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diff --git a/24623.txt b/24623.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..dd97ac1 --- /dev/null +++ b/24623.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1776 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Mother Goose, by Anonymous + +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 +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Mother Goose + The Original Volland Edition + +Author: Anonymous + +Editor: Eulalie Osgood Grover + +Illustrator: Frederick Richardson + +Release Date: February 15, 2008 [EBook #24623] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MOTHER GOOSE *** + + + + +Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed +Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +MOTHER GOOSE + + + + + MOTHER + GOOSE + + THE ORIGINAL + VOLLAND EDITION + + [Illustration] + + _Arranged and Edited by_ + EULALIE OSGOOD GROVER + + _Illustrated by_ + FREDERICK RICHARDSON + + DERRYDALE BOOKS + NEW YORK + + + + + _Dedicated by the_ + Compiler _and_ Artist + _to_ + VIRGINIA _and_ DORIS + and their mother, + _the inspiration of the publisher_ + + + + +A FOREWORD + + +Children, as well as their interested parents, will eagerly welcome this +beautiful edition of the one great nursery classic, just as a worthy +edition of Shakespeare is welcomed by discriminating adult readers. + +But some may ask what there is in these simple melodies, attributed to +Mother Goose, which gives them so secure and beloved a place in the +home, the school and the public library. Is it the humor, the action, +the rhythm, or the mystery of the theme which appeals so strongly to +critical little minds in each generation of childhood, and even to adult +minds so fortunate as to have retained some of the refreshing naivete of +early years? + +It is useless to try to explain the charm of these nonsense melodies. +The children themselves do not know why they love them. No mother can +tell us the magic of the spell which seems to be cast over her restless +baby as she croons to it a Mother Goose lullaby. No primary teacher +quite understands why the mere repetition or singing of a Mother Goose +jingle will transform her listless, inattentive class into one all +eagerness and attention. But mother and teacher agree that the best of +these verses have an even more potent influence than that of innocently +diverting and entertaining the child. The healthy moral, so subtly +suggested in many of the rhymes, is unconsciously absorbed by the +child's receptive mind, helping him to make his own distinction between +right and wrong, bravery and cowardice, generosity and selfishness. + +From a literary standpoint, also, these rhymes have proved of real value +in creating a taste for the truly musical in poetry and song. They train +the ear and stir the imagination of the child as no other verses do. +Many famous poets and writers trace their first inspiration, and love +for things literary, back to the nursery songs and fairy tales of their +childhood. + +[Illustration] + +Teachers well know that children who have reveled in these rhymes and +stories, at the time of their strongest appeal, step naturally and +appreciatively into the great fields of good literature which are +beyond. + +Knowing these things to be true, we do not hesitate to place this +venerable classic on the shelf beside our Shakespeare, and to send our +children there for delight and inspiration. They will understand +Shakespeare the better for having known and loved Mother Goose. + +But what about the personality of this classic writer? Was she really +Mistress Elizabeth Goose who is said to have lived in Boston about two +hundred years ago, and who crooned her nonsense jingles to a large and +happy family of grandchildren? We are told that their father, Thomas +Fleet, who was a printer by trade, thought to turn an honest penny with +his mother-in-law's popular verses, so he published them in a small +volume under the title of "Songs for the Nursery: or, Mother Goose's +Melodies." A goose with a very long neck and a wide-open mouth flew +across the title page, at least so the story goes. But we have to +believe that it is only a story, for no copy of the book can be found, +and nothing but tradition identifies Elizabeth Goose, the Boston +grandmother, with the famous rhymester. + +We might feel sorry to be obliged to discredit this picturesque story of +Mother Goose, if her real history were not even more mysterious. We know +very little about the beloved patron of childhood, but what we do know +is as follows: + +Mother Goose is most certainly of respectable French origin, for in 1697 +a distinguished French writer, Charles Perrault, published in Paris a +little book of familiar stories called "Contes de ma Mere l'Oye," or +"Tales of My Mother Goose." Her identity, however, he leaves a mystery, +except that in the frontispiece of his book is pictured an old woman by +her fireside telling stories to an eager little family group. + +[Illustration] + +This volume contained the only prose tales that have ever been credited +to Mother Goose, and they