are Little Boys Made Of?
+Bandy Legs
+The Girl and the Birds
+A Pig
+Jenny Wren
+Little Tom Tucker
+Where Are You Going, My Pretty
+Maid?
+The Old Woman of Gloucester
+Multiplication Is Vexation
+Little King Boggen
+Whistle
+Bell Horses
+Taffy
+The Robin
+The Old Woman of Harrow
+Young Roger and Dolly
+The Piper and His Cow
+The Man of Derby
+The Coachman
+There was an Old Woman
+A Thorn
+The Old Woman of Surrey
+The Little Mouse
+Boy and Girl
+When
+Sing, Sing
+London Bridge
+March Winds
+The Balloon
+A Cherry
+The Lost Shoe
+Hot Codlins
+Swan
+Three Straws
+The Man of Tobago
+Ding, Dong, Bell
+A Sunshiny Shower
+The Farmer and the Raven
+Christmas
+Willy Boy
+Polly and Sukey
+The Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin
+The Mouse and the Clock
+Hot-Cross Buns
+Bobby Shaftoe
+The Bunch of Blue Ribbons
+The Woman of Exeter
+Sneezing
+Pussy-Cat by the Fire
+When the Snow Is on the Ground
+
+
+AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF
+FIRST LINES
+
+A, B, C, and D
+About the bush, Willie
+A carrion crow sat on an oak
+A diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar!
+A duck and a drake
+A farmer went trotting, upon his gray mare
+A hill full, a hole full
+A little boy went into a barn
+A little cock-sparrow sat on a green tree
+A little old man of Derby
+A man went a-hunting at Reigate
+A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose
+A robin and a robin's son
+Around the green gravel the grass grows green
+As I walked by myself
+As I was going along, along
+As I was going to Derby all on a market-day
+As I was going to St. Ives
+As I was going to sell my eggs
+As I was going up Pippen Hill
+As I went through the garden gap
+As I went to Bonner
+As little Jenny Wren
+As round as an apple, as deep as a cup
+As soft as silk, as white as milk
+As the days grow longer
+As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks
+A sunshiny shower
+A swarm of bees in May
+At the siege of Belleisle
+Away, birds, away!
+
+Baa, baa, black sheep
+Barber, barber, shave a pig
+Bat, bat
+Bell horses, bell horses, what time of day?
+Bessy Bell and Mary Gray
+"Billy, Billy, come and play"
+Birds of a feather flock together
+Black within and red without
+Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea
+Bow-wow-wow!
+Burnie bee, burnie bee
+Buttons, a farthing a pair!
+Bye, baby bunting
+
+Christmas comes but once a year
+Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat
+Clap, clap handies
+Cock-a-doodle-do!
+"Cock, cock, cock, cock"
+Cocks crow in the morn
+Cold and raw the north wind doth blow
+Come when you're called
+Cross patch, draw the latch
+Cry, baby, cry
+Curly-locks, Curly-locks, wilt thou be mine?
+Cushy cow, bonny, let down thy milk
+
+Daffy-down-dilly has come to town
+Dame Trot and her cat
+Dance, little Baby, dance up high!
+Dance, Thumbkin, dance
+Dance to your daddie
+Dear, dear! what can the matter be?
+Dickory, dickory, dare
+Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John
+Ding, dong, bell
+Doctor Foster went to Glo'ster
+Donkey, donkey, old and gray
+Doodle doodle doo
+
+Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess
+Every lady in this land
+
+Flour of England, fruit of Spain
+For every evil under the sun
+For want of a nail, the shoe was lost
+Four and Twenty tailors
+Friday nights dream, on Saturday told
+
+Georgy Porgy, pudding and pie
+Girls and boys, come out to play
+Goosey, goosey, gander
+Great A, little a
+Great A, little a
+
+Handy Pandy, Jack-a-dandy
+Hark, hark! the dogs do bark!
+Hector Protector was dressed all in green
+Here am I, little jumping Joan
+Here goes my lord
+Here sits the Lord Mayor
+Here's Sulky Sue
+Here we go round the mulberry bush
+Hey, diddle, diddle!
+Hey diddle dinkety poppety pet
+Hey, my kitten, my kitten
+Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more
+Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7
+Hickety, pickety, my black hen
+Hickory, dickory, dock!
+High diddle doubt, my candle's out
+Higher than a house, higher than a tree
+Hot-cross Buns!
+How many days has my baby to play?
+How many miles is it to Babylon?
+Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
+Hush-a-bye, baby
+Hush-a-bye, baby, lie still with thy daddy
+Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top!
+Hush, baby, my dolly, I pray you don't cry
+
+"I am a gold lock"
+I do not like thee, Doctor Fell
+If all the seas were one sea
+If all the world were apple pie
+If I'd as much money as I could spend
+If I'd as much money as I could tell
+If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
+If you are to be a gentleman
+If you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger
+I had a little boy
+I had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen
+I had a little hobby-horse
+I had a little husband no bigger than my thumb
+I had a little moppet
+I had a little pony
+I had two pigeons bright and gay
+I have seen you, little mouse
+I like little Pussy
+I'll tell you a story
+I love sixpence, a jolly, jolly sixpence
+In a cottage in Fife
+Intery, mintery, cutery corn
+I saw a ship a-sailing
+Is John Smith within?
+I went to the wood and got it
+"I went up one pair of stairs"
+I won't be my father's Jack
+
+Jack and Jill went up the hill
+Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
+Jack Sprat
+"Jacky, come and give me thy fiddle"
+Jerry Hall, he was so small
+Johnny shall have a new bonnet
+
+Ladies and gentlemen come to supper
+Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home!
+Leg over leg
+"Lend me thy mare to ride a mile"
+Little Betty Blue
+Little Bobby Snooks was fond of his books
+Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep
+Little Boy Blue, come, blow your horn!
+"Little girl, little girl, where have you been?"
+Little Jack Horner
+Little Jack Jelf
+Little Jack Jingle
+Little Jenny Wren fell sick
+Little King Boggen, he built a fine hall
+"Little maid, pretty maid, whither goest thou?"
+Little Miss Muffet
+Little Nanny Etticoat
+Little Polly Flinders
+Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree
+Little Tommy Tittlemouse
+Little Tom Tucker
+Lives in winter
+London Bridge is broken down
+Long legs, crooked thighs
+Lucy Locket lost her pocket
+
+March winds and April showers
+Margaret wrote a letter
+Mary had a pretty bird
+Mary, Mary, quite contrary
+Master I have, and I am his man
+Mister East gave a feast
+Molly, my sister and I fell out
+Monday's child is fair of face
+Multiplication is vexation
+My little old man and I fell out
+My maid Mary she minds the dairy
+
+Nancy Dawson was so fine
+Needles and pins, needles and pins
+
+Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
+Oh, my pretty cock, oh, my handsome cock
+Old Grimes is dead, that good old man
+Old King Cole
+Old Mother Goose, when
+Old Mother Hubbard
+Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye
+"Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?"
+Once I saw a little bird
+One, he loves; two, he loves
+One misty moisty morning
+One, two, buckle my shoe
+One, two, three, four, five
+1,2,3,4,5!
+On Saturday night
+Over the water
+Over the water, and over the sea
+
+Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake
+Pease porridge hot
+Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater
+Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
+Piping hot, smoking hot
+Polly, put the kettle on
+Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
+Pretty John Watts
+Pussy-cat ate the dumplings, the dumplings
+Pussy-cat Mew jumped over a coal
+"Pussy-cat, pussy-cat"
+Pussy-cat sits by the fire
+
+Rain, rain, go away
+Rain, rain, go to Spain
+Read my riddle, I pray
+Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross
+Ride away, ride away
+Ring a ring o' roses
+"Robert Barnes, my fellow fine"
+Robin-a-Bobbin
+Robin and Richard were two pretty men
+Robin Hood, Robin Hood
+Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green
+
+Saw ye aught of my love a-coming from the market?
+See a pin and pick it up
+See-saw, Margery Daw
+See, see! What shall I see?
+Shoe the colt
+Simple Simon met a pieman
+Sing a song of sixpence
+Sing, sing, what shall I sing?
+Sleep, baby, sleep
+Solomon Grundy
+Swan, swan, over the sea
+
+Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief
+The cock's on the housetop blowing his horn
+The dove says coo, coo, what shall I do?
+The fair maid who, the first of May
+The girl in the lane, that couldn't speak plain
+The greedy man is he who sits
+The hart he love's the high wood
+The King of France went up the hill
+The little robin grieves
+The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown
+The Man in the Moon came tumbling down
+The Man in the Moon looked out of the moon
+The man in the wilderness
+The north wind doth blow
+The Queen of Hearts
+There came an old woman from France
+There dwelt an old woman at Exeter
+There's a neat little clock
+There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile
+There was a fat man of Bombay
+There was a little boy and a little girl
+There was a little girl who had a little curl
+There was a little man
+There was a little man, and he had a little gun
+There was a little woman, as I've been told
+There was a man and he had naught
+There was a man in our town
+There was an old man
+There was an old man of Tobago
+There was an old woman
+There was an old woman, and what do you think?
+There was an old woman, as I've heard tell
+There was an old woman had three sons
+There was an old woman in Surrey
+There was an old woman of Gloucester
+There was an old woman of Harrow
+There was an old woman of Leeds
+There was an old woman sat spinning
+There was an old woman tossed in a basket
+There was an old woman who lived in a shoe
+There was a piper had a cow
+There were once two cats of Kilkenny
+There were two birds sat on a stone
+The two gray kits
+Thirty days hath September
+Thirty white horses upon a red hill
+This is the house that Jack built
+This is the way the ladies ride
+This little pig went to market
+Three blind mice! See how they run!
+Three children sliding on the ice
+Three straws on a staff
+Three wise men of Gotham
+"To bed! To bed"
+To make your candles last for aye
+To market, to market, to buy a fat pig
+Tommy's tears and Mary's fears
+Tom, Tom, the piper's son
+Trip upon trenchers
+'Twas once upon a time, when Jenny Wren was young
+Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee
+Twelve pairs hanging high
+
+Up at Piccadilly, oh!
+
+Wee Willie Winkle runs through the town
+What are little boys made of, made of?
+"What is the news of the day"
+What is the rhyme for porringer?
+When I was a bachelor
+When I was a little girl, about seven years old
+When little Fred went to bed
+"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
+"Whistle, daughter, whistle"
+Who killed Cock Robin?
+"Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going?"
+Willy, Willy Wilkin
+
+Young Roger came tapping at Dolly's window
+"You owe me five shillings"
+You shall have an apple
+
+
+  THE REAL
+MOTHER GOOSE
+
+
+LITTLE BO-PEEP
+
+Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
+  And can't tell where to find them;
+Leave them alone, and they'll come home,
+  And bring their tails behind them.
+
+Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,
+  And dreamt she heard them bleating;
+But when she awoke, she found it a joke,
+  For still they all were fleeting.
+
+Then up she took her little crook,
+  Determined for to find them;
+She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
+  For they'd left all their tails behind 'em!
+
+It happened one day, as Bo-peep did stray
+  Unto a meadow hard by--
+There she espied their tails, side by side,
+  All hung on a tree to dry.
+
+She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,
+  And over the hillocks she raced;
+And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,
+  That each tail should be properly placed.
+
+
+LITTLE BOY BLUE
+
+Little Boy Blue, come, blow your horn!
+The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
+Where's the little boy that looks after the sheep?
+Under the haystack, fast asleep!
+
+
+RAIN
+
+Rain, rain, go away,
+Come again another day;
+Little Johnny wants to play.
