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H ES E cl
ass i c rh y m e s an d j ingle s have been ill u s trated
w it h picture s fr o m m an y di fferent pencil s ,
an d on

m an y di fferent plan s ,
—
fr o m the earl y E ngl i s h plan of o ur

gran dfathers d ay i n the f o r m of quaint and cl u m s y w o o d

’

cut s ,
to the dec o rative an d p o s ter l ike plan -
of o ur ow n .

M an y of the s e picture s have been del igh t ful but al l , of the m ,

as it s ee m s to m e ,
have been addre s s ed to o n e co m p r eh en

i n
s o o n ly ,
—
that of The C hild .

While I al s o have kept the ta s te s of y o ung f o lk s s tead

fa s tl y i n view i n m aking the il l u s trati o n s fo r thi s b o o k , y et

the general plan which I have f o l l o wed m ight be cal led ,

perhap s the Eighty Year Plan ina s m uch

,
—
, as I have ai m ed
to furn i s h intere st an d divers i o n fo r an y b o d y up to the age ,

say , o f eighty y ear s .

If thi s plan s h o ul d m eet with fav o r ,

my than k s an d
grati t ude wil l be d ue t o that o rna m ent of hu m an ity an d
m o ral l ife s aver the I ntel l igent Purcha s er
—
,
. I f it s h o uld n ot,

I herewith ten der m y s incere s t sy m path y to that philan

th ro p i c i ndivi dual the I ntrepi d Publ i s her
, .

FR EEI
D R CK BU RR O PP E R .
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cat ca m e fiddling o ut o f a barn A h o u s e full a yard full

,

certain y o ung far m er o f A y r A ! o lly fat m i ller i s P o pplet o n

d illar a d o llar
,
B un
d o g and a cat w n t o ut t o
e A l ittle b o y w ent int o a barn .

gether A little c o c k erel pert and v ain

,

k
d o g an d a c o c
d
A little c o c k s parr o w s at o n a tree

fa mo u s o ld w om an wa s M a a m A little green bird s at o n a fence

M c B r i gh t r ai l
far m er wen t tr o tting up o n hi s A little o ld m an o f D erby
gray m are
F r o g he w o uld w oo ing g o
A m an o f w o rd s d t o f dee s
an no d
a -
A m wen t hunting at Reigate
an

glass o f m il k and a s lice o f A pretty little girl i n a r o und

bread eared cap
h ill f ll a h o le full
‘

u ,
A s il v er cup with na m e up o n i t
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G PA C K

A water there i s m u s t pass I B aby m y d o lly o h s he ne v er

, , ,

A b o ut the bu s h Willy ,
crie s
Ah hear the wind b l o w B ad li ttle mos ! uit o
A la s ala s ! fo r M i ss M ac ay ! k B at bat c om e under m y hat
, ,

B e ss y B ell and M ary Gray

A lbert and A rthur are t wo nice
m en B illy B illy c om e and play
, ,

A lphabet B ird o h bird c om e un der m y

, , ,

A n apple pie when i t l oo k s n ice ,

2 22

A o ld w om an li ed i n N o tting
n v B ird s o f a feather fl o c k t o gether
B lac k we are but m u ch ad m ired
60
ha m t o wn , 69
A d n o w g oo d n ight
n ,

A rthur O B o w e ha s br o k en hi s
’
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k
B lac within and red with o ut
B l o w wind bl o w and g o m i llg o
86
r , , , , , 48
b and B o bby S h ft e g o ne t o s ea a o
’
s 265
A h igh as a cas tle
s B o w w o w s ay s the d o g
-

, 1 88

A s I wal k ed by m y s elf Bow wow wow

, , 2
55
A s

B ridge
I
was g o ing o er Lo nd o n ’
B ring o ut the carriage 2
58
B utter fl butterfly whence d o
y , ,

A s Iwa s g o ing o er We s t m in s ter ’

y o u c om e ?
B ridge B utt o n s a far hi ng a pair t
A I wa s g o i ng o er y o n moo r o f B ye ba b y b unting
’
s ,

moss
As II
wa s g o ing t o St I e s
was g o i ng p Pri m r os e H il l
. v C acntalk leoupe
cac k le M ada m G oos e
, , 1 86

A s u Ca s can tal o upe s ! 1 96

A I wa s g o ing up the hill

s C harley harley s t o le the barley
, C , 1 49
A s Iwen t thr o ugh the garden gap
A I went t o B o nner
s
CC oo cckk cra dowoosdlei n thedoo mo rn l
98
1 41

A t early mo rn the s pider s s pin C ome let s t o bed ’

, 2 73
At e k i g let s play om e m y children c om e away
’
r c n n C , ,
‘
2 00

A way bird s away I

, , CC om e m y dear children
,

om e t o the wind o w
B aa baa blac s heep ha e y o u
,

any w oo l ?
,
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k ,
v C om e when y o u re cal led ’

C o rp o ral T i m
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G P E
AG

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k saiddrawthetheto adlatch
I
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2 22 El s ie M arley i s gr o wn so
Ev er y lady in thi s land
fine .

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,
2 21

C ry baby cry put y our nger

, , ,
fi
i n y o ur eye
C urly l o ck s curly l o ck s wil ttho u d
F al e ral daddle .

,
-

,
F in i k i n w i n i k i w o
,
n,

be m ine ? 31 0 F l o ur o f England fruit o f Spa n ,

i

D affy d o wn dilly ha s c om e up t o
F o r e v ery e i l under the s un v
— -
F o r wan t o f a nail the s h o e wa s ,

t o wn l os t
D a m e D uc k s le sso n s t o her F o m d l g ag o yet m a deto d y
’
r e on ,
-
a

d uc k ling s F o ur and t wenty tail o r s

D a m e T r o t and her cat
D ance a bab y d i d d i t Ge o rgie P o rgie pudding and pie ,

D ance l ittle baby dance up high

, ,
Gi l
r s and b o y s c om e o ut t o play ,

D ance t o y o ur daddy G oo d D o bbi n

D arby an d J o an were dre ss ed i n G oo d K ing A rthur
blac k . G oos e y g oos ey gander
, ,

D eed l e d ed l e,
du m pli g m y e ,
n ,
Great A little a b o unci ng B
, ,

so n J o hn
D i k e y d i c k y dare
c r ,
er ,
H andy Spandy J ac k d andy ,
-
a -

D i ke y d i c k e y d o c k I
c r ,
r ,
. H ark hark the d o gs d o bar
, ,
k
D ing d o ng b ell p u ss y s i n the
, , ,
’
H a v e y o u s een the o ld w om an ?
well t
H e hat w o uld thri v e m u s t ri s e ,

D ing d o ng darr o w
, ,
at fi v e
D o ct o r F st s wa s a g oo d m an
au u H ey ! diddle diddle ,

D o ct o r F os ter went t o Gl os ter H ey d i ddle d i n k et t y p o m p t t y

, , e

D o g s in the garden catch e m ,

’
pet .

T o ws er H ey m y k itten m y k itten
, ,

D o n k ey d o n k e y o ldad gray
, ,
n . H ic k a mo re H ac k mo re
-

,
a -

H i k el m
c p i k el m
u pu m ice
,
c u ,

Eli z abeth ,
El s peth , B et s y ,
an d s t o ne .

B e ss 82 1 H i c ket y p i c ket y m yblac k hen

, ,
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k
H ic o ry d i ck o y sa k o y d o wn
,
r ,
c r I f i fs and and s
H igh diddle d o ub t m y candle s ,
’
I f wi s he s were h o r s e s
o ut 1 20 I f yo are t o be a gentle m an
u

H o ddl ey te m pe s t s and
ey p o d d l ,
I l l tell y o u a s t o ry
’

I m in e v ery o ne s way
’ ’

H o t cr oss bun s . I n m arble hall s a s white a s m i l k

H o w m any day s ha s m y baby t o I s J o hn S m ith withi n ?
play ? I t c os t s little Goss ip
H o w m any m ile s t o B abyl o n Iv
’
e s een y o u where y o u n e v er wa s
d
H u m did le diddle a fl y i n a ,

fiddle J ac k and J ill went up the hi ll

H u m pty D u m pty s at o n a wall J ac k b e ni m b le J ac be ! uic k
,
k
H u s h b ye baby daddy i s near
-
a -

, , k
J ac J ingle
H u s h b y baby lie s till in the
a e, ,
k
J ac S p1 a t t c o uld eat n o fat
cradl J ac k Spratt s pig
’
e

H u s h bye baby o n t he tree t o p

a -
-

, ,
-
k
J ac y c om e gi v e m e thy fiddle
,

H u s h baby m y d o ll I pray y o u
, , , J eannie c om e tie m y cra v at
,

d o n t cry J erry H all he i s so sm all

’
,

J o hn C oo k s little gray m are

’

I a m bec om e o f fl e s h and bl oo
IIhad a little d o ll
d J o hnny s hall ha v e a new b o nnet

had a l it le hu s band
I had a little p o ny
t Ladybird ladybird fl y away h om e
, ,

La v ender b lue and R os e m ary

v
I ha e a little s i s ter ; they ll
her Peep Peep
ca green
Leg o v er leg
,

v
I l o e little pu ss y her c o at i s so , Lend m e thy m are t o ride a m ile ?

I l o v e S i pence x
Little belle B o n d
Little B etty B l u e l os t her h o liday
I s aw a s hip s ailing a sh o e
I s ing I s ing
, Li ttle blue B en
I went t o the w oo d d g o t an i t Little B o b Sn oo k s wa s fo nd o f
I f all the w o rld were water 35 hi s b oo k s
Li ttle B o peep - l M ultiplicati o n i s v e ati o n x

Li ttle b o y blue c om e bl o w u p ,
M y friend A lice Gray ,

y o ur h o rn M y Lady lV i d ‘

Little darling N ed M y learned friend and neig hb o r

.

Little D o g Pig
Little girl little girl where ha v e
, ,
M y little o ld m an and fe l l o ut I
y o u b een ? M y m aid Mary
k
Little J ac H o rner M y pu ss y cat
Little M i ss D o n n et
Little M i ss M uffet N d
ee le s and pin s
Li ttle N ancy Et t i c o t a N i ie di ie hic k o ry b o w
x ,
x ,

Little P o llParr o t .

Little P o lly F li nder s O h that I wa s where I w o uld b e

,
1

Little Queen Pippin O h wh o i s so m erry

,

Little R o b i n Redbreas t s at up o n O ld F ather Grey B eard

a rail d
O l K i ng o le C
Little T omm y Grace had a pain
.

O ld Mo ther G oos e
i n hi s face t
O ld M o h r H ubbard e

Little T omm y T i t t lem o use O ld Mo ther Twi t h t t had but c e

Little T om T uck er o ne eye

Li v e s in winter die s in s u mm er . O ld Mo ther Widdle Waddle
L o ng legs cr oo k ed thigh s
, O ld T o by Si er i s s u ch a m i s er
z

O ld w om an o ld w om an s hall, ,

M ade in L o nd o n so ld at Y o r k , we g o s hearing ?
a -

M a k e three fo urth s o f a cr oss

-
O nce I w a little bird
sa

Mary had a little la m b O ne m i s ty mo i s ty m o rning

Mary had a pretty bird O ne t wo buc k le m y s h o e
, ,

Mary M ary ! uite c o ntrary

, ,
Ov er the water and under the ,

Ma s ter I ha v e and a m hi s m an
Merr y are the bell s
,
I water

M o ll y m y s i s ter an I fello ut
, ,
d 43 Paddy M al o ny
M l c o w M uley
n ev ,
w co - -
k
Pat a ca e pat a ca k ,
- —
e .
 PA EG PA E
G

Peas e p o rridge h o t
—
,
peas e p o r
-
Sai d N o ble A ar o n t o A ar o n B ar
ridge c o ld ro n
Peas e puddi ng h o t peas e pud ,
S e a pin and pic k i t up
e

ding c o ld S ee s aw M argery D aw
,

Peg peg with a w oo den leg

, ,
See s ee, what s hall we s ee
t
Pe er Pe t er pu m p k in eater
, ,
S h o e the h o r s e an s h o e the m are
,
d .