are still among the most popular stories in +nursery or school room. The titles are as follows: "Little Red Riding +Hood;" "The Sisters Who Dropped From Their Mouths Diamonds and Toads;" +"Bluebeard;" "The Sleeping Beauty;" "Puss in Boots;" "Cinderella;" +"Riquet With the Tuft;" and "Tom Thumb." + +It is through her verses, however, that Mother Goose has won her +well-deserved fame. The first collection under her name was published in +London about 1765 by John Newbery. It may be, if Oliver Goldsmith were +living, he could tell us more about the origin of these verses than we +are now ever likely to know. It is more than probable that he himself +edited the little volume for John Newbery, and that he wrote the clever +preface, "By a very Great Writer of very Little Books," as well as the +quaint moral which supplements each rhyme. + +About twenty-five years later this book was reprinted in our country by +Isaiah Thomas of Worcester, Massachusetts. Several copies of this +edition are preserved, one of which has been photographed and reproduced +in facsimile by W. H. Whitmore of Boston. Other publishers also +reprinted the English edition, one being done for John Newbery's +grandson, Francis Power, in 1791. + +In 1810 another collection of melodies appeared under the title of +"Gammer Gurton's Garland." It was quite evidently a rival of Mother +Goose, though it contained nearly all of her verses, besides many far +less interesting ones gathered from other sources. + +[Illustration] + +Gammer Gurton's popularity, however, was short, and Mother Goose was +revived about 1825 by a Boston firm, Munroe and Francis. Since that time +her fame has never waned. In spite of the present multiplicity of +beautiful books for children, they are constantly exhausting large +editions of the one universally beloved book of melodies. Some of these +volumes have been collected and edited by men of the highest literary +judgment and ability, such as Goldsmith (with hardly a doubt), Ritson, +Halliwell, Andrew Lang, Charles Eliot Norton, Charles Welsh and Edward +Everett Hale. Certainly there is not another collection of juvenile +literature which can boast such a list of scholarly editors. The deepest +gratitude is due them for their careful and discriminating effort to +preserve for the children of future generations this rich heritage of +nursery melodies. + +Many less discriminating editors, however, have ruthlessly mutilated and +adapted many of the rhymes to suit their fancy, thinking, possibly, that +as Mother Goose is only a title, the verses attributed to her belong to +the general public to use as it sees fit. On the contrary, Mother +Goose's melodies belong to the children, and no addition or change +should be made except by those who are in such close sympathy with the +child-heart that they may act with the child's authority. + +This present edition of "Mother Goose" preserves the best of the verses +which became so popular in England and America as to first demand their +publication. It is the only truly classic edition that has been +published in modern times. The two authorities which have been followed +are the edition published for John Newbery's grandson in London in 1791, +and probably edited by Oliver Goldsmith, and the edition published in +Boston in 1833 by Munroe and Francis, called "The Only True Mother Goose +Melodies." It is from this copy that the following quaint introduction +by "Ma'am Goose" is quoted. + +Not all the favorites among the nursery rhymes are here, only those that +first helped to make the fame of the fictitious but no less worthy +patron of childhood. May her fame and her melodies be lovingly preserved +to give joy and inspiration to many future generations of little +children. + + EULALIE OSGOOD GROVER + +1915 + +[Illustration] + + + + +Hear What Ma'am Goose Says! + + +My dear little Blossoms, there are now in this world, and always will +be, a great many grannies beside myself, both in petticoats and +pantaloons, some a deal younger, to be sure, but all monstrous wise and +of my own family name. These old women, who never had chick or child of +their own, but who always know how to bring up other people's children, +will tell you with long faces that my enchanting, quieting, soothing +volume, my all-sufficient anodyne for cross, peevish, won't-be-comforted +little bairns, ought be laid aside for more learned books, such as +_they_ could select and publish. Fudge! I tell you that all their +batterings can't deface my beauties, nor their wise pratings equal my +wiser prattlings; and all imitators of my refreshing songs might as well +write another Billy Shakespeare as another Mother Goose--we two great +poets were born together, and shall go out of the world together. + + No, no, my melodies will never die, + While nurses sing, or babies cry. + + + _From "The Only True Mother Goose Melodies,"_ + _Published by Munroe & Francis, Boston. 