+
+
+THE CLOCK
+
+There's a neat little clock,--
+  In the schoolroom it stands,--
+And it points to the time
+  With its two little hands.
+
+And may we, like the clock,
+  Keep a face clean and bright,
+With hands ever ready
+  To do what is right.
+
+
+WINTER
+
+Cold and raw the north wind doth blow,
+Bleak in the morning early;
+All the hills are covered with snow,
+And winter's now come fairly.
+
+
+FINGERS AND TOES
+
+Every lady in this land
+Has twenty nails, upon each hand
+Five, and twenty on hands and feet:
+All this is true, without deceit.
+
+
+A SEASONABLE SONG
+
+Piping hot, smoking hot.
+    What I've got
+    You have not.
+Hot gray pease, hot, hot, hot;
+Hot gray pease, hot.
+
+
+DAME TROT AND HER CAT
+
+Dame Trot and her cat
+  Led a peaceable life,
+When they were not troubled
+  With other folks' strife.
+
+When Dame had her dinner
+  Pussy would wait,
+And was sure to receive
+  A nice piece from her plate.
+
+
+THREE CHILDREN ON THE ICE
+
+Three children sliding on the ice
+    Upon a summer's day,
+As it fell out, they all fell in,
+    The rest they ran away.
+
+Oh, had these children been at school,
+    Or sliding on dry ground,
+Ten thousand pounds to one penny
+    They had not then been drowned.
+
+Ye parents who have children dear,
+    And ye, too, who have none,
+If you would keep them safe abroad
+    Pray keep them safe at home.
+
+
+CROSS PATCH
+
+Cross patch, draw the latch,
+  Sit by the fire and spin;
+Take a cup and drink it up,
+  Then call your neighbors in.
+
+
+THE OLD WOMAN UNDER A HILL
+
+There was an old woman
+  Lived under a hill;
+And if she's not gone,
+  She lives there still.
+
+
+TWEEDLE-DUM AND TWEEDLE-DEE
+
+Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee
+    Resolved to have a battle,
+For Tweedle-dum said Tweedle-dee
+    Had spoiled his nice new rattle.
+
+Just then flew by a monstrous crow,
+    As big as a tar barrel,
+Which frightened both the heroes so,
+    They quite forgot their quarrel.
+
+
+OH, DEAR!
+
+Dear, dear! what can the matter be?
+Two old women got up in an apple-tree;
+One came down, and the other stayed till Saturday.
+
+
+OLD MOTHER GOOSE
+
+Old Mother Goose, when
+  She wanted to wander,
+Would ride through the air
+  On a very fine gander.
+
+
+LITTLE JUMPING JOAN
+
+    Here am I, little jumping Joan,
+When nobody's with me
+    I'm always alone.
+
+
+PAT-A-CAKE
+
+Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake,
+  Baker's man!
+So I do, master,
+  As fast as I can.
+
+Pat it, and prick it,
+  And mark it with T,
+Put it in the oven
+  For Tommy and me.
+
+
+MONEY AND THE MARE
+
+"Lend me thy mare to ride a mile."
+"She is lamed, leaping over a stile."
+
+"Alack! and I must keep the fair!
+I'll give thee money for thy mare."
+
+"Oh, oh! say you so?
+Money will make the mare to go!"
+
+
+ROBIN REDBREAST
+
+Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree,
+Up went Pussy-Cat, down went he,
+Down came Pussy-Cat, away Robin ran,
+Says little Robin Redbreast: "Catch me if you can!"
+
+Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a spade,
+Pussy-Cat jumped after him, and then he was afraid.
+Little Robin chirped and sang, and what did Pussy say?
+Pussy-Cat said: "Mew, mew, mew," and Robin flew away.
+
+
+A MELANCHOLY SONG
+
+Trip upon trenchers,
+And dance upon dishes,
+My mother sent me for some barm, some barm;
+She bid me go lightly,
+And come again quickly,
+For fear the young men should do me some harm.
+Yet didn't you see, yet didn't you see,
+What naughty tricks they put upon me?
+They broke my pitcher
+And spilt the water,
+And huffed my mother,
+And chid her daughter,
+And kissed my sister instead of me.
+
+
+JACK
+
+Jack be nimble, Jack be quick,
+Jack jump over the candlestick.
+
+
+GOING TO ST. IVES
+
+As I was going to St. Ives
+I met a man with seven wives.
+Every wife had seven sacks,
+Every sack had seven cats,
+Every cat had seven kits.
+Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
+How many were going to St. Ives?
+
+
+THIRTY DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER
+
+Thirty days hath September,
+April, June, and November;
+February has twenty-eight alone,
+All the rest have thirty-one,
+Excepting leap-year, that's the time
+When February's days are twenty-nine.
+
+
+BABY DOLLY
+
+Hush, baby, my dolly, I pray you don't cry,
+And I'll give you some bread, and some milk by-and-by;
+Or perhaps you like custard, or, maybe, a tart,
+Then to either you're welcome, with all my heart.
+
+
+BEES
+
+A swarm of bees in May
+Is worth a load of hay;
+A swarm of bees in June
+Is worth a silver spoon;
+A swarm of bees in July
+Is not worth a fly.
+
+
+COME OUT TO PLAY
+
+Girls and boys, come out to play,
+The moon doth shine as bright as day;
+Leave your supper, and leave your sleep,
+And come with your playfellows into the street.
+Come with a whoop, come with a call,
+Come with a good will or not at all.
+Up the ladder and down the wall,
+A half-penny roll will serve us all.
+You find milk, and I'll find flour,
+And we'll have a pudding in half an hour.
+
+
+IF WISHES WERE HORSES
+
+If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
+If turnips were watches, I would wear one by my side.
+    And if "ifs" and "ands"
+    Were pots and pans,
+There'd be no work for tinkers!
+
+
+TO MARKET
+
+To market, to market, to buy a fat pig.
+Home again, home again, jiggety jig.
+To market, to market, to buy a fat hog,
+Home again, home again, jiggety jog.
+To market, to market, to buy a plum bun,
+Home again, home again, market is done.
+
+
+OLD CHAIRS TO MEND
+
+If I'd as much money as I could spend,
+I never would cry old chairs to mend;
+Old chairs to mend, old chairs to mend;
+I never would cry old chairs to mend.
+
+If I'd as much money as I could tell,
+I never would cry old clothes to sell;
+Old clothes to sell, old clothes to sell;
+I never would cry old clothes to sell.
+
+
+ROBIN AND RICHARD
+
+Robin and Richard were two pretty men,
+They lay in bed till the clock struck ten;
+Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky,
+"Oh, brother Richard, the sun's very high!
+You go before, with the bottle and bag,
+And I will come after on little Jack Nag."
+
+
+A MAN AND A MAID
+
+    There was a little man,
+    Who wooed a little maid,
+And he said, "Little maid, will you wed, wed, wed?
+    I have little more to say,
+    So will you, yea or nay,
+For least said is soonest mended-ded, ded, ded."
+
+    The little maid replied,
+    "Should I be your little bride,
+Pray what must we have for to eat, eat, eat?
+    Will the flame that you're so rich in
+    Light a fire in the kitchen?
+Or the little god of love turn the spit, spit, spit?"
+
+
+HERE GOES MY LORD
+
+      Here goes my lord
+A trot, a trot, a trot, a trot,
+      Here goes my lady
+A canter, a canter, a canter, a canter!
+
+      Here goes my young master
+Jockey-hitch, jockey-hitch, jockey-hitch, jockey-hitch!
+      Here goes my young miss
+An amble, an amble, an amble, an amble!
+
+The footman lags behind to tipple ale and wine,
+And goes gallop, a gallop, a gallop, to make up his time.
+
+
+THE CLEVER HEN
+
+I had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen,
+She washed me the dishes and kept the house clean;
+She went to the mill to fetch me some flour,
+She brought it home in less than an hour;
+She baked me my bread, she brewed me my ale,
+She sat by the fire and told many a fine tale.
+
+
+TWO BIRDS
+
+There were two birds sat on a stone,
+    Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
+One flew away, and then there was one,
+    Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
+The other bird flew after,
+And then there was none,
+    Fa, la, la, la, lal, de;
+And so the stone
+Was left alone,
+    Fa, la, la, la, lal, de.
+
+
+LEG OVER LEG
+
+Leg over leg,
+As the dog went to Dover;
+When he came to a stile,
+Jump, he went over.
+
+
+LUCY LOCKET
+
+Lucy Locket lost her pocket,
+Kitty Fisher found it;
+Nothing in it, nothing in it,
+But the binding round it.
+
+
+WHEN JENNY WREN WAS YOUNG
+
+'Twas once upon a time, when Jenny Wren was young,
+So daintily she danced and so prettily she sung,
+Robin Redbreast lost his heart, for he was a gallant bird.
+So he doffed his hat to Jenny Wren, requesting to be heard.
+
+"Oh, dearest Jenny Wren, if you will but be mine,
+You shall feed on cherry pie 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 blushed behind her fan and thus declared her mind:
+"Since, dearest Bob, I love you well, I'll take your offer kind.
+Cherry pie is very nice and so is currant wine,
+But I must wear my plain brown gown and never go too fine."
+
+
+BARBER
+
+Barber, barber, shave a pig.
+How many hairs will make a wig?
+Four and twenty; that's enough.
+Give the barber a pinch of snuff.
+
+
+THE FLYING PIG
+
+Dickory, dickory, dare,
+The pig flew up in the air;
+The man in brown soon brought
+      him down,
+          Dickory,
+            dickory,
+              dare.
+
+
+SOLOMON GRUNDY
+
+Solomon Grundy,
+Born on a Monday,
+Christened on Tuesday,
+Married on Wednesday,
+Took ill on Thursday,
+Worse on Friday,
+Died on Saturday,
+Buried on Sunday.
+This is the end
+Of Solomon Grundy.
+
+
+HUSH-A-BYE
+
+Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top!
+When the wind blows the cradle will rock;
+When the bough breaks the cradle will fall;
+Down will come baby, bough, cradle and all.
+
+
+BURNIE BEE
+
+Burnie bee, burnie bee,
+Tell me when your wedding be?
+If it be to-morrow day,
+Take your wings and fly away.
+
+
+THREE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM
+
+Three wise men of Gotham
+Went to sea in a bowl;
+If the bowl had been stronger
+My song had been longer.
+
+
+THE HUNTER OF REIGATE
+
+A man went a-hunting at Reigate,
+And wished to leap over a high gate.
+  Says the owner, "Go round,
+  With your gun and your hound,
+For you never shall leap over my gate."
+
+
+LITTLE POLLY FLINDERS
+
+Little Polly Flinders
+Sat among the cinders
+    Warming her pretty little toes;
+Her mother came and caught her,
+Whipped her little daughter
+    For spoiling her nice new clothes.
+
+
+RIDE AWAY, RIDE AWAY
+
+Ride away, ride away,
+  Johnny shall ride,
+And he shall have pussy-cat
+  Tied to one side;
+And he shall have little dog
+  Tied to the other,
+And Johnny shall ride
+  To see his grandmother.
+
+
+PIPPEN HILL
+
+As I was going up Pippen Hill,
+    Pippen Hill was dirty;
+There I met a pretty Miss,
+    And she dropped me a curtsy.
+
+Little Miss, pretty Miss,
+    Blessings light upon you;
+If I had half-a-crown a day,
+    I'd spend it all upon you.
+
+
+PUSSY-CAT AND QUEEN
+
+"Pussy-cat, pussy-cat,
+    Where have you been?"