Peter White will ne er g o right ’

Si m ple Si mo n
Pinching pl o d ing Peter C li le ,
d t Sing a so ng o f S i pence
Sing s ing what s hall I s ing ?
x .

Pi t pat w ll a ay !
, ,
e -
d
-

, ,

S i l ittle m ice s at d o wn t o s pin

Play play e ery day
,

P o lly D o lly K ate and M o lly

,
v x

S m iling girl s r os y b o y s
, , , ,

Purple yell o w re and green

, ,
d ,
Snail s nail c om e o ut o f y o u r
, ,

Pu s y ea t pu ss y cat l i s t n t o
s , ,
e h o le
new s Snai l s nail c om e p t o ut y o ur
, ,
u

Pu ss y cat pu s y eat what d o ,

s
, h o rn
y o u s ee ? S o l omo n Grundy
Pu ss y cat p ss y cat where ha v e ,
u , Su mm er bree e so so ftly b l o wing
z ,

y o u been ? Swan s w n o v er t h e s ea
,
a ,

Rain rain g o away, , T affy wa s a Wel s h m an

Rain rain g o t o Spai n
, ,
T hat little bab e yo u rec o llect ,

d
Ri dle m e ridd le m e riddle m e
-

,
-

,
-
T he barber s ha v ed the m aso n
ree
d
Rid le m e ri d le m e wha i s
-
d -
t The bright s il er moo n
The cat s went o ut t o s erenade
v
, ,

that ? The c o c k d o th cr o w
Ride a c o c k h o r s e -
C
T he uc k oo s a b o nny bird ’

R o bin and Richard were tw o

pretty m en 1 10
v
The d o e s ay s
s hall I d o ? ”
oo c oo what ,
C , ,

R o wley p o wley pu ding and

pie .
,
d T he fair m aid wh o the fi rs t o f
May
,

Rub a dub d - -
u T he fiddler and hi s wife
Ru ms e y D m s y c om e t o t o wn u e
’
s 1 76 T he fi v e little pigs
T he fo and the far m er
x T here wa s a m an and he had ,

T he giant J i m naught
T he great B r o wn Ow l T here w a m an o f N ewingt o n
as

T he h o u s e that J ac k b uilt T here wa s a m an r o de thr o ugh

T he K ing o f F rance o ur t o wn
T he land wa s white . T here wa s a m an wh o had o eye s n

T he l i o n and the un ic o rn k
T here was a mo n ey cli m b ed up
T he m an i n the moo n a tree
T he N o rth W ind d o th b l o w T here w a rat fo r want o f s tair s
as ,

T he o ld m an wh o l i ed in a v T here was o ld cr o w
an

w oo d T here wa s an o ld m an o f T o b ag o
T he o ld w om an m u s t s tand at 1 T here wa s an o ld w om an and ,

the tub t b tub,

u , 1 38 n o thing s he b d a

T he Ro bin Redbrea s t s 1 18 T here wa s an o ld w om an and ,

T he r os e i s red the i o let s b lue

,
V
’
1
54 d
what o y o u t hin k ?
T he s pider and the fl y 22
5 T here wa s an o ld w om an a s I v e
,
’

T he T t I e D o e s ne s t
ur -
v ’
1
56 heard tell
l T here wa s an o ld w om an cal l ed
T he wa v e s o n the s ea sh o re -
1 48
The y o ung l innet s 1 43 1 N o thing A t A l l
T here s a neat little cl o c k
’
2
50 T here wa s an o ld w om an h d a

T here was a cr oo k ed m an 78 three so n s

T here wa s a fat m an o f B omb ay 81 T here wa s an o ld w om an li v ed
T here wa s a gi rl in o ur t o wne 66 under a h i ll
T here wa s a ! o lly m iller 96 T here wa s an o ld w om an t oss ed
T here wa s a little girl 2 49 l up i n a b a s k et
There was alittle guinea pig 2 40 T here wa s an o ld w om an wh o
There was a little m an and he ,
li v ed in a s h o e
had a l ttle fl u te
i T here wa s an o wl li v ed in an o a k
There wa s a little m an and he , t
T here were hree cr o ws
d
ha a little gun 56 ,
1
32 T hirt y day s hath Septe m ber
T here wa s a m aid o n Scrabble T hi s i s the way the ladie s g o
H ill T h om a s a T t t m s t oo k tw o T s
a a u
 P E AG

Three blind m ice s ee ,

ho w they Wa s e v er heard s uch n o i s an e d
cla mo r !
T hree little k itten s Wa s n t it funny
’

T hr e wi s e m en o f G o tha m
e We are alli n t h e mp s d u

T hree y o ung rat s Wear y o u a hat

T o m a k e y o ur candle s la s t fo r Wee Willie W in k ie
aye
T o m ar k et t o m ar k et
1 16 d
What o I s ee ?
, 41 What G o d n e v r s ee s
e

Tom T om the piper s so n

, ,
’
1
33 What s h o e m ak er m ak e s s h o s e

T om T om wa s a piper s so n
, ,
’

31 2 with o u t leather
T omm y k ept a handler s s h o p C
’
1
55 What s the new s o f the day ?
’

T omm y Sn oo k s and B e ss y When I wa s a little b o y

When I wa s a little b o y I h d
.

,
a
’
t
T omm y s ear s and M ary s fear s ’
2 :3 but little wi t
T oss up m y darling 2
53 When I wa s ta k en fr om the fair
T weedle d m and Tweed l ee
-
u e -
d 2
55 b o dy
T wel v e pear s hanging high 76
’
v
When J ac k y s a ery g oo b o y d
T win k le twin k le l ittle s tar
, ,
88 W hen little F red went t o bed
'

T w o legs s at up o n three legs 74 ,

1
32 d
When the win i s in the Ea s t
T w o mo n k ey s ca m e fr om their Where are y o u g o ing t o m y ,

nati v e w oo d t
pret y m aid
Wh o c om e s here ?
Up at Piccadilly o h ! , Wh o s t o le the bird s ne s t ?
’
-

Up by the chi m ney . Willy b o y Willy b o y

,

Up hill and d o wn dale

Up -
s treet and d o wn s tre
,
-
e t . Y ou sh a l
l ha v e an apple .
 M OT H ER G OOS ES ’

U RS ER Y R HY M ES

O L D K I N G CO LE .

LD King C o le
Was a m erry ol
d so ul ,

a m erry ol
d so ul w as he ;
An d he cal led fo r hi s pipe
An d he cal led fo r his b ow ! ,

he cal led fo r h i s fi dd l
er s th ree !

Every fiddler he had a fine fiddle ,

An d a very fine fiddle had he ;

Twee tweedle dee tweedle dee went the fi dd l
, ers , .

Oh there n o ne rare
’

, s so

As can c o m pare
With King C o le an d h i s fi dd l
er s three .

15
 M ot h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

w as an Archer an s h ot

B u t cher
a great dog .
 M ot h er Goos e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

w as an E s qui re with
pri de hi s br o w .

Far m er
l o wed the pl o ugh .

18
 M o t h er Go o se ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

w as a Ga m e s ter
ill l uck .

H unter
hunted a buck .

I 9
 M o t h er Go ose ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

w as an I nn k eeper
l o ved b o ws e .

J o iner

h ou se .
 M o t h er N u r s er y R h y m es
’
Goos e s

w as a K ing so m ight y

grand .

Lad y
white hand .
 M ot h er Go o s e s
’
N u r s er y R h y m es

M w as a Nl
i s er an d h o arded

hi s g o ld .

a N o ble m an gal lant

and b o ld .
 Go o s e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
M o t h er s

w as an O y s ter m an an
went ab o ut t o wn .

Par s o n w o re
a black go wn .
 M ot h er Go os e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
s

w as a Quac k with
w o n derful pi ll .

Ro bber
wanted kil l .
 M h er N u r s er y
’
ot Go os e s R h y m es

U s urer m i s er

able el f .

Vintner drank
al l hi m s elf .

26
 M o t h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

Ww as a Watch m an w
guarded do o r .

Expen s ive
beca m e gp o o r
,
.
 M o t h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

w as a Y o uth that di d
l o ve s ch o o l .

! an y p o o r har m
les s f o o l .

28
 I SAW A S H I P A— SA I L I N G
“

I
SAW a s hip a s —
ai li ng ,

A -
s ai l ing on the s ea ;

And , oh ! it w as al l laden
Wi t h pretty thing s fo r thee !

There were co m fi t s in the c abin ,

An d apple s in the h o l d ;
The s ail s were m ade of s il k ,

An d the m asts were m ade of g o ld .

The f o ur an d twenty s ai l o r s
That s oo t d between the deck s ,

Were f o ur and twenty white m ice ,

With chain s ab o ut thei r n eck s .

The captain w as a duck ,

W i th a packet on his back ;

And when the s hip began t o m o ve ,

The captain s aid , Quac k ! quack !

 TH ERE WAS AN O L D W O MA N W H O
LIVED IN A SH O E .

H E R E w as an ol
d w o m an w ho l ived i n a s hoe ,

m an y s he
’
She had so chi l dren didn t kn o w what to

She gave the m so m e b r o th with o ut an y bread ;

She whipped the m al l so un dl y an d put the m to bed .
M ot h er Goos e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

OCTOR FO S T E R wen t to Gl o s ter ,

In a s h o wer of rain ;

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 M h er Go os e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
ot s

A N C E a bab y d i dd i t ,

What can h i s m o ther

B ut si t in a lap ,

An d give hi m so m e pap ?

D an ce a bab y d i d d i t .

ir k r
ir

M
AST E R I have and I , am h i s m an ,

Gall o p a dreary dun °

M a s ter I have an d I ,
am h i s m an ,

And I l
lget a wife fa s t can
’
as as I ;

Wi t h a h ei gh l
y ,
gay l y , ga m b e r all
y,

H iggled y piggled y , ,
n i ggl
ed y , i
g gg l
ed y
Gal l o p a dreary dun .

AFFY D O W N — D I L LY
-
h as c o m e up to t o wn ,

In a y el l o w pettic o at and a green g o wn .

LD Father Grey Beard ,

With o ut t o o th or t o ngue ,

m e y o ur
’

y o u l l give finger ,

I l l give
’

you my thu m b .

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 M ot h e r Go ose ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

T reck n i n g let s play

’

An d prithee let s l
ay ,

A wager and let it be thi s :

,

Wh o fir s t to the sum

Of twenty d o th c o m e ,

Shall hav e fo r his winn ing a

ki s s .

1k

F all the w o rl d were water ,

And all the water were

What s h o ul d we d o fo r bread
an d chee s e ?
What s h o ul d we do fo r

d nn k ?

EY
H ,
my k itten , my kitt en ,

Hey , my kit t en ,
my A C K be n i m ble ,

deary ; J ack be quick ,

Such a s weet pet as thi s And J ack j um p o ver

Was neither far nor n eary . the candle s tick .

35
 M o t h er Goo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

F y o u are to be a gentle m an , as I s upp o s e yo u

’
ll be ,

Y o u l l neither laugh
’
no r s m ile fo r a tickling o f the k nee .

S I w as g o ing up Pri m r o s e H ill ,

Pri m r o s e H il l w as dirty ;

There I m et a pretty M i ss ,

An d s he dr o pped m e a curt s ey .

L ittle M i ss , pretty M i ss ,

Ble s s i ngs light up o n you ;

I f I had hal f a cr o wn a day ,

I d pen d it all up o n y o u
’
s .