1833_ + +[Illustration] + + + + +MOTHER GOOSE + +[Illustration] + + Old Mother Goose, when + She wanted to wander, + Would ride through the air + On a very fine gander. + +[Illustration] + + Cock-a-doodle-doo, + My dame has lost her shoe; + My master's lost his fiddlestick, + And knows not what to do. + +[Illustration] + + Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, + Had a wife and couldn't keep her; + He put her in a pumpkin shell, + And then he kept her very well. + + Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, + Had another, and didn't love her; + Peter learned to read and spell, + And then he loved her very well. + +[Illustration] + + Lady-bird, Lady-bird, + Fly away home, + Your house is on fire, + Your children will burn. + +[Illustration] + + 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? + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + Little Nanny Etticoat + In a white petticoat, + And a red nose; + The longer she stands + The shorter she grows. + +[Illustration] + + Jack, be nimble; Jack, be quick; + Jack, jump over the candlestick. + +[Illustration] + + 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? + +[Illustration] + + I'll tell you a story + About Mary Morey, + And now my story's begun. + I'll tell you another + About her brother, + And now my story's done. + +[Illustration] + + Hush-a-bye, Baby, upon the tree top, + When the wind blows the cradle will rock; + When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, + Down tumbles cradle and Baby and all. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + Dickery, dickery, dock, + The mouse ran up the clock; + The clock struck one, + The mouse ran down, + Dickery, dickery, dock. + +[Illustration] + + A, B, C, D, E, F, G, + H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, + Q, R, S, and T, U, V, + W, X, and Y and Z. + Now I've said my A, B, C, + Tell me what you think of me. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + Little Tommy Tittlemouse + Lived in a little house; + He caught fishes + In other men's ditches. + +[Illustration] + + About the bush, Willie, about the bee-hive, + About the bush, Willie, I'll meet thee alive. + +[Illustration] + + Bah, bah, 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. + +[Illustration] + + Hickety, pickety, my black hen, + She lays eggs for gentlemen: + Gentlemen come every day + To see what my black hen doth lay. + +[Illustration] + + Willie boy, Willie boy, + Where are you going? + O, let us go with you + This sunshiny day. + + I'm going to the meadow + To see them a-mowing, + I'm going to help the girls + Turn the new hay. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, + Upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown; + Tapping at the window, crying at the lock: + "Are the babes in their beds, for it's now ten o'clock?" + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + There was a man and he had naught, + And robbers came to rob him; + He crept up to the chimney top, + And then they thought they had him. + But he got down on the other side, + And then they could not find him; + He ran fourteen miles in fifteen days, + And never looked behind him. + +[Illustration] + + There was an old man, + And he had a calf, + And that's half; + He took him out of the stall, + And put him on the wall, + And that's all. + +[Illustration] + + Bow, wow, wow! + Whose dog art thou? + Little Tom Tinker's dog, + Bow, wow, wow! + +[Illustration] + + 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!" + +[Illustration] + + Here am I, little jumping Joan, + When nobody's with me + I'm always alone. + +[Illustration] + + There was an old woman lived under the hill, + And if she's not gone she lives there still. + Baked apples she sold, and cranberry pies, + And she's the old woman that never told lies. + +[Illustration] + + Simple Simon met a pieman + Going to the fair; + Says Simple Simon to the pieman: + "Pray 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." + +[Illustration] + + Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye, + Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie; + When the pie was opened the birds began to sing, + And wasn't this a dainty dish to set before the king? + The king was in the parlor counting out his money; + The queen was in the kitchen eating bread and honey; + The maid was in the garden hanging out the clothes, + There came a little blackbird and nipped off her nose. + +[Illustration] + + To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, + Home again, home again, jiggety, jig. + +[Illustration] + + Ride a cock horse + To Banbury Cross + To see what Tommy can buy: + A penny white loaf, + A penny white cake, + And a two-penny apple pie. + +[Illustration] + + Little Miss Muffet + Sat on a tuffet, + Eating some curds and whey; + There came a great spider, + And sat down beside her, + And frightened Miss Muffet away. + +[Illustration] + + Three wise men of Gotham + Went to sea in a bowl, + And if the bowl had been stronger + My song had been longer. + +[Illustration] + + There were two birds sat upon a stone, + Fal de ral-al de ral-laddy. + One flew away and then there was one, + Fal de ral-al de ral-laddy. + The other flew after and then there was none, + Fal de ral-al de ral-laddy. + So the poor stone was left all alone, + Fal de ral-al de ral-laddy. + One of these little birds back again flew, + Fal de ral-al de ral-laddy. + The other came after and then there were two, + Fal de ral-al de ral-laddy. + Says one to the other: "Pray, how do you do?" + Fal de ral-al de ral-laddy. + "Very well, thank you, and pray how are you?" + Fal de ral-al de ral-laddy. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + A dillar, 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! + +[Illustration] + + Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? + I've been to London to see the Queen. + Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there? + I frightened a little mouse under the chair. + +[Illustration] + + 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, + And then it will serve for Tommy and me. + +[Illustration] + + Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, + The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. + What! Is this the way you mind your sheep, + Under the haycock fast asleep? + +[Illustration] + + There was an old woman tossed in a blanket + 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, ah whither, ah whither so high?" + To sweep the cobwebs from the sky, + And I'll be with you by and by." + +[Illustration] + + Cold and raw the north winds blow + Bleak in the morning early, + All the hills are covered with snow, + And winter's now come fairly. + +[Illustration] + + The man in the moon came down too soon + To inquire the way to Norridge; + The man in the south, he burnt his mouth + With eating cold plum porridge. + +[Illustration] + + 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 just now. + +[Illustration] + + Lucy Locket lost her pocket, + Kitty Fisher found it; + There was not a penny in it, + But a ribbon round it. + +[Illustration] + + 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 marry + Without e'er a wife? + +[Illustration] + + "To bed, to bed," says Sleepy-Head; + "Let's stay awhile," says Slow; + "Put on the pot," says Greedy-Sot, + "We'll sup before we go." + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + High diddle diddle, + The cat and the fiddle, + The cow jumped over the moon; + The little dog laughed + To see such craft, + And the dish ran away with the spoon. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + Robin and Richard + Were two pretty men; + They stayed 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." + +[Illustration] + + Is John Smith within?--Yes, that he is. + Can he set a shoe? Ay, marry, two. + Here a nail and there a nail, + Tick--tack--too. + +[Illustration] + + 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, + And always got 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. + +[Illustration] + + When I was a little boy I lived by myself, + And all the bread and cheese I got I put upon a 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 broad 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, + And down came the wheelbarrow, wife and all. + +[Illustration] + + '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. + + "O, 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 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." + +[Illustration] + + How many days has my baby to play? + Saturday, Sunday, Monday, + Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, + Saturday, Sunday, Monday. + +[Illustration] + + Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, + Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; + All the king's horses and all the king's men + Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again. + +[Illustration] + + 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 pancakes,--you ne'er saw the like! + +[Illustration] + + As I went to Bonner + I met a pig + Without a wig, + Upon my word and honor. + +[Illustration] + + Little Jack Horner + Sat in a corner + Eating a Christmas pie; + He put in his thumb, + And pulled out a plum, + And said: "Oh, what a good boy am I!" + +[Illustration] + + Miss Jane had a bag and a mouse was in it; + She opened the bag, he was out in a minute. + The cat saw him jump and run under the table, + And the dog said: "Catch him, Puss, soon as you're able." + +[Illustration] + + The Queen of Hearts, + She made some tarts + All on a summer's day; + The Knave of Hearts, + He stole those 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. + +[Illustration] + + Goosey, goosey, gander, where dost thou wander? + Upstairs and downstairs and in my lady's chamber; + There I met an old man that wouldn't say his prayers, + I took him by his hind legs and threw him downstairs. + +[Illustration] + + See saw, Margery Daw, + Jacky shall have a new master: + Jacky must have but a penny a day + Because he can work no faster. + +[Illustration] + + Daffy-down-dilly is now come to town + With a petticoat green and a bright yellow gown. + +[Illustration] + + "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." + +[Illustration] + + The lion and the unicorn + Were fighting for the crown. + The lion beat the unicorn + All about the town. + Some gave them white bread, + And some gave them brown; + Some gave them plum-cake, + And sent them out of town. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + Mistress Mary, quite contrary, + How does your garden grow? + With silver bells and cockle shells + And pretty maids all in a row. + +[Illustration] + + Bonny lass, pretty lass, + Wilt thou be mine? + Thou shalt not wash dishes + Nor yet serve the swine. + Thou shalt sit on a cushion + And sew a fine seam, + And thou shalt eat strawberries, + Sugar and cream. + +[Illustration] + + Handy-spandy, Jacky dandy, + Loves plum cake and sugar candy. + He bought some at a grocer's shop, + And pleased away went hop, hop, hop. + +[Illustration] + + Ding--dong--bell, the cat's in the well. + Who put her in? Little Johnny Green. + Who pulled her out? Great Johnny Stout. + What a naughty boy was that + To drown poor pussy cat + Who never did him any harm, + And killed the mice in his father's barn. + +[Illustration] + + This pig went to market, + That pig stayed at home; + This pig had roast meat, + That pig had none; + This pig went to the barn door, + And cried "week, week," for more. + +[Illustration] + + There were two blackbirds sitting on a hill, + One named Jack and the other named Jill. + Fly away, Jack! Fly away, Jill! + Come again, Jack! Come again, Jill! + +[Illustration] + + Cross patch, draw the latch, + Sit by the fire and spin; + Take a cup and drink it up, + Then call your neighbors in. + +[Illustration] + + Old Mother Hubbard + Went to the cupboard + To get her poor dog a bone; + But when she came there + The cupboard was bare, + And so the poor dog had none. + +[Illustration] + + Pease-porridge hot, + Pease-porridge cold. + Pease-porridge in the pot + Nine days old. + Spell me that in four letters: + I will: T H A T. + +[Illustration] + + Polly, put the kettle on, + Polly, put the kettle on, + Polly, put the kettle on, + We'll all have tea. + Sukey, take it off again, + Sukey, take it off again, + Sukey, take it off again, + They're all gone away. + +[Illustration] + + The sow came in with the saddle, + The little pig rocked the cradle, + The dish jumped up on the table + To see the pot swallow the ladle. + The spit that stood behind the door + Threw the pudding-stick on the floor. + "Odsplut!" said the gridiron, + "Can't you agree? + I'm the head constable, + Bring them to me!" + +[Illustration] + + Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree, + Up went the Pussy-Cat, and 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. + +[Illustration] + + 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 next day, + Lumpety, lumpety, lump. + +[Illustration] + + There was an old woman + Sold puddings and pies; + She went to the mill, + And dust flew in her eyes. + While through the streets, + To all she meets + She ever cries: + "Hot Pies--Hot Pies." + +[Illustration] + + "Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?" + "Speak a little louder, sir, I'm very thick o' hearing." + "Old woman, old woman, shall I kiss you dearly?" + "Thank you, kind sir, I hear very clearly." + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + Jack Sprat could eat no fat, + His wife could eat no lean; + So 'twixt them both they cleared the cloth, + And licked the platter clean. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + What's the news of the day, + Good neighbor, I pray? + They say the balloon + Has gone up to the moon. + +[Illustration] + + There was a crooked man, + And he went a crooked mile, + He found a crooked sixpence + Against a crooked stile; + He bought a crooked cat + Which caught a crooked mouse, + And they all lived together + In a little crooked house. + +[Illustration] + + 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." + +[Illustration] + + The man in the wilderness + Asked me + How many strawberries + Grew in the sea. + I answered him + As I thought good, + As many red herrings + As grew in the wood. + +[Illustration] + + Hark! Hark! + The dogs do bark, + The beggars are coming to town; + Some in rags, + Some in tags, + And some in velvet gown. + +[Illustration] + + As I was going to St. Ives + I met 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? + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + Great A, little a, + Bouncing B; + The cat's in the cupboard, + And she can't see. + +[Illustration] + + 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. + +[Illustration] + + As I was going up Primrose Hill, + Primrose Hill was dirty; + There I met a pretty lass, + And she dropped me a curtsey. + + Little lass, pretty lass, + Blessings light upon you; + If I had half-a-crown a day, + I'd spend it all upon you. + +[Illustration] + + There was a little boy went into a barn + And lay down on some hay; + A calf came out and smelled about, + And the little boy ran away. + +[Illustration] + + When good King Arthur ruled his land + He was a goodly king; + He stole three pecks of barley meal + To make a bag-pudding. + A bag-pudding the king did make, + And stuffed it well with plums, + And in it put great lumps of fat + As big as my two thumbs. + The king and queen did eat thereof, + And noblemen beside, + And what they could not eat that night + The queen next morning