+"I've been to London
+    To look at the Queen."
+
+"Pussy-cat, pussy-cat,
+    What did you there?"
+"I frightened a little mouse
+    Under the chair."
+
+
+THE WINDS
+
+Mister East gave a feast;
+Mister North laid the cloth;
+Mister West did his best;
+Mister South burnt his mouth
+Eating cold potato.
+
+
+CLAP HANDIES
+
+    Clap, clap handies,
+Mammie's wee, wee ain;
+    Clap, clap handies,
+Daddie's comin' hame,
+Hame till his bonny wee bit laddie;
+    Clap, clap handies,
+    My wee, wee ain.
+
+
+CHRISTMAS
+
+Christmas comes but once a year,
+And when it comes it brings good cheer.
+
+
+ELIZABETH
+
+Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess,
+They all went together to seek a bird's nest;
+They found a bird's nest with five eggs in,
+They all took one, and left four in.
+
+
+JUST LIKE ME
+
+"I went up one pair of stairs."
+    "Just like me."
+
+"I went up two pairs of stairs."
+    "Just like me."
+
+"I went into a room."
+    "Just like me."
+
+"I looked out of a window."
+    "Just like me."
+
+"And there I saw a monkey."
+    "Just like me."
+
+
+PLAY DAYS
+
+How many days has my baby to play?
+    Saturday, Sunday, Monday,
+Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
+    Saturday, Sunday, Monday.
+
+
+HEIGH-HO, THE CARRION CROW
+
+A carrion crow sat on an oak,
+    Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do,
+Watching a tailor shape his cloak;
+    Sing heigh-ho, the carrion crow,
+    Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do!
+
+Wife, bring me my old bent bow,
+    Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do,
+That I may shoot yon carrion crow;
+    Sing heigh-ho, the carrion crow,
+    Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do!
+
+The tailor he shot, and missed his mark,
+    Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do!
+And shot his own sow quite through the heart;
+    Sing heigh-ho, the carrion crow,
+    Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do!
+
+Wife! bring brandy in a spoon,
+    Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do!
+For our old sow is in a swoon;
+    Sing heigh-ho, the carrion crow,
+    Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do!
+
+
+ABC
+
+Great A, little a,
+  Bouncing B!
+The cat's in the cupboard,
+  And can't see me.
+
+
+A NEEDLE AND THREAD
+
+Old Mother Twitchett had but one eye,
+And a long tail which she let fly;
+And every time she went through a gap,
+A bit of her tail she left in a trap.
+
+
+BANBURY CROSS
+
+Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
+To see an old lady upon a white horse.
+Rings on her fingers, and bells on her toes,
+She shall have music wherever she goes.
+
+
+THE MAN IN OUR TOWN
+
+There was a man in our town,
+    And he was wondrous wise,
+He jumped into a bramble bush,
+    And scratched out both his eyes;
+But when he saw his eyes were out,
+    With all his might and main,
+He jumped into another bush,
+    And scratched 'em in again.
+
+
+GEORGY PORGY
+
+Georgy Porgy, pudding and pie,
+Kissed the girls and made them cry.
+When the boys came out to play,
+Georgy Porgy ran away.
+
+
+FOR EVERY EVIL
+
+For every evil under the sun
+There is a remedy or there is none.
+If there be one, seek till you find it;
+If there be none, never mind it.
+
+
+CUSHY COW
+
+Cushy cow, bonny, let down thy milk,
+And I will give thee a gown of silk;
+A gown of silk and a silver tee,
+If thou wilt let down thy milk to me.
+
+
+WEE WILLIE WINKIE
+
+Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
+Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown;
+Rapping at the window, crying through the lock,
+"Are the children in their beds? Now it's eight o'clock."
+
+
+ABOUT THE BUSH
+
+About the bush, Willie,
+    About the beehive,
+About the bush, Willie,
+    I'll meet thee alive.
+
+
+SEE-SAW
+
+See-saw, Margery Daw,
+Sold her bed and lay upon straw.
+
+
+ROBIN-A-BOBBIN
+
+Robin-a-Bobbin
+Bent his bow,
+Shot at a pigeon,
+And killed a crow.
+
+
+JOHN SMITH
+
+Is John Smith within?
+Yes, that he is.
+Can he set a shoe?
+Ay, marry, two.
+Here a nail, there a nail,
+Tick, tack, too.
+
+
+SIMPLE SIMON
+
+Simple Simon met a pieman,
+    Going 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 could find
+    Was in his mother's pail!
+
+Simple Simon went to look
+    If plums grew on a thistle;
+He pricked his fingers very much,
+    Which made poor Simon whistle.
+
+He went to catch a dicky bird,
+    And thought he could not fail,
+Because he had a little salt,
+    To put upon its tail.
+
+He went for water with a sieve,
+    But soon it ran all through;
+And now poor Simple Simon
+    Bids you all adieu.
+
+
+THREE BLIND MICE
+
+Three blind mice! See how they run!
+They all ran after the farmer's wife,
+Who cut off their tails with a carving knife.
+Did you ever see such a thing in your life
+As three blind mice?
+
+
+FIVE TOES
+
+This little pig went to market;
+This little pig stayed at home;
+This little pig had roast beef;
+This little pig had none;
+This little pig said, "Wee, wee!
+I can't find my way home."
+
+
+A LITTLE MAN
+
+There was a little man, and he had a little gun,
+  And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead;
+He went to the brook, and saw a little duck,
+  And shot it right through the head, head, head.
+
+He carried it home to his old wife Joan,
+  And bade her a fire to make, make, make.
+To roast the little duck he had shot in the brook,
+  And he'd go and fetch the drake, drake, drake.
+
+The drake was a-swimming with his curly tail;
+  The little man made it his mark, mark, mark.
+He let off his gun, but he fired too soon,
+  And the drake flew away with a quack, quack, quack.
+
+
+DOCTOR FOSTER
+
+Doctor Foster went to Glo'ster,
+  In a shower of rain;
+He stepped in a puddle, up to his middle,
+  And never went there again.
+
+
+DIDDLE DIDDLE DUMPLING
+
+Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John
+Went to bed with his breeches on,
+One stocking off, and one stocking on;
+Diddle diddle dumpling, my son John.
+
+
+JERRY HALL
+
+Jerry Hall, he was so small,
+A rat could eat him, hat and all.
+
+
+LENGTHENING DAYS
+
+As the days grow longer
+The storms grow stronger.
+
+
+THE BLACK HEN
+
+Hickety, pickety, my black hen,
+She lays eggs for gentlemen;
+Gentlemen come every day
+To see what my black hen doth lay.
+
+
+THE MIST
+
+A hill full, a hole full,
+Yet you cannot catch a bowl full.
+
+
+A CANDLE
+
+Little Nanny Etticoat
+In a white petticoat,
+And a red nose;
+The longer she stands
+The shorter she grows.
+
+
+MISS MUFFET
+
+    Little Miss Muffet
+    Sat on a tuffet,
+Eating of curds and whey;
+    There came a big spider,
+    And sat down beside her,
+And frightened Miss Muffet away.
+
+
+CURLY-LOCKS
+
+Curly-locks, Curly-locks, wilt thou be mine?
+Thou shalt not wash the dishes, nor yet feed the swine;
+But sit on a cushion, and sew a fine seam
+And feed upon strawberries, sugar, and cream.
+
+
+HUMPTY DUMPTY
+
+Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
+Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
+All the King's horses, and all the King's men
+Cannot put Humpty Dumpty together again.
+
+
+ONE, TWO, THREE
+
+One, two, three, four, five,
+Once I caught a fish alive.
+Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
+But I let it go again.
+Why did you let it go?
+Because it bit my finger so.
+Which finger did it bite?
+The little one upon the right.
+
+
+THE DOVE AND THE WREN
+
+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.
+
+
+MASTER I HAVE
+
+Master I have, and I am his man,
+    Gallop a dreary dun;
+Master I have, and I am his man,
+    And I'll get a wife as fast as I can;
+With a heighty gaily gamberally,
+    Higgledy piggledy, niggledy, niggledy,
+    Gallop a dreary dun.
+
+
+PINS
+
+See a pin and pick it up,
+All the day you'll have good luck.
+See a pin and let it lay,
+Bad luck you'll have all the day.
+
+
+SHALL WE GO A-SHEARING?
+
+"Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?"
+"Speak a little louder, sir, I am very thick of hearing."
+"Old woman, old woman, shall I kiss you dearly?"
+"Thank you, kind sir, I hear you very clearly."
+
+
+GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER
+
+Goosey, goosey, gander,
+  Whither dost thou wander?
+Upstairs and downstairs
+  And in my lady's chamber.
+
+There I met an old man
+  Who wouldn't say his prayers;
+I took him by the left leg,
+  And threw him down the stairs.
+
+
+OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
+
+Old Mother Hubbard
+Went to the cupboard,
+  To give her poor dog a bone;
+But when she got there
+The cupboard was bare,
+  And so the poor dog had none.
+
+She went to the baker's
+  To buy him some bread;
+When she came back
+  The dog was dead.
+
+She went to the undertaker's
+  To buy him a coffin;
+When she got back
+  The dog was laughing.
+
+She took a clean dish
+  To get him some tripe;
+When she came back
+  He was smoking a pipe.
+
+She went to the alehouse
+  To get him some beer;
+When she came back
+  The dog sat in a chair.
+
+She went to the tavern
+  For white wine and red;
+When she came back
+  The dog stood on his head.
+
+She went to the hatter's
+  To buy him a hat;
+When she came back
+  He was feeding the cat.
+
+She went to the barber's
+  To buy him a wig;
+When she came back
+  He was dancing a jig.
+
+She went to the fruiterer's
+  To buy him some fruit;
+When she came back
+  He was playing the flute.
+
+She went to the tailor's
+  To buy him a coat;
+When she came back
+  He was riding a goat.
+
+She went to the cobbler's
+  To buy him some shoes;
+When she came back
+  He was reading the news.
+
+She went to the sempster's
+  To buy him some linen;
+When she came back
+  The dog was a-spinning.
+
+She went to the hosier's
+  To buy him some hose;
+When she came back
+  He was dressed in his clothes.
+
+The dame made a curtsy,
+  The dog made a bow;
+The dame said, "Your servant,"
+  The dog said, "Bow-wow."
+
+
+THE COCK AND THE HEN
+
+"Cock, cock, cock, cock,
+I've laid an egg,
+Am I to gang ba--are-foot?"
+
+"Hen, hen, hen, hen,
+I've been up and down
+To every shop in town,
+And cannot find a shoe
+To fit your foot,
+If I'd crow my hea--art out."
+
+
+BLUE BELL BOY
+
+I had a little boy,
+  And called him Blue Bell;
+Gave him a little work,--
+  He did it very well.
+
+I bade him go upstairs
+  To bring me a gold pin;
+In coal scuttle fell he,
+  Up to his little chin.
+
+He went to the garden
+  To pick a little sage;
+He tumbled on his nose,
+  And fell into a rage.
+
+He went to the cellar
+  To draw a little beer;
+And quickly did return
+  To say there was none there.
+
+
+WHY MAY NOT I LOVE JOHNNY?
+
+Johnny shall have a new bonnet,
+  And Johnny shall go to the fair,
+And Johnny shall have a blue ribbon
+  To tie up his bonny brown hair.
+
+And why may not I love Johnny?
+  And why may not Johnny love me?
+And why may not I love Johnny
+  As well as another body?