36
A MAN O F WO R DS AN D N OT O F D E E DS
‘

M AN of w o rd s and not of deed s

Is l ike a garden ful l of weed s ;
And when the weed s begin to gr o w ,

It l ike a garden ful l of s now ;

’
s

And when the s n o w begin s to fall ,

It
’
s l ike a bird up o n the wal l ;

And when the bird away d o e s fly ,

It l ike an eagle in the

’
s s ky ;

And when the s ky begin s to r o ar ,

It l ike a l i o n at t he d o o r ;
’
s

An d when the d o o r begin s to crack ,

It
’
s l ike a s tic k acr o s s y o ur back ,

An d when y o ur bac k begin s t o s m art ,

It
’ '
s l ike a penkni fe in y o ur heart
And when yo ur heart begin s to bleed ,

Y o u re dead an d dead and dea d indeed

’

, ,
.
 Go o s e N R h y m es
’
M ot h er s u r s er y

HREE wi s e m en of G o tha m
Went to s ea in a b o wl ;
If the b o wl had been s tr o nger
My s t o ry had been l o nger .

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 M o t h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

H
U S H bab y my d o ll I pray don t ’

, , , you cry ,

An d I l l give so m e bread and e m il k

’

y o u , som

an d by ;
‘

O r perhap s you l ike cu s tard , o r, m ay b e , a tar t ,

T hen to either y o u are wel c o m e with al l ,

my heart .

NAI L ,
s nail c o m e put
, o ut y o ur h o rn ,

To m o rr o w i s
-
the d ay t o s hear the c o rn .

E that w o u l d thrive ,

M u st ri s e at five
H e that hath thriven ,

M ay l ie til l s even ;
An d he that by the pl o ugh w o ul d t hrive ,

H i m s el f m u st either h o l d or drive .

M AN went hun t ing at Reigate ,

An d wi s hed to j um p o ver a high gate ;

Say s the o wner ,
Go r o un d ,

With yo ur h o r s e an d y o ur h o un d ,

Fo r y o u never s hal l leap o ver my ga t e .

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 M ot h er Go o s e R h y m es
’
s N u r s er y

A Grenadier .

What d o y o u

y van t ?

A p o t of beer .

Where i s y o ur

m o ney

I f o rg o t .
 M o t h er G oos e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

Get y ou g o ne ,

You drunken so t !

H ERE w as an ol
d m an of T o b ag o
Wh o l ived on ri ce gr uel an d
, , s ag o
Till , m uch t o h i s bl i ss ,

Hi s ph y s i cian sai d thi s ,

To a l si r , of m u tt o n y o u m ay g o
!
e g ,
.

O L LY m y , i er and
s st ,
I fel l o ut ,

An d what do you think i t w as ab o u t ?

She l o ved c offee and , I l o ved tea ,

An d t hat w as t h e rea so n we c o ul dn t agr ee

’
.

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 M o t h er Go o s e s
’
N u r s er y R h y m es

O L O M O N GR U N D Y ,

B o rn on a M o nday . C hri s tened on T ue s day .

M arried on Wednes day Very ill on Thurs day .

 M o t h er G o o se ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

W o rse on F ri day .

B uried on Sunday .

Thi s is the en d
D ied on Saturday . Of S o l o m o n Grundy .

O R e ve ry e v i l under the sun ,

There is a re m ed y , or there i s n o ne .

I f there be o n e, try an d fin d it ;
I f there be n o ne ne ver m in d it
,
.

45
 M o t h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

S J o hn S m ith within ?
Yes , that he i s .

C an he s et a s hoe ?
Ay , m arry t w o ,
.

H ere a n ail there , a nail ,

Tick tack
, ,
too .

THIS is t he w ay the ladie s go

N im ,
nim , nim .

Thi s is the w ay the gentle m en g o

Tr o t tr o t tr o t
, ,
.

Thi s is the w ay the hunter s go

Ga110p ,
gal l o p gal l o p
,
.

OT cr o ss bun s ,
h ot cr o ss bun s ,

One a penn y , tw o a penn y ,

Ho t cr o ss bun s .

ur daughters d o n t like the m

’
If y o ,

Give the m t o y o ur so ns ,

One a penn y , tw o a penn y ,

Ho t c r o s s bun s .

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M ot h er Go os e N u r s er y R h y m es

Y l ittle ol
d m an and I fel l o ut ;

what twas al l ab o ut
’
I l l tell
’

y o u ,

I h ad m o ney an d he had n o ne
An d that ’
s the w ay the n o i s e begun .

47
 M o t h er Goos e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

B go m ill g o
LOW win d bl o w an d
, , , , , ,

That the m il ler m ay grin d hi s co m ;

That the baker m ay ta k e it ,

And int o r o l l s m ake it ,

An d bring us som e h ot in the mom .

A! E are al l in the du m p s ,

Fo r dia m o n d s are tru m p s ,

T he k itten s are g o ne St Paul

’

to . s,

The babie s are bit ,

T he m o o n
’
s in a fit ,

An d the h o u s e s are built with o ut wal l s .

H E R E w as an Owl l i ved in an o ak ,

Whi s key , Wh askey Weed le ; ,

An d al l the w o rd s he ever s p o ke
Were F iddle F addle , ,
Feed l
e .

A s p o rt s m an chan ced to c o me that w ay ,

Whi s k ey , Whaskey Weed le ,

°

Says he ,
“
I ll’
s h o ot y o u , s ill y bi rd ,

”
S o F iddle Faddle Feed l
el , ,

48
 N u r s er y R h y m
’
M ot h er Goo s e s es

H e went to catch a di ckey bi rd —

,

An d th o ught he c o ul d n ot fail ,

Becau s e he d ’

g o t a l i tt le s alt
To put up o n his tail .

H e went to take a bi rd ’
s ne s t ,

Was built up o n a b o ugh :

A branch gave w ay , an d Si m o n fel l
I nt o a di rty s l o ugh .

H e went to s h o o t a wil d duck ,

But wil d duck flew away ;

Say s Si m o n I an t hit him
’

, c ,

Becau s e he wil l n ot s tay .

M o t h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

Si m ple Si m o n went a —
fi sh in g

Fo r t o catch a whale ;
Al l the water he had go t

Was in h i s m o ther
’
s pail .

51
M ot h er Go os e R h y m es
’
s N u r s er y

Si m ple Si m o n went a— hunting ,

Fo r t o ca t ch a hare ,

He r o de an as s ab o ut the s t reet s ,

B ut c o uldn t fin d
’
on e t here .

H e went fo r t o eat h o ney

O ut of the m u s tard p o t-

H e bit h i s t o ngue until he cried ,

That w as al l the g o o d he g o t .

He went to ride a s p o tted co w ,

That had a l i tt le cal f ,

She threw him d o wn up o n the gr o un d

Which m ade the pe o ple laugh .

Once Si m o n m ade a great s n o wbal l ,

An d br o ught it in to ro as t ;
H e laid it d o wn bef o re the fire ,
And soo n the bal l w as l o st .
M ot h er G oo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

H e went to s l ide up o n the ice ,

Befo re the ice w o ul d bear ;

Then he pl unged in ab o ve his k nee s ,

Which m ade p o o r Si m o n s tare .

Si m ple S i m o n went to l oo k
I f pl u m s grew on a thi s tle ;
H e pricked h i s finger s very m uch ,

Which m ade p o o r Si m o n whi s tle .

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 ’
M ot h er Go o s e s N u r s er y R h y m es

H e wa s hed hi m s el f with blacking ball -

B ecau s e he had no so ap °

Then s aid unt o h i s m o ther ,

I m
’
a beaut y n ow , I h o pe
“
.

H e went fo r water in a s ieve ,

But so o n it al l ran thr o ug h ;

And n ow p o o r Si m ple Si m o n
Bid s y ou al l adieu .

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 M o t h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

N m arble hal l s as white as m il k ,

Li ned with a s kin as so ft as s ilk ,

Withi n a f o untain cry s tal clear

A g o l den apple d o th appear .

No d o o r s there are to thi s s tro ngh o l d ,

Yet thieve s bre a

k in an d s teal the g o ld .

D D LE M E ri ddle m e riddle —m e—ree

l -
,
-
, ,

Perhap s you can tel l what thi s riddle m ay be :

As deep as a h o u se , as r o un d as a cup ,

An d al l the king ’
h o rs e s can t draw it up A wel l
’
s .

HEN I w as taken fr o m the fai r b o dy ,

They then cut o ff my head ,

An d thu s my s hape w as altered .

It I that m ake peace between king and king

’
s ,

An d m an y a true l o ver glad :

Al l thi s I do ,
an d ten ti m e s m o re ,

An d m o re I c o ul d do s ti l l ;

But n o thing can I d o

With o ut my guider will
’
s .

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 M ot h er Go os e ’
s N u r s e r y R h y m es

H ERE w as a l ittle m an , and he had a little gun ,

An d his bul let s were m ade of lead lead lead ;

, ,

H e went to the bro o k an d , s aw a l it t le duc k ,

And s h o t it thro ugh the head head head , , .

56
M h er Go o s e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
ot s

A
WAY bi rd s away !
, ,

Take a l ittle an d leave a l ittle , ,

An d d o n ot c o m e again ;

Fo r if y o u do ,

I wil l s hoot y o u th ro ugh ,

And then there will be an

S I went to B o nner ,

I m et a pig
With o ut a wig ,

U po n my w o rd an d h o n o r .

S I w as go ing to St I ves
.
,

I m et a m an with s e ven wive s ,

E very wife had s even s ac k s ,

E very s ack had s even cat s ,

E very cat had even kl

tS
‘
s

Kit s cat s
, , s ac k s an d wive s
,

Ho w m an y were there g o ing t o St . I ve s ?

O ne The o thers were return ing .
 M o t h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

I CKERY , d i ck ery , d o ck !

Th e m o use ran up the

cl o c k

T he cl o c k s truc k o n e,

The m o u s e ran d o wn ,

Di ckery d i ckery
, , d o ck I
 M ot h er G o o se ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

M
ARY had a pretty bi rd ,

Feathers bright an d y el l o w ,

Slender legs —
up o n my w o rd ,

He w as a pretty fel l o w .

The s wee t e s t n o t e s he al way s s ung ,

Which m uch deligh t ed M ary ,

And near the cage s he d ever

’
sit ,

To hear her ow n canary .

E TT L E gi rl l ittle girl where have

Gathering
,

ro ses
,

to give to the Queen

you been
.
?

Little gi rl l ittle girl what gave

, , she y o u ?

She gave me a dia m o n d as big as my s h oe .

I R DS of a feather fl o ck t o gether ,

An d so wil l pigs an d s wi ne ;
Rat s and m ice will have thei r ch o ice ,

And so will I have m ine .

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 T H R E E L I TT LE K I TT E N S .

l ittle k itten s they l o s t thei r m itten s ,

they began to cry ,

“
Oh ! m am my dear ,

We s adl y fear
O ur m itten s we have l o s t !
What ! l o st yo ur m itten s y o u , n aughty k itten s !
Then y o u s h all ha ve no pie !
M iew , m iew ,
m iew ,
m iew ,

M iew ,
m iew ,
m iew , m iew .

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 M ot h er G o os e s N u r s er y R h y m es

The three l ittl e k itten s they f o un d m itten s ,

An d they began to cr y ,

Oh ! m am m y dear ,

See here here !

’

, s ee

O ur m itten s we ha v e f o un d !
What ! f o un d y o ur m itten s y o u ,
l ittle k itten s ,

T hen y o u s hal l have so m e pie !

Purr purr purr purr
, , , ,

Purr purr purr purr

, , ,
.