fried. + +[Illustration] + + "Jacky, come give me your fiddle, + If ever you 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'm gone mad, + For many a joyful day + My fiddle and I have had." + +[Illustration] + + One, two, three, four, five, + I caught a hare alive; + Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, + I let him go again. + +[Illustration] + + The north wind doth blow, + And we shall have snow, + And what will poor robin do then? + Poor thing! + + He'll sit in the barn + And keep himself warm, + And hide his head under his wing. + Poor thing! + +[Illustration] + + "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. + +[Illustration] + + There was a man in our town, + And he was wondrous wise, + He jumped into a bramble-bush, + And scratched out both his eyes; + And when he saw his eyes were out, + With all his might and main + He jumped into another bush + And scratched them in again. + + + + +INDEX + +(ARRANGED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE) + + + Old Mother Goose, when she wanted to wander. + Cock-a-doodle doo. + Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater. + Lady-bird, Lady-bird. + One misty, moisty morning. + I like little pussy, her coat is so warm. + Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep. + Little Nanny Etticoat. + Jack, be nimble; Jack, be quick. + Pretty John Watts. + I'll tell you a story. + Hush-a-bye, Baby, upon the tree top. + Ride away, ride away. + Dickery, Dickery, dock. + A, B, C, D, E, F, G. + The little robin grieves. + Little Tommy Tittlemouse. + About the bush, Willie, about the bee-hive. + Bah, bah, black sheep. + Hickety, pickety, my black hen. + Willie boy, Willie boy. + Three children sliding on the ice. + Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town. + There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. + There was a man and he had naught. + There was an old man, and he had a calf. + Bow, wow, wow! + Pussy-cat sits by the fire. + Here am I, little Jumping Joan. + There was an old woman lived under the hill. + Simple Simon met a pieman. + Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye. + To market, to market, to buy a fat pig. + Ride a cock horse. + Little Miss Muffet. + Three wise men of Gotham. + There were two birds sat upon a stone. + Bye, Baby Bunting. + Little Polly Flinders. + Tom, Tom, the piper's son. + Jack and Jill went up the hill. + A dillar, a dollar. + Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? + Pat a cake, pat a cake, Baker's man. + Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn. + There was an old woman tossed in a blanket. + Cold and raw the north winds blow. + The man in the moon came down too soon. + Four-and-twenty tailors. + Lucy Locket lost her pocket. + Little Tom Tucker. + "To bed, to bed," says Sleepy Head. + Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John. + High diddle diddle. + The two gray kits. + Robin and Richard. + Is John Smith within? Yes, that he is. + I had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen. + When I was a little boy I lived by myself. + 'Twas once upon a time when Jenny Wren was young. + How many days has my baby to play? + Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. + Little King Boggen he built a fine hall. + As I went to Bonner. + Little Jack Horner. + Miss Jane had a bag and a mouse was in it. + The Queen of Hearts. + Goosey, goosey, gander, where dost thou wander? + See saw, Margery Daw. + Daffy-down-dilly is now come to town. + Cock, cock, cock, cock. + The lion and the unicorn. + Old King Cole. + Mistress Mary, quite contrary. + Bonny lass, pretty lass. + Handy-spandy, Jacky dandy. + Ding-dong-bell, the cat's in the well. + This pig went to market. + There were two blackbirds sitting on a hill. + Cross patch, draw the latch. + Old Mother Hubbard. + Pease-porridge hot. + Polly, put the kettle on. + The sow came in with the saddle. + Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree. + A farmer went trotting upon his gray mare. + There was an old woman sold puddings and pies. + Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing? + My little old man and I fell out. + Jack Sprat could eat no fat. + There was an old woman, and what do you think? + What's the news of the day? + There was a crooked man. + There was a piper had a cow. + The man in the wilderness. + Hark! Hark! The dogs do bark. + As I was going to St. Ives. + I had a little husband no bigger than my thumb. + Great A, little a. + Bat, bat, come under my hat. + As I was going up Primrose Hill. + There was a little boy went into a barn. + When good King Arthur ruled his land. + Jacky, come give me your fiddle. + One, two, three, four, five. + The north wind doth blow. + You owe me five shillings. + There was a man in our town. + + * * * * * + +Transcriber's Notes: + +Wee Willie Winkie, a close quotation mark was added to the final line. +(ten o'clock?) + +There was an old woman tossed in a blanket, opening quotation mark added +before "Whither, ah whither. + +Index, "diller" changed to "dillar" to match poem in text. 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