+
+And here's a leg for a stocking,
+  And here's a foot for a shoe,
+And he has a kiss for his daddy,
+  And two for his mammy, I trow.
+
+And why may not I love Johnny?
+  And why may not Johnny love me?
+And why may not I love Johnny
+  As well as another body?
+
+
+JACK JELF
+
+    Little Jack Jelf
+    Was put on the shelf
+Because he could not spell "pie";
+    When his aunt, Mrs. Grace,
+    Saw his sorrowful face,
+She could not help saying, "Oh, fie!"
+
+    And since Master Jelf
+    Was put on the shelf
+Because he could not spell "pie,"
+    Let him stand there so grim,
+    And no more about him,
+For I wish him a very good-bye!
+
+
+JACK SPRAT
+
+    Jack Sprat
+    Could eat no fat,
+His wife could eat no lean;
+    And so,
+    Betwixt them both,
+They licked the platter clean.
+
+
+HUSH-A-BYE
+
+  Hush-a-bye, baby,
+    Daddy is near;
+Mamma is a lady,
+  And that's very clear.
+
+
+DAFFODILS
+
+Daffy-down-dilly has come to town
+In a yellow petticoat and a green gown.
+
+
+THE GIRL IN THE LANE
+
+The girl in the lane, that couldn't speak plain,
+  Cried, "Gobble, gobble, gobble":
+The man on the hill that couldn't stand still,
+  Went hobble hobble, hobble.
+
+
+HUSH-A-BYE
+
+Hush-a-bye, baby, lie still with thy daddy,
+  Thy mammy has gone to the mill,
+To get some meal to bake a cake,
+  So pray, my dear baby, lie still.
+
+
+NANCY DAWSON
+
+Nancy Dawson was so fine
+She wouldn't get up to serve the swine;
+She lies in bed till eight or nine,
+So it's Oh, poor Nancy Dawson.
+
+And do ye ken Nancy Dawson, honey?
+The wife who sells the barley, honey?
+She won't get up to feed her swine,
+And do ye ken Nancy Dawson, honey?
+
+
+HANDY PANDY
+
+Handy Pandy, Jack-a-dandy,
+Loves plum cake and sugar candy.
+He bought some at a grocer's shop,
+And out he came, hop, hop, hop!
+
+
+JACK AND JILL
+
+Jack and Jill went up the hill,
+  To fetch a pail of water;
+Jack fell down, and broke his crown,
+  And Jill came tumbling after.
+
+Then up Jack got and off did trot,
+  As fast as he could caper,
+To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob
+  With vinegar and brown paper.
+
+
+THE ALPHABET
+
+A, B, C, and D,
+Pray, playmates, agree.
+E, F, and G,
+Well, so it shall be.
+J, K, and L,
+In peace we will dwell.
+M, N, and O,
+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 ampersand,
+Go to school at command.
+
+
+DANCE TO YOUR DADDIE
+
+Dance to your daddie,
+My bonnie laddie;
+Dance to your daddie, my bonnie lamb;
+You shall get a fishy,
+On a little dishy;
+You shall get a fishy, when the boat comes home.
+
+
+ONE MISTY MOISTY MORNING
+
+One misty moisty morning,
+    When cloudy was the weather,
+I chanced to meet an old man,
+    Clothed all in leather.
+He began to compliment
+    And I began to grin.
+How do you do? And how do you do?
+    And how do you do again?
+
+
+ROBIN HOOD AND LITTLE JOHN
+
+Robin Hood, Robin Hood,
+    Is in the mickle wood!
+Little John, Little John,
+    He to the town is gone.
+
+Robin Hood, Robin Hood,
+    Telling his beads,
+All in the greenwood
+    Among the green weeds.
+
+Little John, Little John,
+    If he comes no more,
+Robin Hood, Robin Hood,
+    We shall fret full sore!
+
+
+RAIN
+
+Rain, rain, go to Spain,
+And never come back again.
+
+
+THE OLD WOMAN FROM FRANCE
+
+There came an old woman from France
+Who taught grown-up children to dance;
+    But they were so stiff,
+    She sent them home in a sniff,
+This sprightly old woman from France.
+
+
+TEETH AND GUMS
+
+Thirty white horses upon a red hill,
+Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still.
+
+
+THE ROBINS
+
+A robin and a robin's son
+Once went to town to buy a bun.
+They couldn't decide on plum or plain,
+And so they went back home again.
+
+
+THE OLD MAN
+
+There was an old man
+In a velvet coat,
+He kissed a maid
+And gave her a groat.
+The groat it was crack'd
+And would not go,--
+Ah, old man, do you serve me so?
+
+
+T'OTHER LITTLE TUNE
+
+I won't be my father's Jack,
+  I won't be my father's Jill;
+I will be the fiddler's wife,
+  And have music when I will.
+      T'other little tune,
+      T'other little tune,
+      Prithee, Love, play me
+      T'other little tune.
+
+
+MY KITTEN
+
+Hey, my kitten, my kitten,
+  And hey, my kitten, my deary!
+Such a sweet pet as this
+  Was neither far nor neary.
+
+
+IF ALL THE SEAS WERE ONE SEA
+
+If all the seas were one sea,
+What a _great_ sea that would be!
+And if all the trees were one tree,
+What a _great_ tree that would be!
+And if all the axes were one axe,
+What a _great_ axe that would be!
+And if all the men were one man,
+What a _great_ man he would be!
+And if the _great_ man took the _great_ axe,
+And cut down the _great_ tree,
+And let it fall into the _great_ sea,
+What a splish splash _that_ would be!
+
+
+PANCAKE DAY
+
+Great A, little a,
+This is pancake day;
+Toss the ball high,
+Throw the ball low,
+Those that come after
+May sing heigh-ho!
+
+
+A PLUM PUDDING
+
+Flour of England, fruit of Spain,
+  Met together in a shower of rain;
+Put in a bag tied round with a string;
+  If you'll tell me this riddle,
+  I'll give you a ring.
+
+
+FOREHEAD, EYES, CHEEKS, NOSE, MOUTH, AND CHIN
+
+Here sits the Lord Mayor,
+    Here sit his two men,
+Here sits the cock,
+    Here sits the hen,
+Here sit the little chickens,
+    Here they run in.
+Chin-chopper, chin-chopper, chin chopper, chin!
+
+
+TWO PIGEONS
+
+I had two pigeons bright and gay,
+They flew from me the other day.
+What was the reason they did go?
+I cannot tell, for I do not know.
+
+
+A SURE TEST
+
+If you are to be a gentleman,
+    As I suppose you'll be,
+You'll neither laugh nor smile,
+    For a tickling of the knee.
+
+
+LOCK AND KEY
+
+"I am a gold lock."
+"I am a gold key."
+"I am a silver lock."
+"I am a silver key."
+"I am a brass lock."
+"I am a brass key."
+"I am a lead lock."
+"I am a lead key."
+"I am a don lock."
+"I am a don key!"
+
+
+THE LION AND THE UNICORN
+
+The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown,
+The Lion beat the Unicorn all around the town.
+Some gave them white bread, and some gave them brown,
+Some gave them plum-cake, and sent them out of town.
+
+
+THE MERCHANTS OF LONDON
+
+Hey diddle dinkety poppety pet,
+The merchants of London they wear scarlet,
+Silk in the collar and gold in the hem,
+So merrily march the merchant men.
+
+
+I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND
+
+I had a little husband no bigger than my thumb,
+I put him in a pint pot, and there I bid him drum,
+I bought a little handkerchief to wipe his little nose,
+And a pair of little garters to tie his little hose.
+
+
+TO BABYLON
+
+How many miles is it to Babylon?--
+    Threescore miles and ten.
+Can I get there by candle-light?--
+    Yes, and back again.
+If your heels are nimble and light,
+You may get there by candle-light.
+
+
+I'LL TELL YOU A STORY
+
+  I'll tell you a story
+  About Jack-a-Nory:
+And now my story's begun.
+  I'll tell you another
+  About his brother:
+And now my story is done.
+
+
+A STRANGE OLD WOMAN
+
+There 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,
+And yet this old woman could never be quiet.
+
+
+SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP
+
+  Sleep, baby, sleep,
+Our cottage vale is deep:
+The little lamb is on the green,
+With woolly fleece so soft and clean--
+  Sleep, baby, sleep.
+  Sleep, baby, sleep,
+Down where the woodbines creep;
+Be always like the lamb so mild,
+A kind, and sweet, and gentle child.
+  Sleep, baby, sleep.
+
+
+CRY, BABY
+
+Cry, baby, cry,
+Put your finger in your eye,
+And tell your mother it wasn't I.
+
+
+BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP
+
+Baa, baa, black sheep,
+Have you any wool?
+Yes, marry, have I,
+Three bags full;
+
+One for my master,
+One for my dame,
+But none for the little boy
+Who cries in the lane.
+
+
+LITTLE FRED
+
+When little Fred went to bed,
+  He always said his prayers;
+
+He kissed mamma, and then papa,
+  And straightway went upstairs.
+
+
+THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE
+
+    Hey, diddle, diddle!
+    The cat and the fiddle,
+The cow jumped over the moon;
+    The little dog laughed
+    To see such sport,
+And the dish ran away with the spoon.
+
+
+DOCTOR FELL
+
+I do not like thee, Doctor Fell;
+The reason why I cannot tell;
+But this I know, and know full well,
+I do not like thee, Doctor Fell!
+
+
+A COUNTING-OUT RHYME
+
+Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7,
+Alabone, Crackabone, 10 and 11,
+Spin, spun, muskidun,
+Twiddle 'em, twaddle 'em, 21.
+
+
+JACK AND HIS FIDDLE
+
+"Jacky, come and give me thy fiddle,
+  If ever thou mean to thrive."
+"Nay, I'll not give my fiddle
+  To any man alive.
+
+"If I should give my fiddle,
+  They'll think that I've gone mad;
+For many a joyous day
+  My fiddle and I have had."
+
+
+BUTTONS
+
+  Buttons, a farthing a pair!
+Come, who will buy them of me?
+They're round and sound and pretty,
+And fit for girls of the city.
+Come, who will buy them of me?
+  Buttons, a farthing a pair!
+
+
+HOT BOILED BEANS
+
+Ladies and gentlemen come to supper--
+Hot boiled beans and very good butter.
+
+
+LITTLE PUSSY
+
+I like little Pussy,
+  Her coat is so warm,
+
+And if I don't hurt her
+  She'll do me no harm;
+
+So I'll not pull her tail,
+  Nor drive her away,
+
+But Pussy and I
+  Very gently will play.
+
+
+SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE
+
+Sing a song of sixpence,
+   A pocket full of rye;
+Four-and-twenty blackbirds
+   Baked in a pie!
+
+When the pie was opened
+   The birds began to sing;
+Was not that a dainty dish
+   To set before the king?
+
+The king was in his counting-house,
+   Counting out his money;
+The queen was in the parlor,
+   Eating bread and honey.
+
+The maid was in the garden,
+   Hanging out the clothes;
+When down came a blackbird
+   And snapped off her nose.
+
+
+TOMMY TITTLEMOUSE
+
+Little Tommy Tittlemouse
+Lived in a little house;
+He caught fishes
+In other men's ditches.
+
+
+THE DERBY RAM
+
+As I was going to Derby all on a market-day,
+I met the finest ram, sir, that ever was fed upon hay;
+  Upon hay, upon hay, upon hay;
+I met the finest ram, sir, that ever was fed upon hay.