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 h er N u r s er y
’
M ot Go os e s R h y m es

T he three l ittle kitten s put on thei r m itten s ,

An d so o n ate up the pie

Oh ! m am my dear ,

We greatl y fear
Our m itten s we have so i led !

What ! so i led yo ur m itten s y o u , naughty k itten s !

T hen the y began to s igh :

M iew ,
m iew ,
m iew , m iew ,

M iew ,
m iew ,
m iew ,
m iew .

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 M ot h er Go ose 5 N u r s er y R h y m es

The three l ittle k itten s they wa s hed thei r m itten s ,

An d h ung the m up t o d ry ;

Oh ! m a m my dear ,

L o o k here l oo k here
, ,

O ur m itten s we have wa s hed !

What ! wa s hed y o ur m itten s y o u , darl ing k it t en s ,

But I s m el l a rat cl os e by !

H ush ! hu s h l —
m iew , m iew ,

M iew m iew m iew m iew

“

.
, , ,

64
 M h er G oos e R h y m es
’
ot s N u r s er y

H ERE w as a gi rl in o ur t o wne ,

Silk an atin w as her

’
s go w n e ,

’ ’
Silk an s atin g o l d an velvet
, ,

'

Gue ss her na m e t hree t i m es lv e tel l d

’ ’
—
,

H
I CK A MO RE
-
, H ack —
a —
m o re ,

On the King s ki t chen d o o r ;

’
—

Al l the King ’
s h o rses ,

An d al l the King s ’
m en ,

C o uldn t drive H ick

’
—
a— m o re H ack,
-
a -
m o re ,

Off the King kitchen d o o r ! Sun s hine

’
s -
.

fi k k
r

H AT s h o e m aker m ake s s h o e s with o ut leather ,

With al l the f o ur ele m en t s put t o gether ?

Fire an d wa t er eart h an d air ,

E very cu s t o m er h as t w o pair . A h o rs e s h o er
-
.

I D D LE me ,
riddle me , what is that
Over the he ad an d under the hat ? H ai r .

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 ’
M ot h er Goo s e s N u r s er y R h y m es

AI N ,
rain , g o away ,

C o m e again April d ay ;

Lit t le J o hnn y Want s t o play .

67
 M h er N R h y m es
’
ot Go os e s u r s er y

A C K an d J ill went up
the hil l
To fetc h a pai l of w at er

J ack fel l d o wn an d br o ke
his cr o wn ,

An d l ca m e
J il tu m bl ing
after .

As fas t as he c o ul d
per ;
Da m e J ill had the ! o b to

pla s ter his kn o b

With vinegar an d b r o wn
pape n

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 M ot h er N u r s er y R h y m es
’
Go os e s

J ill ca m e i n an d sh e did grin

To s ee his paper pla ster ,

M o ther d di d whip her nex t

’
v ex ,

Fo r cau s ing J ack di s a s ter

’
s .

if

LA C K we are but ,
m uch ad m i red ;
M en s eek fo r us ti ll they are ti red .

We ti re the h o r s e but c o m f o rt ,
m an :

Tel l me thi s ri ddle i f you can .

THO M AS A TATTAM U S too k t w o Ts

To tie tw o tup s to tw o tal l trees ,

To frighten the terrible Th o m a s a Tatt am us !

Tell m e h o w m an y Ts there are in all THAT ?

fi k
‘
i r

T H ERE w as a m an r o de thr o ugh o ur

Gray Grizzle w as h i s na m e ;
Hi s s addle -
b o w w as gilt with g o l d :
Three ti m e s I ve na m ed ’
h is na m e
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 M ot h er Go os e N R h y m es
’
s u r s er y

WENT to the w o o d an d go t it ,

I s at me d o wn an d l o o ked at it ;
T he m o re I l o o ked at it the le ss I l iked it ,

And br o ught it h o m e becau s e I c o ul dn t hel p i t ’

.

A th o rn .

’
M i n every o ne ’
s w ay ,

But no one I s o t p;
My f o ur h o rn s every day
I n every w ay play ,

my head is nailed on at the

A turn stile .

H E fiddler an d h i s wi fe ,

The piper an d h i s m o ther ,

Ate three hal f cakes three wh o le ,

And th ree quarter s of an o ther .

Ho w m uch did each get ?

T he fi dd l
er
’
s wi f e w as the piper ’
s m o ther . Each o n e,

there f o re , go t 1
1
4, o r
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 h er Go os e R h y m es
’
M ot s N u r s er y

ET E R W H I T E
’
Wil l ne er go right ,

W o ul d kn o w the rea s o n w h y ?
“

yo u
H e fo l l o ws h is n o se
Wherever he g o es ,

An d that
. s tan d s al l awry .

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 M ot h er Goos e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

LD M o ther Tw i t ch et t had but o n e ey e,

An d a l o ng tail whi ch she let fl y ;

An d e very ti m e s he went o v er a gap ,

She le ft a bit of her tail in a trap .

A needle an d thread .

A K E three f o urth s —
of a cr o ss ,

An d a ci rcle c o m plete ;
An d let tw o s e m ici rcle s
O n a perpen d i cular m eet ;

N ex t add a triangle
That s tan d s on tw o feet
N ext t w o s e m i ci rcles ,

An d a circle c o m p lete . 1 o aA c 00 .

LO U R of Englan d fruit ,
of Spain ,

M et t o gether in a s ho wer of rain ;

Put in a bag tied r o un d with a s tring :
’

y o u ll tel l me thi s riddle I l l gi ve

’

, y o u a ring .

A pl u m pudding .

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M ot h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

H E lan d w as white ,

The s ea w as black ;
I t l l take a g o o d ch o lar
’
s

To riddle me that . Paper an d writing .

I w as g o ing ’
o er L o n d o n B ridge ,

I m et a cart ful l of finger s an d thu m b s !

Gl o ves .

WO legs s at up o n three legs ,

With f o ur legs s tan ding by ;

Fo ur then were drawn b y ten :

Read my riddle can t ’

y e ,

H o wever m uch y e t ry .

A m aid , on a three legged -

s oot l ,
m ilking a co w .

S high as a ca s tle ,

As weak as a w as t l
e ;

An d al l the King ’
s h o rs es
Can n o t p u l l it d o wn . S m o ke .

74
 M o t h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

AA baa b l a c k s hee p ha v e
, , , y o u an y w oo l ?

Y es , si r, y es , s i r three bag s ful

,
l:

O ne fo r m y m a s ter , o ne fo r m y da m e ,

An d o ne fo r the l ittle b oy that l i ve s in o ur lane .

75
 M h er Go os e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
ot s

WELV E pears hanging high ,

Twelve k n ight s riding by '

Each quickl y t o o k a pear ,

An d y et left eleven there !

“

O ne k n ight w as na m ed
st at ic

RT H U R O BOWER
A
h as
’
br o ken his

H e c o m e s r o aring up the lan d .

The King of Sc o t s with al l

,
hi s p o wer ,

C ann o t turn Arthur of the B o we r !

A sto rm of wind .

H AT Go d ne ver s ee s ,

What the King s el d o m

What we s ee every day :
Read my riddle I pray ,
. An equal .

H I L L full a h o l
e full
, ,

Ye cann o t catch a b o wlful .

The m i s t .

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

D O S EY ,
g o o s ey gan der whither
, ,

s hal l I wan der ,

Up —s tai r s an d d o wn
,
-
s tai r s an d in
,
my

lad y ’
s cha m ber .

There I m et an ol
d m an ,
w ho w o uld
n ot say his pray er s ,

I to o k hi m b y his left leg

and threw him d o wn
the s tai rs .

M
A D E in L o n d o n ,

S o l d at Y o rk ,

St o p s a b o ttle ,

And i s a c o rk .

I V ES in winter ,

D ie s in s u m m er ,

And gr o w s with i ts

r o o t s upward !
An icicle .

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 M ot h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

TH EER w as a cr o o ked m an , an d he went a cr o o ked m ile

And he fo un d a cr o o ked S i x pen ce ag ain st a cr o o ked s t i le

;
 M o t h er G ’
oos e s N u r s er y R h y m es

H e b o ught a cr o o k e d cat whi c h cau ght a cr oo ke d m o u se ,

,
 M ot h er Goos e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

U R P LE y el l o w, , red an d green
, ,

The King cann o t reach it ,

nor the Queen ;

N or can ol
d N oll wh o s e p o wer s great
’

, so

Tel l me thi s riddle while I c o unt eight . A rainb o w .

I
AM bec o m e of fle s h an d bl o o d ,

As o ther creature s be ;
Yet there s neither fle s h
’
nor bl o o d
D o th re m ain in me .

I m ake Kings that they fal l o ut ;

I m ake the m agree ;

An d there neither fle s h bl ood
’

y et s nor

D o th re m ain in me .

w as moor of m o ss
’
S I g o ing o er y o n ,

I m et a m an on a gray h o me
He whipped an d he wailed ;
I a s ked him what he ailed ;
’
He s a i d he w as g o ing to h is father s f uneral ,

Wh o died s e ven y ear s bef o re he w as b o rn !

Hi s father w as a
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 M Go os e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
ot h er s

V E s een y o u where never w as

’

y o u ,

An d where y o u ne er wil l be
’

An d y et y o u in that very s a m e place

M ay s till be s een by me .

The reflecti o n of a face in a l o o king gla ss -

.

V E R t he water ,

An d un der the water ,

An d always with its head d o wn ;

A nai l in the b o tt o m of a s hip .

L I ! A B ET H El s peth Bet sy an d Be ss
, , , ,

They al l went t o gether to s eek a bi rd ’

They f o un d a bi rd ’
s ne s t with five eggs in ,

They al l t oo k o n e, an d l eft f o ur in .

V E RY lady i n thi s l an d
Has twenty nail s up o n each han d ;

Five an d twenty on han d s an d f eet .

All thi s is true with o ut deceit

,
.

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

A C K S P RATT c o ul d eat no fat ,

Hi s wife c o ul d eat no lean ;

An d So betwixt the m b o t h , y o u s ee,

They l icked the platter clean .

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M ot h er Go o se ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

H E RE w as an ol
d w o m an
called N o thing At - -
All ,

Wh o rej o iced i n a dwel l ing

exceedin gl y sm al l ;

A m an s tretched his m o uth

t o i ts ut m o s t extent ,

An d d o wn at one gul p h o u s e
an d ol
d w o m an went .

WAN , s wan , o ver the s ea

Swi m , s wan , s wi m .

Swan , s wan back again ,

'

Wel l s wa m , s wan .

I TTLE Betty B l ue
Lo s t her h o l iday s hoe .

What can l ittle Betty do ?

Give her an o ther

To m atch the o ther ,

And then sh e m ay wal k i n

tw o .
 M o t h er N u r s er y R h y m es
’
G o os e s

HREE blin d m ice , s ee ho w they run !

They al l ran after the far m er s wife ’

Wh o cut o ff thei r tail s with the carving k ni fe ; -

Di d you e ver hear s uch a thing in y o ur life ?

T hree bl in d m ice .

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 M ot h er Go o s e s ’
N u r s er y R h y m es

EAS E PO R R I D G E h ot pea s e —p o rridge c o l

-
d , ,

Peas e p o rridge i n the

—
p ot ,
n ine day s ol
d .

Spel l m e t ha t with o ut a P ,

An d a clever s ch o lar y o u wil l be .

I TTLE N an c y Ett i coat ,

I n a white pettic o at ,

An d a red n o s e ;
The l o nger s he s t an d s ,

The s h o rter sh e gr o w s . A candle .

A i r
s?

S lw as g o ing ’
o er We s t m in s ter Bridge ,

I m et with a We s t m in s ter s ch o lar ;

’
H e pulled o ff his cap cm d r ew o ff h is gl o ve ,

An d wi s hed me a very g o o d m o rr o w .

What is his na m e ?

