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diff --git a/14077-0.txt b/14077-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bbb2e32 --- /dev/null +++ b/14077-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,251 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 14077 *** + +[Illustration: A Frog he would a-wooing go. +R. Caldecott Picture Books] + +A FROG HE WOULD +A-WOOING GO + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +A Frog he would a-wooing go, + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +Whether his Mother would let him or no. + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +So off he set with his opera-hat, + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +And on his way he met with a Rat. + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +"Pray, MR. RAT, will you go with me," + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +"Pretty MISS MOUSEY for to see?" + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +Now they soon arrived at Mousey's Hall, + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +And gave a loud knock, and gave a loud call. + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +"Pray, Miss MOUSEY, are you within?" + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +"Oh, yes, kind Sirs, I'm sitting to spin." + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +"Pray, Miss MOUSE, will you give us some beer?" + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +"For Froggy and I are fond of good cheer." + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho says_, ANTHONY ROWLEY! +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +"Pray, Mr. FROG, will you give us a song? + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +"But let it be something that's not very long." + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach,_ + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +"Indeed, Miss MOUSE," replied Mr FROG, + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +"A cold has made me as hoarse as a Hog." + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +"Since you have caught cold," Miss MOUSEY said. + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +"I'll sing you a song that I have just made." + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +But while they were all thus a merry-making, + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +A Cat and her Kittens came tumbling in. + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +The Cat she seized the Rat by the crown; + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +The Kittens they pulled the little Mouse down. + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +This put Mr. FROG in a terrible fright; + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +He took up his hat, and he wished them good night. + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +But as Froggy was crossing a silvery brook, + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +A lily-white Duck came and gobbled him up. + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + +So there was an end of one, two, and three, + _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! +The Rat, the Mouse, and the little Frog-gee! + _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, + _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! + + +[Illustration: Randolph Caldecott's +Picture Books + +"The humour of Randolph Caldecott's drawings is simply irresistible, no +healthy-minded man, woman, or child could look at them without laughing." + + * * * * * + +_In square crown 4to, picture covers, with numerous coloured plates._ + + 1 John Gilpin + 2 The House that Jack Built + 3 The Babes in the Wood + 4 The Mad Dog + 5 Three Jovial Huntsmen + 6 Sing a Song for Sixpence + 7 The Queen of Hearts + 8 The Farmer's Boy + 9 The Milkmaid +10 Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting +11 A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go +12 The Fox Jumps over the Parson's Gate +13 Come Lasses and Lads +14 Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross, &c. +15 Mrs. Mary Blaize +16 The Great Panjandrum Himself + +_The above selections are also issued in Four Volumes, square crown +4to, attractive bindings red edges. Each containing four different +books, with their Coloured Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches._ + +1 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 1 +2 R. Caldecott's Picture Book No. 2 +3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle-Picture Book +4 The Panjandrum Picture Book + +_And also_ + +_In Two Volumes, handsomely bound in cloth gilt, each containing eight +different books, with their Coloured Pictures and numerous Outline +Sketches._ + +R. Caldecott's +Collection of +Pictures and Songs No. 1 + +R. Caldecott's +Collection of +Pictures and Songs No. 2 + + * * * * * + +Miniature Editions. + +_size 5-1/2 by 4-1/2 +Art Boards, flat back._ + ------ +FOUR VOLUMES + +ENTITLED + +R. CALDECOTT'S +PICTURE BOOKS + +Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. + +_Each containing coloured +plates and numerous +Outline Sketches in +the text._ + + * * * * * + +_Crown 4to, +picture covers._ + +Randolph Caldecott's +Painting Books. + +Three Volumes + +_Each with Outline +Pictures to Paint, and +Coloured Examples_. + ----- +_Oblong 4to. cloth_. + +A Sketch Book +of R. Caldecott's. + +_Containing numerous +sketches in Colour +and black and white_. + + * * * * * + +Frederick Warne & Co--LTD +LONDON & NEW YORK + +_The Published Prices of the above Picture Books can be obtained of +all Booksellers or from the Illustrated Catalogue of the Publishers._ + +PRINTED AND COPYRIGHTED BY EDMUND EVANS, LTD., ROSE PLACE, GLOBE ROAD, +LONDON, E.I.] + + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go, by Randolph Caldecott + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 14077 *** |