+This ram was fat behind, sir; this ram was fat before;
+This ram was ten yards round, sir; indeed, he was no more;
+  No more, no more, no more;
+This ram was ten yards round, sir; indeed, he was no more.
+The horns that grew on his head, sir, they were so wondrous high,
+As I've been plainly told, sir, they reached up to the sky.
+  The sky, the sky, the sky;
+As I've been plainly told, sir, they reached up to the sky.
+The tail that grew from his back, sir, was six yards and an ell;
+And it was sent to Derby to toll the market bell;
+  The bell, the bell, the bell;
+And it was sent to Derby to toll the market bell.
+
+
+THE HOBBY-HORSE
+
+I had a little hobby-horse,
+    And it was dapple gray;
+Its head was made of pea-straw,
+    Its tail was made of hay.
+
+I sold it to an old woman
+    For a copper groat;
+And I'll not sing my song again
+    Without another coat.
+
+
+THE MULBERRY BUSH
+
+Here we go round the mulberry bush,
+The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush,
+Here we go round the mulberry bush.
+On a cold and frosty morning.
+
+This is the way we wash our hands,
+Wash our hands, wash our hands,
+This is the way we wash our hands,
+On a cold and frosty morning.
+
+This is the way we wash our clothes.
+Wash our clothes, wash our clothes,
+This is the way we wash our clothes,
+On a cold and frosty morning.
+
+This is the way we go to school,
+Go to school, go to school,
+This is the way we go to school,
+On a cold and frosty morning.
+
+This is the way we come out of school,
+Come out of school, come out of school,
+This is the way we come out of school,
+On a cold and frosty morning.
+
+
+YOUNG LAMBS TO SELL
+
+If I'd as much money as I could tell,
+I never would cry young lambs to sell;
+Young lambs to sell, young lambs to sell;
+I never would cry young lambs to sell.
+
+
+BOY AND THE SPARROW
+
+A little cock-sparrow sat on a green tree,
+And he chirruped, he chirruped, so merry was he;
+A naughty boy came with his wee bow and arrow,
+Determined to shoot this little cock-sparrow.
+
+"This little cock-sparrow shall make me a stew,
+And his giblets shall make me a little pie, too."
+"Oh, no," says the sparrow "I won't make a stew."
+So he flapped his wings and away he flew.
+
+
+OLD WOMAN, OLD WOMAN
+
+There was an old woman tossed in a basket,
+  Seventeen times as high as the moon;
+But where she was going no mortal could tell,
+  For under her arm she carried a broom.
+
+"Old woman, old woman, old woman," said I,
+  "Whither, oh whither, oh whither so high?"
+"To sweep the cobwebs from the sky;
+  And I'll be with you by-and-by."
+
+
+THE FIRST OF MAY
+
+The fair maid who, the first of May,
+Goes to the fields at break of day,
+And washes in dew from the hawthorn-tree,
+Will ever after handsome be.
+
+
+SULKY SUE
+
+Here's Sulky Sue,
+What shall we do?
+Turn her face to the wall
+Till she comes to.
+
+
+THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
+
+This is the house that Jack built.
+This is the malt
+That lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the rat,
+That ate the malt
+That lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the cat,
+That killed the rat,
+That ate the malt
+That lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the dog,
+That worried the cat,
+That killed the rat,
+That ate the malt
+That lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the cow with the crumpled horn,
+That tossed the dog,
+That worried the cat,
+That killed the rat,
+That ate the malt
+That lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the maiden all forlorn,
+That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
+That tossed the dog,
+That worried the cat,
+That killed the rat,
+That ate the malt
+That lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the man all tattered and torn,
+That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
+That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
+That tossed the dog,
+That worried the cat,
+That killed the rat,
+That ate the malt
+That lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the priest all shaven and shorn,
+That married the man all tattered and torn,
+That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
+That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
+That tossed the dog,
+That worried the cat,
+That killed the rat,
+That ate the malt
+That lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the cock that crowed in the morn,
+That waked the priest all shaven and shorn,
+That married the man all tattered and torn,
+That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
+That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
+That tossed the dog,
+That worried the cat,
+That killed the rat,
+That ate the malt
+That lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+This is the farmer sowing the corn,
+That kept the cock that crowed in the morn,
+That waked the priest all shaven and shorn,
+That married the man all tattered and torn,
+That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
+That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
+That tossed the dog,
+That worried the cat,
+That killed the rat,
+That ate the malt
+That lay in the house that Jack built.
+
+
+SATURDAY, SUNDAY
+
+On Saturday night
+    Shall be all my care
+To powder my locks
+    And curl my hair.
+
+On Sunday morning
+    My love will come in.
+When he will marry me
+    With a gold ring.
+
+
+LITTLE JENNY WREN
+
+Little Jenny Wren fell sick,
+    Upon a time;
+In came Robin Redbreast
+    And brought her cake and wine.
+
+"Eat well of my cake, Jenny,
+    Drink well of my wine."
+"Thank you, Robin, kindly,
+    You shall be mine."
+
+Jenny she got well,
+    And stood upon her feet,
+And told Robin plainly
+    She loved him not a bit.
+
+Robin being angry,
+    Hopped upon a twig,
+Saying, "Out upon you! Fie upon you!
+    Bold-faced jig!"
+
+
+THE OLD WOMAN AND THE PEDLAR
+
+There was an old woman, as I've heard tell,
+She went to market her eggs for to sell;
+She went to market all on a market-day,
+And she fell asleep on the King's highway.
+
+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 the little old woman first did wake,
+She began to shiver and she began to shake;
+She began to wonder and she began to cry,
+"Lauk a mercy on me, this can't be I!
+
+"But if it be I, as I hope it be,
+I've a little dog at home, and he'll know me;
+If it be I, he'll wag his little tail,
+And if it be not I, he'll loudly bark and wail."
+
+Home went the little woman all in the dark;
+Up got the little dog, and he began to bark;
+He began to bark, so she began to cry,
+"Lauk a mercy on me, this is none of I!"
+
+
+BOBBY SNOOKS
+
+Little Bobby Snooks was fond of his books,
+  And loved by his usher and master;
+But naughty Jack Spry, he got a black eye,
+  And carries his nose in a plaster.
+
+
+THE LITTLE MOPPET
+
+    I had a little moppet,
+    I put it in my pocket,
+And fed it with corn and hay.
+    There came a proud beggar.
+    And swore he should have her;
+And stole my little moppet away.
+
+
+I SAW A SHIP A-SAILING
+
+I saw a ship a-sailing,
+A-sailing on the sea;
+And, oh! it was all laden
+With pretty things for thee!
+
+There were comfits in the cabin,
+And apples in the hold;
+The sails were made of silk,
+And the masts were made of gold.
+
+The four-and-twenty sailors
+That stood between the decks,
+Were four-and-twenty white mice
+With chains about their necks.
+
+The captain was a duck,
+With a packet on his back;
+And when the ship began to move,
+The captain said, "Quack! Quack!"
+
+
+A WALNUT
+
+As soft as silk, as white as milk,
+As bitter as gall, a strong wall,
+And a green coat covers me all.
+
+
+THE MAN IN THE MOON
+
+The Man in the Moon came tumbling down,
+  And asked the way to Norwich;
+He went by the south, and burnt his mouth
+  With eating cold pease porridge.
+
+
+ONE, HE LOVES
+
+One, he loves; two, he loves;
+Three, he loves, they say;
+Four, he loves with all his heart;
+Five, he casts away.
+Six, he loves; seven, she loves;
+Eight, they both love.
+Nine, he comes; ten, he tarries;
+Eleven, he courts; twelve, he marries.
+
+
+BAT, BAT
+
+    Bat, bat,
+    Come under my hat,
+And I'll give you a slice of bacon;
+    And when I bake
+    I'll give you a cake
+If I am not mistaken.
+
+
+HARK! HARK!
+
+Hark, hark! the dogs do bark!
+  Beggars are coming to town:
+Some in jags, and some in rags,
+  And some in velvet gown.
+
+
+THE HART
+
+The hart he loves the high wood,
+  The hare she loves the hill;
+The Knight he loves his bright sword,
+  The Lady--loves her will.
+
+
+MY LOVE
+
+Saw ye aught of my love a-coming from the market?
+  A peck of meal upon her back,
+  A babby in her basket;
+Saw ye aught of my love a-coming from the market?
+
+
+THE MAN OF BOMBAY
+
+There was a fat man of Bombay,
+Who was smoking one sunshiny day;
+    When a bird called a snipe
+    Flew away with his pipe,
+Which vexed the fat man of Bombay.
+
+
+POOR OLD ROBINSON CRUSOE!
+
+Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
+Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
+   They made him a coat
+   Of an old Nanny goat.
+I wonder why they should do so!
+   With a ring-a-ting-tang,
+   And a ring-a-ting-tang,
+Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
+
+
+A SIEVE
+
+A riddle, a riddle, as I suppose,
+A hundred eyes and never a nose!
+
+
+MY MAID MARY
+
+My maid Mary she minds the dairy,
+  While I go a-hoeing and mowing each morn;
+Gaily run the reel and the little spinning wheel,
+  While I am singing and mowing my corn.
+
+
+A DIFFICULT RHYME
+
+What is the rhyme for porringer?
+The king he had a daughter fair,
+And gave the Prince of Orange her.
+
+
+PRETTY JOHN WATTS
+
+  Pretty John Watts,
+  We are troubled with rats.
+Will you drive them out of the house?
+  We have mice, too, in plenty,
+  That feast in the pantry,
+  But let them stay
+  And nibble away,
+What harm in a little brown mouse?
+
+
+GOOD ADVICE
+
+Come when you're called,
+  Do what you're bid,
+Shut the door after you,
+  And never be chid.
+
+
+I LOVE SIXPENCE
+
+I love sixpence, a jolly, jolly sixpence,
+  I love sixpence as my life;
+I spent a penny of it, I spent a penny of it,
+  I took a penny home to my wife.
+
+Oh, my little fourpence, a jolly, jolly fourpence,
+  I love fourpence as my life;
+I spent twopence of it, I spent twopence of it,
+  And I took twopence home to my wife.
+
+
+BYE, BABY BUNTING
+
+Bye, baby bunting,
+Father's gone a-hunting,
+Mother's gone a-milking,
+Sister's gone a-silking,
+And brother's gone to buy a skin
+To wrap the baby bunting in.
+
+
+TOM, TOM, THE PIPER'S SON
+
+Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
+Stole a pig, and away he run,
+  The pig was eat,
+  And Tom was beat,
+And Tom ran crying down the street.
+
+
+COMICAL FOLK
+
+    In a cottage in Fife
+    Lived a man and his wife
+Who, believe me, were comical folk;
+    For, to people's surprise,
+    They both saw with their eyes,
+And their tongues moved whenever they spoke!
+
+    When they were asleep,
+    I'm told, that to keep
+Their eyes open they could not contrive;
+    They both walked on their feet,
+    And 'twas thought what they eat
+Helped, with drinking, to keep them alive!
+
+
+COCK-CROW
+
+Cocks crow in the morn
+    To tell us to rise,
+And he who lies late
+    Will never be wise;
+
+For early to bed
+    And early to rise,
+Is the way to be healthy
+    And wealthy and wise.
+
+
+TOMMY SNOOKS
+
+As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks
+  Were walking out one Sunday,
+Says Tommy Snooks to Bessy Brooks,
+  "Wilt marry me on Monday?"
+
+
+THE THREE SONS
+
+There was an old woman had three sons,
+Jerry and James and John,
+Jerry was hanged, James was drowned,
+John was lost and never was found;
+And there was an end of her three sons,
+Jerry and James and John!