LA C K within an d red with o ut ;

F o ur c o rner s r o und ab o ut A ch i m ne y
‘

. .

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 M ot h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

I D E a c o ck h o r s e
-
to B anbury C r o ss ,

To s ee an ol
d w o m an up o n a whi t e h o r s e .

Ring s on her finger s bel l s ,

on her t o es ,

She s hal l ha v e m u s ic wherever she go es .

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TW I N K L E T W I N K L E L I TT L E STAR
, ,
.

W I N K L E twinkle l ittle
, ,
s tar ,

Ho w I w o n der what

U p ab o ve the w o rl d so high ,

Like a dia m o n d in the s ky .

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 M o t h er G oo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

WAT E R there is I m u s t p a ss ,

A br o ader water ne v er w as ;
An d y et of al l water s I ever di d s ee,

To pa s s o ver with le s s j e o pard y . The dew .

H ERE w as a m an w h o had no ey es ,

H e went abr o ad to v iew the s kie s ;

He s aw a tree with apples on it ,

He t o o k no apple s o ff, y et left no apple s on it .

The m an had o n e ey e, an d the tree

tw o apple s up o n it .

ORM ED l o ng ag o , y et m ade t o da
—
y ,

E m pl o y ed while o thers s leep ;

What few w o ul d l ike to gi ve away ,

N or an y wi s h to k eep . A bed .

H O U S E ful l a , y ard ful l ,

An d ye can t catch a b o wl f ul
’
. S m o ke .

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 W H E N I WAS A L I TT LE B OY .

HEN lw as a l it t le b o y I l ive d b y m y s elf

, ,

An d al l the bread an d chee s e I g o t I put up o n a s helf ;

The rat s and the mice di d lead me s uch a l ife ,

That I went to Lo n d o n to get m y s el f a wife .

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 M o t h er Goo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

MATRm o m r—
xt

The tre t were br o ad an d the lane s were so o

narr w
e so
,
s s ,

I c o ul d get my wife hom e with ut a wheelbarr w

o o ;
n ot
 M o t h er Goo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

The wheelbarr o w br o ke ,
my wife g o t a fall ,

D o wn tu m bled wheelbarr o w l ittle wife an d all

, ,
.

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 M h er N u r s er y R h y m es
’
ot G o os e s

OGLi ttle head

L
N legs cr o o ked thigh s
, ,

, an d no ey e s .

Pair of t o ngs .

x if

A
S I wen t thr o ugh the garden gap ,

Wh o s h o ul d I m eet but Dick Red cap -

!

A s tick in h is hand a ,
t ne in
s o h is thr o at :
me
’
If you l l tel l thi s ri ddle I ll give a gro at
’

, you .

A cherry .

D
I N G d o ng darr o w
, , ,

The cat an d t he s parr o w °

The l i tt le d o g h as burnt his tail ,

An d he s hall be whipped t o m o rr o w
-
.

H E King of France went up t he hill ,

With twenty th o u s an d m en ,

The Ki ng of France ca m e d o wn the hil l ,

An d ne er went up again
’ “

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 M o t h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

LOV E l ittle Pu s s y her , co at is so war m ,

An d if I d o n t hurt her
’

, s he l l
’
do m e no har m .

’
I ll sit by the fire an d give her
, so m e fo o d ,

An d Pu s sy wil l l ove me ,
becau s e I am go o d .

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 M ot h er Go o s e 5 N u r s er y R h y m es

T H ERE w as a j o ll y m i l ler

Lived on the river Dee ;

He w o rked an d s ang fr o m m o rn

No lark so bl ithe as he
And thi s the burden of his so ng
F o rever u s ed to be ,

I care fo r n o b o dy —
no ! n ot I ,

Since n o b o d y care s fo r m e .
 C O C K A D O O D L E DOO I

O C K a d o o dle d o o !

M y d a m e h as l o st her s h oe °

M y m a s ter h is fi ddl
’
s l o st ing -
s tick ,

’
An d d o n t kn o w what t o do .

C o ck a d o o dle doo !

What i s my da m e to do ?

Till m a s ter fin d s h i s fi dd l
ing -
s tic k ,

She l l dan ce with o ut her

’
s hoe .

Cock a d o o dle doo !

My da m e h as l o s t her s hoe ,

An d m a s ter f o und h i s fi dd l
i n g— s t ick
’
s ,

Sing d o o dle d o o dle d o o

, !

C o ck a d o o dle doo !

My da m e wil l dance w ith y ou ,

While es h i s fi dd l
m a s ter fi d d l ing —
s t ick .

Fo r da m e an d d o o dle d o o .

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 M o t h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R hy m es

C o ck a d o o dle d o o !

Da m e h as l o s t her s hoe ;
Gon e to bed an d s cratched
’
An d can t tel l what to do .

HEN I w as a l ittle b o y I had but l ittle wit ;

It is som e ti m e an d I ve m o re y et ;
’
ago , no

N or ever ever
, s hall until that I die ,

Fo r the l o nger I li v e the m o re f oo l am I .

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 M ot h er G o os e 5 N u r s er y R h y m es

I TTLE b oy b l ue co m e b l o w up
, y o ur h o rn ,

T he s heep ’
s in the m ead o w the c o w s in the c o rn
,
’
.

Where ’
s the l ittle b oy that l o o k s after the s heep ?
He s under the hay c o ck fa s t a s leep
’
.

Wil l yo u wake hi m ? No ,
n ot I ;

Fo r if I do he ll be ure
’

, s to cry .
 M o t h er Go os e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
s

A N C E l ittle bab y dance up hig h

, , ,

N ever m in d bab y m o ther i s b y

'
, ,

C ro w an d caper caper an d cro w

, ,

There l ittle bab y there

, , y o u g o;
Up to the ceil ing d o wn ,
to the gr o un d ,

B ackward s an d fo rward s r o un d an d r o und ; ,

Dan ce l ittle bab y an d ,

m o ther wil l s ing ,

With the m erry car o l ding ding ding !

, , ,

O W L EY P O W L EY pudding an d pie , ,

Ki ss ed the girl s an d m ade the m cry .

When the gi rl s begin to c ry ,

R o wley P o wley run s away .

it “

OW m an y day s h as m y bab y to pla y ?

Saturday Sun day
, , M o nday ,

Tue s day Wedne s day T hur s day Fri day , , ,

Saturday S un day M o n day

, ,
.

H O E the h o rs e an d , s h o e the m are ;

But let the l ittle c o lt go bare .

 M ot h er Go o s e 5 N u r s er y R h y m es

T o m m y Grace had a p ai n in his face ,

So bad he c o uld n ot l
earn a letter :

When in ca m e Dicky Lo ng ,

Singing s uch a funn y so ng ,

T o m m y laughed an d f o un d
,
h is face m uch be tt er .

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 M o t h er G oo s e ’
s N u r s ery R h y m es

T AFFY w as .
a Wel s h
m an ,
CHW ECHTY R
M AN o R
Taffy w as a thief ,

Taffy ca m e to my h o use ,

An d s o t l e a l eg of

beef .

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 O LD M OT H E R GO O S E .

D Mo ther Go o s e when
,
sh e w anted t o w an d er ,

W o ul d ri de thr o ugh the ai r on a v ery fine gander .

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 G o os e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
M h er
‘

ot s

’
M o ther G o o s e had a h o u se twa s built in a w o o d , ,

Where an ow l at the d o o r fo r Sentinel t

s oo d .

She had a so n J ack , a plain l o o king lad : -

Wh o w as n ot very go o d ,
nor y et very bad .

She s ent h i m t o m arket , a l ive g oo s e he b o ught :

H ere ! m o ther , s ay s he ,
I t will n ot g o fo r n o ught .

J ack
’
s g o o s e an d her gan der grew very f o nd ;
They d b o th eat t o gether
’

, or s wi m in o ne p o nd .

J ack f o un d one m o rn ing , as I have been t o l

d ,

Hi s g o o s e had laid h i m an egg of pure g o ld .

J ack r o de t o h i s mo ther , the new s fo r to tell .

She c al led him a go o d b oy , an d s ai d it w as well .

J ack so l d h i s g o l d egg to a r o gue of a J ew ,

Who cheated hi m o ut of the hal f of hi s due .

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 M o t h er Go o s e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
s

T hen J ack went a — c o urting a lad y so gay ,

As fai r as the l i l y an d
, s weet as the M ay .

The J ew an d the Squi re ca m e behin d h i s back ,

An d began to belab o r the s ide s of poor J ack .

The ol
d M o ther G o o s e that i n stant ca m e in ,

And turned her so n J ack int o fa m ed H arle q uin .

She then with her wan d t o u ched t he l ad y so fine ,

An d turned her at o nce int o s weet C o l u m bine .

The g o l d egg int o the s ea w as thr o wn then

When J ack j u m ped in an d , got the egg back again .

The J ew go t the g o o s e which he vo wed he w o ul d kil l

, ,

Re so lving at o nce hi s p o cket s to fill .

J ac k
’
s m o ther ca m e in an d caught the g oos e
,
so o n ,

An d m o unting it s back flew up ,

to the m oon .

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M ot h er G o o se s N u r s er y R h y m es

U S H A BY E bab y
H
- -
, ,

on the tree —t o p ,

When the win d bl o ws

the cradl ewi l l r o ck :

When the b o ugh bend s

the cradle wil l fal l ,

D o wn will c o m e bab y ,

b o ugh cradle an d al l
, ,
.

O B I N and Richard were

tw o pretty m en ,

They l
ay in bed til l the
cl o ck s truck ten ;

Then up s tart s R o bin an d

l o o k s in t
he s ky ,

Oh b r o ther Richard t he
, ,

s un ’
s v ery high !

Y o u go on with b o t t le an d
bag ,

And I ll c o m e after with

’

j o ll y J ac k N ag .
 HI RTY day s hath Septe m ber ,

Apri l , J une ,
an d N o ve m ber ;
February h as twenty eight al o ne —
,

Al l the re s t have thi rty —

o n e,

Excepting Leap -

y ear ,
that ’
s the ti m e
’
When February s day s are twenty nine -
.
 GO O D K I N G ART H U Ra -

HEN g o o d King Arthur ruled thi s

He w as a g o o dl y K ing ;
He b o ught three peck s of barley m eal —
,

To m ake a bag pudding

—
.

A bag pudding the K ing did m ake

—
,

An d s tu ffed it wel l with p l u m s ,

And in it put great l u m p s of fat ,

As big as m y tw o thu m b s .

The King an d Queen di d eat there o f ,

And n o ble m en be s ide ;

An d what they c o ul d n ot eat that n ight ,

The Queen nex t m o rn ing fr i ed .

 h er Go os e N u r s e r y R h y m es
’
M ot s

I CKERY , d i ckery , dare ,

The pig flew up in the a i r ;

The m an in br o wn so o n br o ught him d o wn
Di ckery , d i ckery , dare .

H E barber s haved the m aso n ,

And , as I s upp o s e ,

C ut o ff his n ose ,

And p o pped it in the bas in .

I C K ORY , d i ck o ry , s ack o ry d o wn !

Ho w m an y m ile s t o Rich m o n d t o wn ?

Turn to the left an d turn to the right ,

An d y o u m ay get there by Saturday n ight .

I L L Y b oy Wil l y b o y where are

, , you g o ing ?
I w il l go with yo u, if I m ay

I am g o ing to the m ead o w s t o s ee the m m o wing ,

I am g o ing to s ee the m m ake the h ay .

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S I N G A SO N G O F S I X PE N CE .

I NG a so ng of s ixpen ce ,

A bag ful l o f ry e ;

Fo ur an d twenty blackbi rd s
B aked in a pie .

When t he pie w as o p en
’
d ,

The bi rd s began to s ing ;

Was n ot that a dain ty di s h
To s et bef o re the King ?
 h er Go os e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
M ot s

The King w as in his c o unting h o u s e -

,

C o unting o ut h i s m o ney ;

The Queen w as in the parl o r ,

Eating bread an d h o ney

The m ai d w as in the garden ,

H anging o ut the cl o the s ;

By ca m e a little bi rd ,

An d s nap p ed o ff her n o s e .

EG Peg with a w o o den leg

, , ,

H er father w as a m il ler

He t o ss ed the du m pl ing at h er head ,

An d s ai d he c o ul d not kill her .

it

NAI L , s nail c o m e
,
o ut of y o ur h o le ,

O r el s e I ll beat ’

y o u as black as a c o al .

O m ake y o ur candle s la s t fo r ay e,

Yo u wives an d m aid s give ear -

o !

To put the m o
’
ut s the o n l y w ay ,

Say s h o ne s t J o hn B o lder o .

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 T H E R O B I N R E D B R E ASTS .

TWO R o bin Redbreas t s built the i r n es t s

Within a h o l l o w tree ;
The hen sat quietl y at h o m e ,

The c o ck s ang m erril y ;

An d al l the l ittle yo ung o nes s aid ,

Wee wee wee wee wee wee

, , , , ,
.

One d ay (e
t h s un w as war m and
An d s hin ing in the s ky ) ,

Co ck R o bin s ai d ,
My l ittle dears ,

Ti s ti m e y o u learn to fly ;
’

An d lt h e
al l it t le y o ung o ne s s aid ,

“
I ll
’
t ry ,
I ll
’
t ry ,
I ll’
t ry .

I kn o w a child and wh o ,
s iz e is

I l
ltel l y o u b y and by
’

When m am m a s ay s , Do thi s , or that ,

She s ay s ,
What fo r ?
”
an d Why ? ”

She d be a better chil d by far

’

“ ’
If sh e w o ul d say I ll t ry .
 M ot h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

H E RE w as an ol
d w o m an t o ss ed up in a bas ket ,

N inet y ti m es as high
as the m oon
:

An d Where she w as

g o ing I c o ul dn t ’
‘

but as k it
Fo r in her hand
she carried a
br o o m .

Ol d w o m an , ol
d w o m an , ol
d wo m an
qu o th I ,

O whither O whither O whither, ,

so high ?

To s weep the c o bweb s o ff the s ky !

Shal l I g o with o
y u ?

Ay , by an d by .

SI N G I , s ing ,

Fr o m m o rn til l n ight ,

Fr o m care s I m hear t
’
free an d , my is l ight .

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 M ot her Goo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

I GH diddle d o ubt m y candle s ’

, o ut ,

My l ittle m ai d i s at h o m e ;
‘

not

Saddle m y hog and bridle m y d og ,

An d fetch my l ittle m ai d h ome

“

i t *

E TT LE R o bi n Redbrea s t
N iddle ,
n ad d l
e, went
s at

h is
up o n a rail
head wiggle waddle went
,
,

hi s tail ;

Little R o bin Redbrea s t s at up o n a bridle ,

With a pai r of S peckle leg s and a green gi rdle

,
.

ESSY B E L L and M ary Gray

T hey were tw o b o nn y lass es ,

They bui lt a h o u s e up o n the lea ,

An d c o vered it ’
o er with ra shes .

B ess y k ept the garden gate ,

And M ary k ept the pant ry ;

Be ssy alway s had to wait ,

While M ary l ived i n plenty .

 J OHN C O O K S L I TT LE G RAY M AR E
’
.

OHN C O O K he a l ittle gray m are ,

H ee haw , , h um ;

Her legs were l o ng her back w as bare ,

H ee haw , ,
h um .

J o hn Co o k w as ri ding up Sh o o ter s Bank

’

Hee haw h u m
, , ;

The m are s he began to kick an d to prank ,

H ee haw h u m
, ,
.

J o hn Co o k w as riding up Sh o o ter s H ill

’

H ee haw ,

Hi s m are fell d o wn and m ade her will ,

H ee haw , , hum .

The bridle an d s addle were laid on the s helf ,

H ee haw h u m
, , ;

If y o u wan t an y m o re y o u m ay
, s ing it yo urs el f ,

H ee haw h u m
, ,
.
M o t h er N u r s er y
’
Go os e s R h y m es

I NG , d o ng bel l , ,

’
Pu s sy s in the well .

Wh o put her in ?

Little T o m m y Green .

Who pul led her o ut ?

Li t tle To m m y T ro u t .

What a naughty b oy w as that ,

T hu s to dr o wn p o o r pu ss y cat .

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 M R h y m es
’
ot h er Goos e s N u r s er y

AN C E t o y o ur dadd y ,

My l ittle babb y ;
Dance t o y o ur dadd y ,

My l ittle la m b .

Yo u s hal l have a fi s h y ,

I n a l ittle di s h y ;
Yo u s hal l ha ve a fi s hy ,

When the b o at c o m e s in .

F wi she s were h o r se s beggars w o ul d ri de

‘

, ,

I f turn ip s were watche s 1 w o ul d wear

, o ne by my s i de .

EAS E pudding hot ,

Pea s e pudding c o ld ,

Pea s e p uddin g in the p ot ,

N ine day s ol
d .

S o m e li k e it h ot ,

S o m e l ike it c o l d ,

S o m e l ike it in the p ot ,

N ine day s ol
d .
 GO O D D O B B I N .

’
H ! than k y ,
o u g o o d D o bbin , y o u ve been a l o ng trac k ,

An d have carried papa al l the w ay on y o ur bac k ;

Yo u s hal l have som e n ice o at s faithful D o bbin in deed
, , ,

ve br o ught p apa h o m e hi s darlin g with

’
Fo r y o u to s peed .

The h o wl ing wind blew an d the pelting rain beat , ,

m u d h as
“

An d the thick c o vered hi s leg s and h is feet .

But y et on he gall o ped in S pite of the rain ,

An d h as br o ught papa h o m e to h is darl ing again .

sun it w as s etting a l o ng while ago ,

papa c o ul d n ot s ee the r o ad where he s h o ul d go ,

D o bbin kept on thr o ugh the de s o late wil d

h as br o ught papa h o m e again s afe to his chil d .

N o w go t o the s table the n ight

,
is so raw ,

Go ,
D o bbin an d re s t
, y o ur ol
d b o ne s on the straw ;
D on t ’
s tand an y l o nger o ut here in the rain ,

Fo r y o u ve br o ught papa h o m e to his darl ing again

’
.

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

E TT L E J ac k H o rner
Sat in a c o rner ,

Ea t ing a C hri st m a s pie °

H e put i n thu m b ,

And he t o o k o ut a
~

pl
um ,

An d “
s aid , What a g oo d
”
boy am I !

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 M o t h er Go o s e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
s

U SSY cat pu ssy c at where ha ve y o u been ?

, ,

I ve been t o L o n d o n t o l o o k at the q ueen

’
.

Pu ssy cat pu s sy cat what did

, , you d o there ?
I f rightened a l ittle m o u s e un der the chair .

N E tw o , , buckl e my s h o e ;
T hree fo ur , , s hut the d o o r ;
Five , six , pick up s tick s ;
Seven eight l
ay the m
, , s traight ;
N ine ,
ten a g o o d fat hen ;
,

Ele ven twelve dig an d d el ve ;

, ,

Thirteen f o urteen , ,
m aid s c urting ;
a— o

Fifteen , s i x teen , m aid s in the kitchen ;

Seventeen eighteen , ,
m aid s in waiting ;
N inetee n , t w enty , my p late is e m p ty .

H AV E a l ittl e s i s ter ; they call her Peep Peep , ,

She wades the water deep deep deep ; , , ,

She cli m b s the m o untain s high high high , , ,

.

P oo r l ittle thing ! she ha s but o n e e ye .

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 MY LA DY W I N D .

M
Y L ady Wind , my Lady Win d ,

Went r o un d ab o ut the h o u s e ,

A chin k to get her f o o t in ;

She tried the key h o le in the d o o r ,

She tried the crevi ce in the fl o o r ,

An d dr o ve the chi m ney soo t in

An d then one n ight when it w as dark ,

She blew up s uch a tin y s park ,

That al l the h o u s e w as p o thered ;

Fr o m it sh e rai s ed up s uch a fla m e
As fla m ed away to B elting L ane ,

And White C r o ss f o l k s were sm o thered .

An d thu s when o nce , my l ittle dear s ,

A whi s per reache s itching ears ,

The a m e wil l c o m e y o u l l fin d ;
’
s ,

Take my advice re s trai n

, y o ur t o ngue ,

Re m e m ber what ol
d N urs e h as s ung
O f bu sy Lad y Wind .

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 M ot h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

LD m o ther Wi ddle Waddle j u m p ed o ut of bed ,

An d o ut of the ca s e m ent she p o pped her head ,

C rying , The h o u s e is on fire the gra y g oos e

,
is dead ,

A nd the fox h as co m e to the t o wn , oh !

WO l egs s at up o n three l egs ,

With one leg in his l

ap ;

I n co m e s f o ur legs ,

An d run s away with one leg ;

U p j umps tw o legs ,

C atches up th ree legs ,

Thr o w s it after f o ur legs ,

An d m ake s h i m bring one leg back .

H E R E w a s a l itt l e man an d he had a l ittle gu n

, ,

An d his bul let s were m ade of lead lead lead ;

, ,

He s h ot J o hnn y K ing thr o ugh the m i ddle of hi s wig ,

An d k n o cke d it right o ff hi s head head head

, , .

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 A FAR M E R W E N T T ROTT I N G U P O N
H I S G RAY M AR E .

FAR M E R went tr o tt ing up o n hi s gray m are ,

Bu m p et y b u m p ety
, , bu m p !
Wi t h his daughter behind hi m so r o s y an d fai r ,

Lu m p ety l
um p et y l u m p !
, ,

A raven cried r ak ! an d the y al l tu m bled d o wn

c o ,

Bu m p et y b u m p ety b u m p l
, ,

The m are br o ke her knee s an d,

the f ar m er his cr o wn ,

Lu m p et y l
u m p et y
, , l um p !

m i s chie v o u s raven flew laughing away ,

Bu m p ety b u m p ety
, ,
bu m p !
vo wed he w o ul d s er ve the m the s a m e the next day .

Lum p ety l
u m p et y
, , l um p
 MARY H A D A L I TT L E LA M B

ARY had a little la mb

I ts fleece wa s white as s now
An d every where that M ary went ,

The la m b w as s ure to go .

H e fo l l o wed her to s ch o o l one d ay ;

That w as again s t the rule

It m ade the chil dren laugh and play
To s ee a l
am b at s ch o o l .

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M ot h er Goos e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

And so the teacher turned him

But s til l he l ingered near ,

An d waited patientl y ab o ut
Til l M ary did appear .

AN D S O T H E T EA C H ER T U R N ED H I M O U T .

T hen he ran to her an d lai d

,

Hi s head up o n her ar m ,

I m
’
As if he s aid ,
“
n ot afrai d ,

Y o u ll keep me f r o m al l har m
’
.

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 M h er Goos e N R h y m es
’
ot s u r s er y

HE ol
d w o m an m u st s tan d at the tub tub , ,

The dirty cl othe s to rub rub rub ;

, ,

But when they are clean an d fit , to be s een ,

ldre ss
I l l ike a lad y an d dance the green
’

, on .

H AT S the new s of the

’
d ay ,

G o o d neighb o r I pray ? ,

The y say the bal l o o n

l
s g o ne up t o the m o o n .

H E R E were three cr o ws s at on a t ne
s o ,

Fa ! la la la lal de
, ,

Tw o flew away an d then there

, w as o n e,

Fal la la l a lal de
, ,

The o ther cr o w fin ding hi m s el f al o ne ,

Fal la la la l al de
, ,

H e flew away an d then there

,
w as n o ne ,

Fal la la l a lal de
, .