+
+
+THE BLACKSMITH
+
+"Robert Barnes, my fellow fine,
+Can you shoe this horse of mine?"
+"Yes, good sir, that I can,
+As well as any other man;
+There's a nail, and there's a prod,
+Now, good sir, your horse is shod."
+
+
+TWO GRAY KITS
+
+  The two gray kits,
+And the gray kits' mother,
+  All went over
+The bridge together.
+
+The bridge broke down,
+  They all fell in;
+"May the rats go with you,"
+  Says Tom Bolin.
+
+
+ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE
+
+One, two,
+Buckle my shoe;
+Three, four,
+Knock at the door;
+Five, six,
+Pick up sticks;
+Seven, eight,
+Lay them straight;
+Nine, ten,
+A good, fat hen;
+Eleven, twelve,
+Dig and delve;
+Thirteen, fourteen,
+Maids a-courting;
+Fifteen, sixteen,
+Maids in the kitchen;
+Seventeen, eighteen,
+Maids a-waiting;
+Nineteen, twenty,
+My plate's empty.
+
+
+COCK-A-DOODLE-DO!
+
+Cock-a-doodle-do!
+My dame has lost her shoe,
+My master's lost his fiddle-stick
+And knows not what to do.
+
+Cock-a-doodle-do!
+What is my dame to do?
+Till master finds his fiddle-stick,
+She'll dance without her shoe.
+
+
+PAIRS OR PEARS
+
+Twelve pairs hanging high,
+Twelve knights riding by,
+Each knight took a pear,
+And yet left a dozen there.
+
+
+BELLEISLE
+
+At the siege of Belleisle
+I was there all the while,
+All the while, all the while,
+At the siege of Belleisle.
+
+
+OLD KING COLE
+
+    Old King Cole
+    Was a merry old soul,
+And a merry old soul was he;
+    He called for his pipe,
+    And he called for his bowl,
+And he called for his fiddlers three!
+And every fiddler, he had a fine fiddle,
+    And a very fine fiddle had he.
+"Twee tweedle dee, tweedle dee," went the fiddlers.
+    Oh, there's none so rare
+    As can compare
+With King Cole and his fiddlers three.
+
+
+SEE, SEE
+
+See, see! What shall I see?
+A horse's head where his tail should be.
+
+
+DAPPLE-GRAY
+
+I had a little pony,
+    His name was Dapple-Gray,
+I lent him to a lady,
+    To ride a mile away.
+She whipped him, she slashed him,
+    She rode him through the mire;
+I would not lend my pony now
+    For all the lady's hire.
+
+
+A WELL
+
+As round as an apple, as deep as a cup,
+And all the king's horses can't fill it up.
+
+
+COFFEE AND TEA
+
+Molly, my sister and I fell out,
+And what do you think it was all about?
+She loved coffee and I loved tea,
+And that was the reason we couldn't agree.
+
+
+PUSSY-CAT MEW
+
+Pussy-cat Mew jumped over a coal,
+And in her best petticoat burnt a great hole.
+Poor Pussy's weeping, she'll have no more milk
+Until her best petticoat's mended with silk.
+
+
+THE LITTLE GIRL WITH A CURL
+
+There was a little girl who had a little curl
+Right in the middle of her forehead;
+When she was good, she was very, very good,
+And when she was bad she was horrid.
+
+
+DREAMS
+
+Friday night's dream, on Saturday told,
+Is sure to come true, be it never so old.
+
+
+A COCK AND BULL STORY
+
+The cock's on the housetop blowing his horn;
+The bull's in the barn a-threshing of corn;
+The maids in the meadows are making of hay;
+The ducks in the river are swimming away.
+
+
+FOR BABY
+
+You shall have an apple,
+YOU shall have a plum,
+You shall have a rattle,
+When papa comes home.
+
+
+MYSELF
+
+As I walked by myself,
+And talked to myself,
+  Myself said unto me:
+"Look to thyself,
+Take care of thyself,
+  For nobody cares for thee."
+
+I answered myself,
+And said to myself
+  In the selfsame repartee:
+"Look to thyself,
+Or not look to thyself,
+  The selfsame thing will be."
+
+
+OVER THE WATER
+
+Over the water, and over the sea,
+And over the water to Charley,
+I'll have none of your nasty beef,
+Nor I'll have none of your barley;
+But I'll have some of your very best flour
+To make a white cake for my Charley.
+
+
+CANDLE-SAVING
+
+To make your candles last for aye,
+You wives and maids give ear-O!
+To put them out's the only way,
+Says honest John Boldero.
+
+
+FEARS AND TEARS
+
+Tommy's tears and Mary's fears
+Will make them old before their years.
+
+
+THE KILKENNY CATS
+
+There were once two cats of Kilkenny.
+Each thought there was one cat too many;
+So they fought and they fit,
+And they scratched and they bit,
+  Till, excepting their nails,
+  And the tips of their tails,
+Instead of two cats, there weren't any.
+
+
+OLD GRIMES
+
+Old Grimes is dead, that good old man,
+     We ne'er shall see him more;
+He used to wear a long brown coat
+     All buttoned down before.
+
+
+A WEEK OF BIRTHDAYS
+
+Monday's child is fair of face,
+Tuesday's child is full of grace,
+Wednesday's child is full of woe,
+Thursday's child has far to go,
+Friday's child is loving and giving,
+Saturday's child works hard for its living,
+But the child that's born on the Sabbath day
+Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.
+
+
+A CHIMNEY
+
+Black within and red without;
+Four corners round about.
+
+
+LADYBIRD
+
+Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home!
+Your house is on fire, your children all gone,
+All but one, and her name is Ann,
+And she crept under the pudding pan.
+
+
+THE MAN WHO HAD NAUGHT
+
+There was a man and he had naught,
+    And robbers came to rob him;
+He crept up to the chimney pot,
+    And then they thought they had him.
+
+But he got down on t'other side,
+    And then they could not find him;
+He ran fourteen miles in fifteen days,
+    And never looked behind him.
+
+
+THE TAILORS AND THE SNAIL
+
+Four and Twenty tailors
+    Went to kill a snail;
+The best man among them
+    Durst not touch her tail;
+She put out her horns
+    Like a little Kyloe cow.
+Run, tailors, run, or
+    She'll kill you all e'en now.
+
+
+AROUND THE GREEN GRAVEL
+
+Around the green gravel the grass grows green,
+And all the pretty maids are plain to be seen;
+Wash them with milk, and clothe them with silk,
+And write their names with a pen and ink.
+
+
+INTERY, MINTERY
+
+Intery, mintery, cutery corn,
+Apple seed and apple thorn;
+Wire, brier, limber-lock,
+Five geese in a flock,
+Sit and sing by a spring,
+O-u-t, and in again.
+
+
+CAESAR'S SONG
+
+  Bow-wow-wow!
+Whose dog art thou?
+Little Tom Tinker's dog,
+  Bow-wow-wow!
+
+
+AS I WAS GOING ALONG
+
+As I was going along, along,
+A-singing a comical song, song, song,
+The lane that I went was so long, long, long,
+And the song that I sang was so long, long, long,
+And so I went singing along.
+
+
+HECTOR PROTECTOR
+
+Hector Protector was dressed all in green;
+Hector Protector was sent to the Queen.
+The Queen did not like him,
+No more did the King;
+So Hector Protector was sent back again.
+
+
+BILLY, BILLY
+
+"Billy, Billy, come and play,
+While the sun shines bright as day."
+
+"Yes, my Polly, so I will,
+For I love to please you still."
+
+"Billy, Billy, have you seen
+Sam and Betsy on the green?"
+
+"Yes, my Poll, I saw them pass,
+Skipping o'er the new-mown grass."
+
+"Billy, Billy, come along,
+And I will sing a pretty song."
+
+
+ROCK-A-BYE, BABY
+
+Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green;
+Father's a nobleman, mother's a queen;
+And Betty's a lady, and wears a gold ring;
+And Johnny's a drummer, and drums for the king.
+
+
+THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS
+
+The man in the wilderness
+    Asked me
+How many strawberries
+    Grew in the sea.
+I answered him
+    As I thought good,
+As many as red herrings
+    Grew in the wood.
+
+
+LITTLE JACK HORNER
+
+Little Jack Horner
+Sat in the corner,
+    Eating of Christmas pie:
+He put in his thumb,
+And pulled out a plum,
+    And said, "What a good boy am I!"
+
+
+THE BIRD SCARER
+
+Away, birds, away!
+Take a little and leave a little,
+And do not come again;
+For if you do,
+I will shoot you through,
+And there will be an end of you.
+
+
+MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY
+
+Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
+  How does your garden grow?
+Silver bells and cockle-shells,
+  And pretty maids all of a row.
+
+
+BESSY BELL AND MARY GRAY
+
+Bessy Bell and Mary Gray,
+  They were two bonny lasses;
+They built their house upon the lea,
+  And covered it with rushes.
+
+Bessy kept the garden gate,
+  And Mary kept the pantry;
+Bessy always had to wait,
+  While Mary lived in plenty.
+
+
+NEEDLES AND PINS
+
+Needles and pins, needles and pins,
+When a man marries his trouble begins.
+
+
+PUSSY-CAT AND THE DUMPLINGS
+
+Pussy-cat ate the dumplings, the dumplings,
+    Pussy-cat ate the dumplings.
+Mamma stood by, and cried, "Oh, fie!
+    Why did you eat the dumplings?"
+
+
+DANCE, THUMBKIN DANCE
+
+Dance, Thumbkin, dance;
+      (_keep the thumb in motion_
+Dance, ye merrymen, everyone.
+      (_all the fingers in motion_
+For Thumbkin, he can dance alone,
+      (_the thumb alone moving_
+Thumbkin, he can dance alone.
+      (_the thumb alone moving_
+Dance, Foreman, dance,
+      (_the first finger moving_
+Dance, ye merrymen, everyone.
+      (_all moving_
+But Foreman, he can dance alone,
+      (_the first finger moving_
+Foreman, he can dance alone.
+      (_the first finger moving_
+Dance, Longman, dance,
+      (_the second finger moving_
+Dance, ye merrymen, everyone.
+      (_all moving_
+For Longman, he can dance alone,
+      (_the second finger moving_
+Longman, he can dance alone.
+      (_the second finger moving_
+Dance, Ringman, dance,
+      (_the third finger moving_
+Dance, ye merrymen, dance.
+      (_all moving_
+But Ringman cannot dance alone,
+      (_the third finger moving_
+Ringman, he cannot dance alone.
+      (_the third finger moving_
+Dance, Littleman, dance,
+      (_the fourth finger moving_
+Dance, ye merrymen, dance.
+      (_all moving_
+But Littleman, he can dance alone,
+      (_the fourth finger moving_
+Littleman, he can dance alone.
+      (_the fourth finger moving_
+
+
+MARY'S CANARY
+
+Mary had a pretty bird,
+  Feathers bright and yellow,
+Slender legs--upon my word
+  He was a pretty fellow!
+
+The sweetest note he always sung,
+  Which much delighted Mary.
+She often, where the cage was hung,
+  Sat hearing her canary.
+
+
+THE LITTLE BIRD
+
+Once 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.
+
+
+BIRDS OF A FEATHER
+
+Birds of a feather flock together,
+    And so will pigs and swine;
+Rats and mice will have their choice,
+    And so will I have mine.