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 M o t h er Goo s e 5 N u r s er y R h y m es

ON K EY d o n k ey
, , ol
d an d gray ,

Ope y o ur m o uth an d gentl y bray ,

Li ft y o ur ear s an d bl o w y o ur h o rn ,

To wake the w o rld thi s s leep y m o rn .

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M o t h er G oo s e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
s

I C KETY ,
i
p ckety , my blac k hen ,

She lay s egg s fo r ge n tle m en ;

Gentle m en c o m e every day

To s ee w hat my black hen d o th lay .

P hil l and d o wn dale ,

Butter i s m ade in e very

An d i f N an cy C o o k
Is a g oo d g irl ,

She s hal l have a s p o u s e ,

An d m a k e butter an o n ,

Befo re h er ol
d gran d m other
Gr o w s a y o u ng m an .

AT bat c o m e under my hat

, , ,

A n d I l l give y o u a s l ice o f bac o n

’

An d when I bake lgi v e y o u

I l a
’

If I am n ot m i s ta k en .

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

H ERE w as an ol
d w o m an l ived un der a hill
’
An d if s he s n ot g on e, s he l ive s there s till .

B aked apple s s he so l d an d cranberry

, p ie s ,

ol
’
An d s he s the d w o m an w ho never t o l d l ies .
 T H E Y O U N G L I N N E TS .

ID y o u ever s ee the ne s t
Of Ch affi n ch or of Linn et ,

When the l ittle d o wny bi rd s

Are l y i ng s n ug ly i n it ,

Gap i ng w id e the i r ye ll o w m o uth s

Fo r s o m ething n ice to eat ?

C aterpil la r w o r m an d grub
, , ,

They re c k o n d ai nty mea t .

When the m o ther -

b i rd retur n s ,

An d find s the m s til l an d go o d ,

S he wi l l gi v e the m each by t u rn s , ,

A pr o p er s hare of fo o d .

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 h er N R h y m es
’
M ot G oo s e s u r s er y

She h as h o pped f r o m s pray to s pray ,

An d peeped with k n o win g ey e

I nt o al l the f o l ded lea ve s

Where cater p il lar s l ie .

She has s earc he d a m o ng the gras s ,

An d fl o wn fr o m tree to tree ,

C atching gnat s an d flie s , to feed

H er l ittle f a m il y .

I ha ve s een the L i nnet s c hi rp ,

An d s ha k e thei r d o wn y wing s :
T hey are plea s ed t o see her c o m e ,

An d p lea s ed wi th what s he bri ngs .

But I n ever s aw the m l o o k

I m p a tient fo r thei r f oo d :
S o mebody ,
at dinner ti me -
,

I s s e l d o m q uit e so go o d .

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 N u r s er y
’
M ot h er Go os e s Rh y m es

H E R E w as an ol
d cro w
Sat up o n a cl o d ,

of my
’
There s an en d so ng ,

That v ery o dd
’
s .

AC K Y , c o m e give m e thy fiddle ,

I f ever th o u m ean t o thrive .

N ay , I ll
’
n ot give my fiddle
To an y m an al ive .

If I s h o ul d give my fiddle ,

They l l think that I m g o ne

’ ’

Fo r m an y a j o y ful d ay

My fiddle an d I have had .

'

T earl y m o rn the s pider s S pin ,

An d by an d b y the flie s dr o p in

And when they call the , S pi der s s ay ,

T ake o ff y o ur things an d , s tay all d ay !

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M o t h er Goos e 5 N u r s er y R h y m es

J
ER RY H A LL he
, is so sm all ,

A rat c o ul d eat him ,

hat l
an d a l.

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T H E WAV E S ON T H E S E A S H O RE -
.

O LL on, ro l l on, you re s tle s s wave s ,

T hat t o s s ab o ut an d r o ar ;
Why do yo u al l ru n bac k again
When y o u ha v e reached the s h o re ?

Ro l l on, ro l l on , y o u n o i sy waves ,

R o l l higher up the s tran d

Ho w i s it that y o u can n o t pa s s

That l ine of y el l o w s and ?

We m ay n ot dare , the wave s repl y °

That l ine of y el l o w s an d
Is laid al ong the s h o re to b o un d
Th e water s and the lan d .

An d al l s h o ul
d k eep to ti m e an d place ,

An d al l s h o ul d k eep to rule ,

B o th wave s up o n the s an dy s h o re ,

An d l ittle b o ys at s ch o o l .

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 M o t h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

EG o ver leg ,

A s the d og went t o D o ver

!

When he ca m e to a s tile ,

J ump he went o ver .

L I TT L E c o ck s parr o w s at on a tree
Lo o king as happy as happ y c o ul d be ,

Til l a b oy ca m e by with hi s b ow an d arr o w ,

Say s he , I will s h o o t the l ittle c o ck s parr o w .

Hi s b o dy wil l m ake m e a n ice l ittle s tew ,

An d his giblet s wil l m ake m e a l ittle pie , to o .

Say s the l ittle c o ck parr o w I l l be h ot i f I tay

’
s , s s ,

So he clapped his wings an d flew away .

OU s hal l have an apple ,

You s hal l have a pl u m ,

You s hal l have a rattle ba s ket -

When papa c o m e s h o m e .

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 ’
M ot h er Go os e s N u r s er y R h y m es

TTLE Bo b
U
Sn o o ks w as fo n d
of hi s boo ks ,

An d l o v e d by h i s u s her and
m a s ter

B ut naugh ty J ac k he go t a b l ac k
ey e,

An d ca rries hi s n o s e in a pla ster .

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 M o t h er G o o s e s N u r s er y R h y m es
’

HEN l ittle Fred went t o bed ,

H e alway s s ai d his pray er s ;

H e k i s s ed m a m m a a n d then papa ,

An d s traightway went up s -
tai rs .

HE N o rth Win d d o th bl o w ,

An d we s hal l have s n ow ,

An d w hat w ill p o o r R o bin do then ?

Po o r t hing !

H e wil l h o p to a barn ,

And to keep hi m s el f war m ,

Wil l hide hi s head un der h i s

P o o r thin g !

EORGI E P O R G I E p udding , an d p i e
,

Ki s s ed the g i rl s an d m ade the m cry .

When the gi rl s ca m e o ut to play ,

Ge o rgie P o rgie ran away .

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 M h er N u r s er y R h y m es
’
ot Goo se s

’
H E C uc k o o s a b o nn y bi rd ,

S he s ings as she fl ies ,

S he brings us g o o d ti dings ,

An d tel l s us no l ie s .

She s uck s l ittle bi rd s eggs ’

To m a k e her v o ice clear ,

An d never crie s C uc k o o !

T ill s prin g ti m e
-
of the y ear .

THE ro se is red the v i o let

,
’
s bl ue
Th e p in k is s weet an d , so are y o u .

HEN t he win d i s in the Ea s t ,

Ti s neither g o o d fo r m an bea s t ;
!
nor

When the win d is in the N o rth ,

T he s kilful fi s her g o e s n ot f o rth ;

When the win d is in the S o uth ,

I t bl o w s the bait in the fi s he s m o uth ;

’

When the w in d is in the We s t ,

T he n t l s a t t h e v ery be s t
’
.

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M h er Goos e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
ot s

A S ever hear d s uch n o i s e a n d cla m o r !

The hat c het s j eal o u s of the ha m m er !
’

OMM Y k ept a
’
C hand l er s s hop ,

Richard went t o b uy a m op ,

T o m m y gave him s uch a wh o p ,

That s ent h i m o ut o f h is
’

C han dler s
T H E T U RTLE D OV E S N EST
’
—
.

E RY high in the pine tree -

,

The l ittle Turt l

e d o ve -

M ade a p retty l ittle nur s ery ,

To plea s e her l ittle l o ve .

She w as gentle , s he w as s o ft ,

An d her large dar k ey e

Often turned to her mate ,

Who w as s itt i n g cl os e by .

C00 , s ai d the T u rtle d o ve —

,

Coo , s ai d sh e ;

O h I l o ve thee
, , s ai d the T urt le d o ve -
.

An d I l o ve TH EE .

I n the l o ng s hady bran che s

O f the dar k pine tree -
,

Ho w happ y were the D o ve s

In thei r l ittle n ur sery !

M o t h er G ’
o os e s N u r s er y R h y m es

H ERE w as a m o nkey

cl i m bed up a tree ,

When he fel l d o wn , then

d o wn fel l he .
 M ot h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

There w as a butcher
cut his thu m b ,

When it di d bleed ,

then bl o o d did c o m e .

There w as a lackey ran

a r a ce ,

When he ran fa s t , he
ran apace .

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M o t h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

T here wa s a h o r s e g o ing to the m il l ,

When he w ent on , he t
s oo d n ot s till .

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M ot h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

There w as an ol
d wife did eat an
apple ,

When sh e had e
aten tw o , sh e had
eaten a c o uple .

There w as a navy went to Spain ,

When it returned it ca m e back again

,
.

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 T H E G R EAT B R O W N O W L .

H E Br o wn Owl s it s i n the i vy —
bu s h ,

An d sh e l o o keth w o ndr o u s wi s e ,

With a h o rn y beak beneath her c o wl ,

And a pai r of large r o un d ey e s .

She sat al
ld ay on the s el f s a m e
-
s pray ,

Fr o m s un ri s e til l s un s et ;
And the d i mgray l ight it , w as al l t oo bright
Fo r the o w lt o s ee in y et .

J enn y O wlet , J enn y Ow l

et , s ai d a m erry l ittle bi rd
They u re w o ndr o u s wi s e ;
’

s ay y o

u re l o o k in g at
’
B ut I d o n t thin k th o ugh
’

y ou s ee, y o

With yo ur large r o un d, , s hin ing ey e s .

B ut night ca m e soo n an d the pal e white m o o n

,

R o l led high up i n the s k ie s ;

An d the great Br o wn Owl fle w awa y in her c o wl ,

Wi t h her large r o un d , , s hin ing ey e s .

16
3
 M ot h er Goos e R h y m es
’
s N u r s er y

I R L S an d b o y s c o m e , o ut to play ,

T he moon d o th s hine as bright as d ay ;

Leave y o ur s upper an d leave

, y o ur s leep ,

An d c o m e with y o ur play fel l o w s int o the s treet .

C o m e with a wh o o p c o m e with a cal l , ,

C o m e with a g o o d wi l l or n ot at all .

U p the ladder an d d o wn the wall ,

A hal f pen n y r o l l wil l s er ve us all ,

Yo u m il k lfin d
I l
’
fin d , an d fl o ur ,

An d we l l have a pudding i n hal f an h o ur

’
.

L I TT L E ol
d

m an of D erb y ,

Ho w d o y o u thin k

he s e r ved me ?

H e t o o k away my

bread an d chee s e ,

An d that is ho w

he s erv ed me .

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 M h er Go os e N u rs e r y R h y m es
’
ot s

With al l my heart ,
the ol
d w o m an s ai d ;
I f that you wil l al l o w ,

To m o rro w y o u ll tay at h o m e in my tead

’
-
s s ,

I l
lgo l
’
An d drive the p o u g h f

But you m u s t m il k the Tidy co w ,

Fo r fear t hat she g o d ry ;

An d yo u m u st feed the l ittle pigs

That are within the st y ;

An d y o u m u st m in d the s peckled hen ,

Fo r fear s he l
ay a s tray ;

An d y o u m ust reel the s po o l of y arn

That I s pun y e s terday .