+
+
+THE DUSTY MILLER
+
+Margaret wrote a letter,
+Sealed it with her finger,
+Threw it in the dam
+For the dusty miller.
+Dusty was his coat,
+Dusty was the siller,
+Dusty was the kiss
+I'd from the dusty miller.
+If I had my pockets
+Full of gold and siller,
+I would give it all
+To my dusty miller.
+
+
+A STAR
+
+Higher than a house, higher than a tree.
+Oh! whatever can that be?
+
+
+THE GREEDY MAN
+
+The greedy man is he who sits
+    And bites bits out of plates,
+Or else takes up an almanac
+    And gobbles all the dates.
+
+
+THE TEN O'CLOCK SCHOLAR
+
+A diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar!
+    What makes you come so soon?
+You used to come at ten o'clock,
+    But now you come at noon.
+
+
+COCK-A-DOODLE-DO
+
+Oh, my pretty cock, oh, my handsome cock,
+  I pray you, do not crow before day,
+And your comb shall be made of the very beaten gold,
+  And your wings of the silver so gray.
+
+
+AN ICICLE
+
+    Lives in winter,
+    Dies in summer,
+And grows with its roots upward!
+
+
+A SHIP'S NAIL
+
+    Over the water,
+    And under the water,
+And always with its head down.
+
+
+THE OLD WOMAN OF LEEDS
+
+There was an old woman of Leeds,
+Who spent all her time in good deeds;
+    She worked for the poor
+    Till her fingers were sore,
+This pious old woman of Leeds!
+
+
+THE BOY IN THE BARN
+
+A little boy went into a barn,
+  And lay down on some hay.
+An owl came out, and flew about,
+  And the little boy ran away.
+
+
+SUNSHINE
+
+Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more,
+On the King's kitchen door,
+All the King's horses,
+And all the King's men,
+Couldn't drive Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more,
+Off the King's kitchen door.
+
+
+WILLY, WILLY
+
+Willy, Willy Wilkin
+Kissed the maids a-milking,
+    Fa, la, la!
+And with his merry daffing
+He set them all a-laughing,
+    Ha, ha, ha!
+
+
+TONGS
+
+Long legs, crooked thighs,
+Little head, and no eyes.
+
+
+JACK JINGLE
+
+Little Jack Jingle, He used to live single;
+But when he got tired of this kind of life,
+He left off being single and lived with his wife.
+Now what do you think of little Jack Jingle?
+Before he was married he used to live single.
+
+
+THE QUARREL
+
+My little old man and I fell out;
+I'll tell you what 'twas all about,--
+I had money and he had none,
+And that's the way the noise begun.
+
+
+THE PUMPKIN-EATER
+
+Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater,
+Had a wife and couldn't keep her;
+He put her in a pumpkin shell,
+And there he kept her very well.
+
+
+SHOEING
+
+  Shoe the colt,
+  Shoe the colt,
+Shoe the wild mare;
+  Here a nail,
+  There a nail,
+Yet she goes bare.
+
+
+BETTY BLUE
+
+    Little Betty Blue
+    Lost her holiday shoe;
+What shall little Betty do?
+    Give her another
+    To match the other
+And then she'll walk upon two.
+
+
+THAT'S ALL
+
+There was an old woman sat spinning,
+And that's the first beginning;
+
+She had a calf,
+And that's half;
+
+She took it by the tail,
+And threw it over the wall,
+And that's all!
+
+
+BEDTIME
+
+The Man in the Moon looked out of the moon,
+  Looked out of the moon and said,
+"'Tis time for all children, on the earth
+  To think about getting to bed!"
+
+
+DANCE, LITTLE BABY
+
+Dance, little Baby, dance up high!
+Never mind, Baby, Mother is by.
+Crow and caper, caper and crow,
+There, little Baby, there you go!
+Up to the ceiling, down to the ground,
+Backwards and forwards, round and round;
+Dance, little Baby and Mother will sing,
+With the merry coral, ding, ding, ding!
+
+
+MY LITTLE MAID
+
+High diddle doubt, my candle's out
+  My little maid is not at home;
+Saddle my hog and bridle my dog,
+  And fetch my little maid home.
+
+
+FOR WANT OF A NAIL
+
+For want of a nail, the shoe was lost;
+For want of the shoe, the horse was lost;
+For want of the horse, the rider was lost;
+For want of the rider, the battle was lost;
+For want of the battle, the kingdom was lost,
+And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
+
+
+PEASE PORRIDGE
+
+Pease porridge hot,
+  Pease porridge cold,
+Pease porridge in the pot,
+  Nine days old.
+Some like it hot,
+  Some like it cold,
+Some like it in the pot,
+  Nine days old.
+
+
+RING A RING O' ROSES
+
+Ring a ring o' roses,
+A pocketful of posies.
+Tisha! Tisha!
+We all fall down.
+
+
+THE CROOKED SIXPENCE
+
+There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile,
+He found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile;
+He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
+And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
+
+
+THIS IS THE WAY
+
+This is the way the ladies ride,
+    Tri, tre, tre, tree,
+    Tri, tre, tre, tree!
+This is the way the ladies ride,
+    Tri, tre, tre, tre, 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 is the way the farmers ride,
+    Hobbledy-hoy,
+    Hobbledy-hoy!
+This is the way the farmers ride,
+    Hobbledy-hobbledy-hoy!
+
+
+DUCKS AND DRAKES
+
+  A duck and a drake,
+  And a halfpenny cake,
+With a penny to pay the old baker.
+  A hop and a scotch
+  Is another notch,
+Slitherum, slatherum, take her.
+
+
+THE DONKEY
+
+Donkey, donkey, old and gray,
+Ope your mouth and gently bray;
+Lift your ears and blow your horn,
+To wake the world this sleepy morn.
+
+
+IF
+
+If all the world were apple pie,
+  And all the sea were ink,
+And all the trees were bread and cheese,
+  What should we have for drink?
+
+
+THE BELLS
+
+"You owe me five shillings,"
+Say the bells of St. Helen's.
+"When will you pay me?"
+Say the bells of Old Bailey.
+"When I grow rich,"
+Say the bells of Shoreditch.
+"When will that be?"
+Say the bells of Stepney.
+"I do not know,"
+Says the great Bell of Bow.
+"Two sticks in an apple,"
+Ring the bells of Whitechapel.
+"Halfpence and farthings,"
+Say the bells of St. Martin's.
+"Kettles and pans,"
+Say the bells of St. Ann's.
+"Brickbats and tiles,"
+Say the bells of St. Giles.
+"Old shoes and slippers,"
+Say the bells of St. Peter's.
+"Pokers and tongs,"
+Say the bells of St. John's.
+
+
+LITTLE GIRL AND QUEEN
+
+"Little girl, little girl, where have you been?"
+"Gathering roses to give to the Queen."
+"Little girl, little girl, what gave she you?"
+"She gave me a diamond as big as my shoe."
+
+
+THE KING OF FRANCE
+
+The King of France went up the hill,
+    With twenty thousand men;
+The King of France came down the hill,
+    And ne'er went up again.
+
+
+PETER PIPER
+
+Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
+A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
+If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
+Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
+
+
+ONE TO TEN
+
+1, 2, 3, 4, 5!
+I caught a hare alive;
+6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
+I let her go again.
+
+
+AN EQUAL
+
+Read my riddle, I pray.
+What God never sees,
+What the king seldom sees,
+What we see every day.
+
+
+THE TARTS
+
+    The Queen of Hearts,
+    She made some tarts,
+All on a summer's day;
+    The Knave of Hearts,
+    He stole the tarts,
+And took them clean away.
+
+    The King of Hearts
+    Called for the tarts,
+And beat the Knave full sore;
+    The Knave of Hearts
+    Brought back the tarts,
+And vowed he'd steal no more.
+
+
+COME, LET'S TO BED
+
+"To bed! To bed!"
+    Says Sleepy-head;
+"Tarry awhile," says Slow;
+"Put on the pan,"
+    Says Greedy Nan;
+    "We'll sup before we go."
+
+
+LITTLE MAID
+
+"Little maid, pretty maid, whither goest thou?"
+"Down in the forest to milk my cow."
+"Shall I go with thee?" "No, not now;
+When I send for thee, then come thou."
+
+
+WHAT ARE LITTLE BOYS MADE OF?
+
+What are little boys made of, made of?
+What are little boys made of?
+"Snaps and snails, and puppy-dogs' tails;
+And that's what little boys are made of."
+
+What are little girls made of, made of?
+What are little girls made of?
+"Sugar and spice, and all that's nice;
+And that's what little girls are made of."
+
+
+BANDY LEGS
+
+As I was going to sell my eggs
+I met a man with bandy legs,
+Bandy legs and crooked toes;
+I tripped up his heels, and he fell on his nose.
+
+
+THE GIRL AND THE BIRDS
+
+When I was a little girl, about seven years old,
+I hadn't got a petticoat, to cover me from the cold.
+So I went into Darlington, that pretty little town,
+And there I bought a petticoat, a cloak, and a gown.
+I went into the woods and built me a kirk,
+And all the birds of the air, they helped me to work.
+The hawk with his long claws pulled down the stone,
+The dove with her rough bill brought me them home.
+The parrot was the clergyman, the peacock was the clerk,
+The bullfinch played the organ,--we made merry work.
+
+
+A PIG
+
+As I went to Bonner,
+    I met a pig
+    Without a wig
+Upon my word and honor.
+
+
+JENNY WREN
+
+As little Jenny Wren
+    Was sitting by her shed.
+She waggled with her tail,
+    And nodded with her head.
+She waggled with her tail,
+    And nodded with her head,
+As little Jenny Wren
+    Was sitting by the shed.
+
+
+LITTLE TOM TUCKER
+
+Little Tom Tucker
+    Sings for his supper.
+What shall he eat?
+    White bread and butter.
+How will he cut it
+    Without e'er a knife?
+How will he be married
+    Without e'er a wife?
+
+
+WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MY PRETTY MAID
+
+"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
+"I'm going a-milking, sir," she said.
+"May I go with you, my pretty maid?"
+"You're kindly welcome, sir," she said.
+"What is your father, my pretty maid?"
+"My father's a farmer, sir," she said.
+"What is your fortune, my pretty maid?"
+"My face is my fortune, sir," she said.
+"Then I can't marry you, my pretty maid."
+"Nobody asked you, sir," she said.
+
+
+THE OLD WOMAN OF GLOUCESTER
+
+There was an old woman of Gloucester,
+Whose parrot two guineas it cost her,
+    But its tongue never ceasing,
+    Was vastly displeasing
+To the talkative woman of Gloucester.
+
+
+MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION
+
+Multiplication is vexation,
+    Division is as bad;
+The Rule of Three doth puzzle me,
+    And Practice drives me mad.
+
+
+LITTLE KING BOGGEN
+
+Little King Boggen, he built a fine hall,
+Pie-crust and pastry-crust, that was the wall;
+The windows were made of black puddings and white,
+And slated with pan-cakes,--you ne'er saw the like!
+
+
+WHISTLE
+
+"Whistle, daughter, whistle;
+    Whistle, daughter dear."
+"I cannot whistle, mammy,
+    I cannot whistle clear."
+"Whistle, daughter, whistle;
+    Whistle for a pound."
+"I cannot whistle, mammy,
+    I cannot make a sound."
+
+
+BELL HORSES
+
+Bell horses, bell horses, what time of day?
+One o'clock, two o'clock, three and away.
+
+
+TAFFY
+
+Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief,
+Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef;
+I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not home;
+Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow-bone.
+
+I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not in;
+Taffy came to my house and stole a silver pin;
+I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed,
+I took up the marrow-bone and flung it at his head.
+
+
+THE ROBIN
+
+The north wind doth blow,
+And we shall have snow,
+And what will poor robin do then,
+                    Poor thing?
+
+He'll sit in a barn,
+And keep himself warm,
+And hide his head under his wing,
+                    Poor thing!
+
+
+THE OLD WOMAN OF HARROW
+
+There was an old woman of Harrow,
+Who visited in a wheelbarrow;
+   And her servant before,
+   Knocked loud at each door,
+To announce the old woman of Harrow.
+
+
+YOUNG ROGER AND DOLLY
+
+Young Roger came tapping at Dolly's window,
+    Thumpaty, thumpaty, thump!
+
+He asked for admittance; she answered him "No!"
+    Frumpaty, frumpaty, frump!
+
+"No, no, Roger, no! as you came you may go!"
+    Stumpaty, stumpaty, stump!
+
+
+THE PIPER AND HIS COW
+
+There was a piper had a cow,
+    And he had naught to give her;
+He pulled out his pipes and played her a tune,
+    And bade the cow consider.
+
+The cow considered very well,
+    And gave the piper a penny,
+And bade him play the other tune,
+    "Corn rigs are bonny."
+
+
+THE MAN OF DERBY
+
+A little old man of Derby,
+How do you think he served me?
+He took away my bread and cheese,
+And that is how he served me.
+
+
+THE COACHMAN
+
+Up at Piccadilly, oh!
+    The coachman takes his stand,
+And when he meets a pretty girl
+    He takes her by the hand;
+Whip away forever, oh!
+    Drive away so clever, oh!
+All the way to Bristol, oh!
+    He drives her four-in-hand.
+
+
+THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN
+
+There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
+She had so many children she didn't know what to do.
+She gave them some broth without any bread.
+She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
+
+
+A THORN
+
+I went to the wood and got it;
+I sat me down to look for it
+And brought it home because I couldn't find it.
+
+
+THE OLD WOMAN OF SURREY
+
+There was an old woman in Surrey,
+Who was morn, noon, and night in a hurry;
+    Called her husband a fool,
+    Drove the children to school,
+The worrying old woman of Surrey.
+
+
+THE LITTLE MOUSE
+
+I have seen you, little mouse,
+Running all about the house,
+Through the hole your little eye
+In the wainscot peeping sly,
+Hoping soon some crumbs to steal,
+To make quite a hearty meal.
+Look before you venture out,
+See if pussy is about.
+If she's gone, you'll quickly run
+To the larder for some fun;
+Round about the dishes creep,
+Taking into each a peep,
+To choose the daintiest that's there,
+Spoiling things you do not care.
+
+
+BOY AND GIRL
+
+There was a little boy and a little girl
+    Lived in an alley;
+Says the little boy to the little girl,
+    "Shall I, oh, shall I?"
+Says the little girl to the little boy,
+    "What shall we do?"
+Says the little boy to the little girl,
+    "I will kiss you."
+
+
+WHEN
+
+When I was a bachelor
+    I lived by myself;
+And all the bread and cheese I got
+    I laid up on the shelf.
+
+The rats and the mice
+    They made such a strife,
+I was forced to go to London
+    To buy me a wife.
+
+The streets were so bad,
+    And the lanes were so narrow,
+I was forced to bring my wife home
+    In a wheelbarrow.
+
+The wheelbarrow broke,
+    And my wife had a fall;
+Down came wheelbarrow,
+    Little wife and all.
+
+
+SING, SING
+
+Sing, sing, what shall I sing?
+Cat's run away with the pudding-string!
+Do, do, what shall I do?
+The cat has bitten it quite in two.
+
+
+LONDON BRIDGE
+
+London Bridge is broken down,
+Dance over my Lady Lee;
+London Bridge is broken down,
+With a gay lady.
+
+How shall we build it up again?
+Dance over my Lady Lee;
+How shall we build it up again?
+With a gay lady.
+
+Build it up with silver and gold,
+Dance over my Lady Lee;
+Build it up with silver and gold,
+With a gay lady.
+
+Silver and gold will be stole away,
+Dance over my Lady Lee;
+Silver and gold will be stole away,
+With a gay lady.
+
+Build it up with iron and steel,
+Dance over my Lady Lee;
+Build it up with iron and steel,
+With a gay lady.
+
+Iron and steel will bend and bow,
+Dance over my Lady Lee;
+Iron and steel will bend and bow,
+With a gay lady.
+
+Build it up with wood and clay,
+Dance over my Lady Lee;
+Build it up with wood and clay,
+With a gay lady.
+
+Wood and clay will wash away,
+Dance over my Lady Lee;
+Wood and clay will wash away,
+With a gay lady.
+
+Build it up with stone so strong,
+Dance over my Lady Lee;
+Huzza! 'twill last for ages long,
+With a gay lady.
+
+
+MARCH WINDS
+
+March winds and April showers
+Bring forth May flowers.
+
+
+THE BALLOON
+
+"What is the news of the day,
+Good neighbor, I pray?"
+"They say the balloon
+Is gone up to the moon!"
+
+
+A CHERRY
+
+As I 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 me this riddle, I'll give you a groat.
+
+
+THE LOST SHOE
+
+Doodle doodle doo,
+The Princess lost her shoe:
+  Her Highness hopped,--
+  The fiddler stopped,
+Not knowing what to do.
+
+
+HOT CODLINS
+
+There was a little woman, as I've been told,
+Who was not very young, nor yet very old;
+Now this little woman her living got
+By selling codlins, hot, hot, hot!
+
+
+SWAN
+
+Swan, swan, over the sea;
+    Swim, swan, swim!
+Swan, swan, back again;
+    Well swum, swan!
+
+
+THREE STRAWS
+
+Three straws on a staff
+Would make a baby cry and laugh.
+
+
+THE MAN OF TOBAGO
+
+There was an old man of Tobago
+Who lived on rice, gruel, and sago,
+    Till much to his bliss,
+    His physician said this:
+"To a leg, sir, of mutton, you may go."
+
+
+DING, DONG, BELL
+
+Ding, dong, bell,
+Pussy's in the well!
+Who put her in?
+Little Tommy Lin.
+
+Who pulled her out?
+Little Johnny Stout.
+What a naughty boy was that,
+To try to drown poor pussy-cat.
+Who never did him any harm,
+But killed the mice in his father's barn!
+
+
+A SUNSHINY SHOWER
+
+A sunshiny shower
+Won't last half an hour.
+
+
+THE FARMER AND THE RAVEN
+
+A farmer went trotting upon his gray mare,
+    Bumpety, bumpety, bump!
+With his daughter behind him so rosy and fair,
+    Lumpety, lumpety, lump!
+
+A 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 them the same the next day,
+    Lumpety, lumpety lump!
+
+
+CHRISTMAS
+
+Christmas is coming, the geese are getting fat,
+Please to put a penny in an old man's hat;
+If you haven't got a penny a ha'penny will do,
+If you haven't got a ha'penny, God bless you.
+
+
+WILLY BOY
+
+"Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going?
+I will go with you, if that I may."
+"I'm going to the meadow to see them a-mowing,
+I'm going to help them to make the hay."
+
+
+POLLY AND SUKEY
+
+Polly, put the kettle on,
+Polly, put the kettle on,
+Polly, put the kettle on,
+And let's drink tea.
+
+Sukey, take it off again,
+Sukey, take it off again,
+Sukey, take it off again,
+They're all gone away.
+
+
+THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK ROBIN
+
+Who killed Cock Robin?
+"I," said the sparrow,
+"With my little bow and arrow,
+I killed Cock Robin."
+
+Who saw him die?
+"I," said the fly,
+"With my little eye,
+I saw him die."
+
+Who caught his blood?
+"I," said the fish,
+"With my little dish,
+I caught his blood."
+
+Who'll make his shroud?
+"I," said the beetle,
+"With my thread and needle.
+I'll make his shroud."
+
+Who'll carry the torch?
+"I," said the linnet,
+"I'll come in a minute,
+I'll carry the torch."
+
+Who'll be the clerk?
+"I," said the lark,
+"If it's not in the dark,
+I'll be the clerk."
+
+Who'll dig his grave?
+"I," said the owl,
+"With my spade and trowel
+I'll dig his grave."
+
+Who'll be the parson?
+"I," said the rook,
+"With my little book,
+I'll be the parson."
+
+Who'll be chief mourner?
+"I," said the dove,
+"I mourn for my love,
+I'll be chief mourner."
+
+Who'll sing a psalm?
+"I," said the thrush,
+"As I sit in a bush.
+I'll sing a psalm."
+
+Who'll carry the coffin?
+"I," said the kite,
+"If it's not in the night,
+I'll carry the coffin."
+
+Who'll toll the bell?
+"I," said the bull,
+"Because I can pull,
+I'll toll the bell."
+
+All the birds of the air
+Fell sighing and sobbing,
+When they heard the bell toll
+For poor Cock Robin.
+
+
+THE MOUSE AND THE CLOCK
+
+Hickory, dickory, dock!
+The mouse ran up the clock;
+  The clock struck one,
+  And down he run,
+Hickory, dickory, dock!
+
+
+HOT-CROSS BUNS
+
+    Hot-cross Buns!
+    Hot-cross Buns!
+One a penny, two a penny,
+    Hot-cross Buns!
+
+    Hot-cross Buns!
+    Hot-cross Buns!
+If ye have no daughters,
+Give them to your sons.
+
+
+BOBBY SHAFTOE
+
+Bobby Shaftoe's gone to sea,
+With silver buckles on his knee:
+He'll come back and marry me,
+    Pretty Bobby Shaftoe!
+Bobby Shaftoe's fat and fair,
+Combing down his yellow hair;
+He's my love for evermore,
+    Pretty Bobby Shaftoe.
+
+
+THE BUNCH OF BLUE RIBBONS
+
+Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
+Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
+Oh, dear, what can the matter be?
+    Johnny's so long at the fair.
+
+He promised he'd buy me a bunch of blue ribbons,
+He promised he'd buy me a bunch of blue ribbons,
+He promised he'd buy me a bunch of blue ribbons,
+To tie up my bonny brown hair.
+
+
+THE WOMAN OF EXETER
+
+There dwelt an old woman at Exeter;
+When visitors came it sore vexed her,
+    So for fear they should eat,
+    She locked up all her meat,
+This stingy old woman of Exeter.
+
+
+SNEEZING
+
+If you sneeze on Monday, you sneeze for danger;
+Sneeze on a Tuesday, kiss a stranger;
+Sneeze on a Wednesday, sneeze for a letter;
+Sneeze on a Thursday, something better.
+Sneeze on a Friday, sneeze for sorrow;
+Sneeze on a Saturday, joy to-morrow.
+
+
+PUSSY-CAT BY THE FIRE
+
+Pussy-cat sits by the fire;
+    How can she be fair?
+In walks the little dog;
+    Says: "Pussy, are you there?
+How do you do, Mistress Pussy?
+    Mistress Pussy, how d'ye do?"
+"I thank you kindly, little dog,
+    I fare as well as you!"
+
+
+WHEN THE SNOW IS ON THE GROUND
+
+The little robin grieves
+    When the snow is on the ground,
+For the trees have no leaves,
+    And no berries can be found.
+
+The air is cold, the worms are hid;
+    For robin here what can be done?
+Let's strow around some crumbs of bread,
+    And then he'll live till snow is gone.
+
+
+
+
+
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