The ol
d w o m an t o o k a s taff in her hand ,

And w ent to dri ve the pl o ugh ;

T he ol
d m an t o o k a pail in his han d ,

An d w ent t o m il k the co w ;

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M o t h er Goo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

But Ti d y h i n ch ed , an d Ti dy fl i n ch ed ,

An d Tid y br o ke his n o se ,

An d Tid y gave hi m s uch a bl o w ,

That the bl o o d ran d o wn to hi s t o es .

Hi ! Tid y ! ho ! Tidy ! hi !
Tidy , do s tand s til l !

If ever I m il k y o u ,
Tidy again , ,

’
Twil l be so re again s t my wil l .

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M ot h er Goos e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

He went to feed the l ittle pigs ,

That were within the st y ;

He hit his head again st the bea m ,

And he m ade the bl o o d to fly .

H e went t o m ind the s peckled hen ,

Fo r fear s he d l
ay a stra y
’

And he fo rgo t the s po ol of y arn

H i s wife s pun y e s terda y .

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TO M M Y S N O O KS AN D B E SSY B ROO KS .

A
S T o m m y Sn o o k s and Bess y Br o o k s
Were walking o ut one Sun day
Says T o m m y Sn o o k s to Bess y B r o o k s ,

Wilt m a rry m e on M o nday ?

 M o t h er G o os e ’
s N u r s er y Rh y m es

TWO mo n k e y s ca m e f r o m thei r nati v e w o o d ,

To view the haunt s an d way s of m en ;

Tw o m o rtal h o ur s they s ilent s t o o d

And then c o ntent went back again

, ,
.

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 M ot h er G oo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y mes

of
’
The far m er s wife she j u m ped o ut bed ,

An d o ut of the win d o w sh e p o pped her head ;

Oh hu s band
, ! oh, hu s band ! the gee s e are al l dead ,

”
Fo r the fox h as been thr o ugh the t o wn ,
h ei gh o l

The far m er he l o aded his pi s t o l with lead ,

An d s h o t the ol
d r o gue of a fox thr o ugh the head ;
Ah ha !
, s aid t he far m er , I thi nk y o u re quite dead
’

An d m o re y o u ll tr o uble the t o wn h ei gh o l
’
no ,

L I TT L E green bi rd s at on a fence
C hee ch o o chee — ch o o
-

, , ch ee l

It
’
s so ng w as the s weete s t that ever I heard ;
C hee ch o o chee ch o o
-
,
— ch ee l

I ran fo r so m e s alt to put on i ts tai 1 °

C hee ch o o chee ch o o
—
,
—
, ch ee l

B ut while I w as g o ne away flew t he bi rd ;

C hee ch o o chee ch o o
—
,
—
, ch ee l
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 H E R E w as a m an of N ewingt o n ,

An d he w as w o n dr o u s wi s e ,

H e j u m ped i nt o a qui ck s et hedge ,

And s cratched o ut b o th his ey e s :

B ut when he s aw his ey e s were o ut ,

With al l h i s m ight an d m ain

H e j u m ped int o an o ther hedge ,

em
’
An d s cratched in again .

I 7S
 N
’
M ot h er Goose s u r s er y R h y m es

UMS EY DU MS EY S co m e
’

to t o wn ,

On a s peckled p o n y ;
He wears a hat with o ut a
cr o wn ,

An d s ay s he h as no m o ney .

AL
F
de ral daddle ,

A pig on a s addle ,

The cat j u m ped o ver the

h o us e
The dog with a fiddle ,

C ried h ey diddle di ddle, ,

An d the trap run o ff with

the m o u s e .

OM Ewhen y o u re cal led

’

’
Do what yo u re bid ,

Shut the d o o r after you ,

N ever be chid .
 M o t h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

An d there s he s at fo r f o ur l o ng week s ,

In rain y days an d fine ,

U ntil the duc k l in gs al l ca m e o ut ,

Fo ur fi ve , , s ix , s e ven eight n ine

, ,
.

One peeped o ut f r o m beneat h her wing ,

One s cra m bled on her bac k :

ol
d D a m e D uc k
’
T hat s very rude , s ai d ,

”
Get o ff !
“
q uac k q uack q uack q uac k !
, , ,

Ti s cl o se , s aid D a m e D uck , s h o v ing

T he egg s hel l s with her bill
-
,

Be si de s it never , s u its y o ung duck s

To k eep the m s ittin g s till .

So ,
r i s ing f r o m her n e s t , she s aid ,

N ow , chil dre n l o o k at m e
,
'

A wel l bred duc k s h o ul d waddle

—
so ,

Fro m d ye ?
’
s ide to s ide ,
—
s ee

178
 M o t h er N
’
G oo s e s u r s er y R h y m es

Yes , s ai d the l ittle o ne s and then,

She went on to ex plain :

A wel l bred duc k turn s in

-
i ts t o es

As I do ,
—
try ag ain .

Y es , s ai d the du c k l ing s waddl ing , on .

s ai d thei r m o the r ;
’
That s better ,

But wel l bred duc ks wal k in a

-
row ,

Str a ight ,
—
o ne behind an other .

Yes , s a i d the l itt l e duck s again ,

Al l waddl ing i n a ro w
:

N o w to the p o nd , s aid ol
d Dame
Spla s h s pl a s h, ! an d in the y g o .

Let m e s wi m fi r st , s aid ol
d D a m e D uc k ,

To th i s s ide , now to that ;

There , s nap at th o s e great br o wn winged flies -
,

They m ake y o ung duckl ing s fat .

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 M o t h er G o os e N R h y m es
’
s u r s er y

N ow , when y o u reach the p o ultry —

y ard .

The hen wi fe M o l l y H ead

-

, ,

Wil l feed yo u , with the o ther f o wl s ,

On bran and m a s hed -

up b read ;

The hen s will pec k an d fight but ,

I h o pe that al l of y o u

Will g o bble up the fo o d as fa st

As wel l bred duck s s h o ul d d o
-
.

’
Y o u d better get int o the
U n le s s it is too sm al l ;

In that ca s e I , s h o ul d use my fo o t ,

”
And o verturn it al l .

The duc k l ing s did as they were bid ,

An d f o un d the plan so goo d ,

T hat fro m that d ay the

, , o ther f o wl s
Go t hardl y an y fo o d .

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A B O U T T H E B U S H W I L LY ,
.

B O U T the bu s h Wi ll y
A
, ,

Ab o ut the beehive ,

Ab o ut the bu s h Wil l y , ,

lm eet
I l thee alive
’
.

Then to my ten s hil l ings

Add yo u but a gr o at ,

I ll
’

go t o N ewca stle ,

And b uy a new c o at .

Fi ve an d five s hill ings ,

Five and a cr o wn °

F i v e an d five s hil l ings

Wil l b uy a ne w g o wn .

F i ve an d five s hi l l ings ,

F ive a nd a gr o at ;
F ive an d five s hil l ings
Will b uy a new c o at .
M ot h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

YE
B
, baby bunting ,

’
Father s g o ne a—
hunting ,

M o ther
’
s g o ne a -
m il king ,

’
Si s ter s g o ne —
a s il king ,

’
B r o ther s go ne t o b uy a s kin
To wrap the bab y bunting in .

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 M ot h er Goos e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

A
C AT ca m e fiddl ing o ut of a barn ,

With a pai r of bagpipe s un der her ar m

She c o ul d s ing n o thing but fi dd l

e— de — dee ,

The m o u s e h as m arried the hu m ble bee : —

Pipe cat, ,
—
dan ce , m o use ,

We llhave
’
a wedding at our go o d h o u s e .

ORPORAL TI M
Was dre s s ed so tri m ,

H e th o ught each ey e ad m i ring hi m ;

Bu t s ad to s ay ,

T he v ery fi rs t d ay
We had a fight ,

H e died of fright ,

An d so we l o st o ur C o rp o ral Ti m .

k
“
ic k

OGS in the garden catch m T o w s er

’ °

,
e ,

C o w s i n the c o rnfiel d fun b o y s fun , , , ;

C at s in the crea m —
p ot , run girl s run gi rl s ;
, , ,

Fi re on the m o untain s , run b o ys run

, ,
.

18 4
M ot her
’
Go o s e s N u r s er y R h y m es

AC K LE , cac k le , M ada m Go os e !

H ave o
y u an y feathers l o o s e ?
Trul y have I l ittle fel l o w, ,

Hal f en o ugh to fill a pil l o w :

An d here are q uill s take , o ne o r ten ,

An d m ake fr o m each o
p p
-
gun or pen .

C E RTA I N y o ung far m er of Ay r ,

Start ed with s heep fo r the fair .

H e reached the new bridge of D o ver ,

And l eaving
,
his s heep went , o ver .

At the en d of the bridge is an inn ,

Where o ften befo re he had been ;

Of the inn s of the t o wn twa s the be s t

’

An d the far m er s aid ,

H ere I wil l res t .

The n u m ber of s heep w as so great ,

So narr o w , to o , w as the s heep gate -

,

That to get the m all o ver an d where

,

Was re s ting the far m er of Ay r ,

Will take us n ine day s ,

m ay be ten :

The t ry
s o m u st s o t p until then .

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M ot h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

I TTLE M i s s Do n n et

Wears a huge b o n net ;

And h o o p s hal f as wide
As the m o uth of the C l y de .

187
B OW — W OW SAYS T H E , D OG .

OW W O W -
, s ay s the d og ;
M ew ,
m ew , s ay s t h e cat ;

Grunt grunt g o e s the

, ,
h og ;

An d s queak g o e s the rat .

Tu -
w hu , s ay s the ow l;

C aw caw , , s ay s the cr o w ;
Quack quack , , s ay s the duck ;
An d what s parr o w s s ay y u
o kn o w .

So , with s parr o ws and , o wl s ,

With rat s and with d ogs , ,

With duck s and with cr o w s , ,

With cats and with h o gs , ,

A fine so ng I have m ade ,

To plea s e y o u , my dear ;
An d i f it
’
s wel l s ung ,

’
Twil l be c har m ing to hear .
W H O STO L E T H E B I R D S — N ES T ? ’

O—W H I T l to -
whit l t o —whee I

Wil l y o u l i s ten to m e ?

Wh o s o t le f o ur egg s I laid ,

And the n ice ne s t I m ade ?

N ot I , s a i d the co w m oo -
00 !

Such a thing I d never d o

’
.

I gave y o u a wi s p of hay ,

But di d n ot take y o ur nes t away ;

N ot I , s aid the co w , moo -
00 !

do
’
S uch a thing I d ne ver .

B ob o
— -
li n k l Bo b -
o -
l in k I
N ow ,
what do yo u thin k ?
Wh o s o t le a ne s t away
Fr o m the pl u m tree —
t o d ay ?
-

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M ot h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

No t I , s ai d the d o g , b o w w ow -
,

I w o ul dn t be m ean I vow
’
so ,
.

I gave so m e hair s the ne s t t o m ake ,

B ut the ne s t I did n ot take

”
N ot I , s ai d the do g , b o w —w o w !

I w o ul d n ot be so m ean , I vo w .

Co o —
co o co o co o
-
l co o -
co o I

Let me s pea k a w o rd or tw o :

Who s o t le that pret ty nes t

Fr o m l i tt le R o bin Redbrea s t ?

N ot I , s aid the s heep ; oh, no ,

I w o ul d n ot treat a p o o r bi rd so ;

I gave the w o o l the ne s t to l ine ,

But the ne s t w as n o ne of m ine .

B aa ! baa ! s aid the s heep ; oh , no !

’
I w o uldn t treat a p o o r bi rd so .

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M ot h er Go ose ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

Caw l caw ! cried the c ro w ,

I s h o ul d l ike to kn o w
What thie f t o o k away
d ay
’
A bi rd s -
ne s t t o — .

C huck ! chuck ! s ai d the h en ,

Don t as k me again
’

Wh y ,
I haven t a chick
’

W o ul d do s uch a trick .

We al l gave her a feather ,

An d she w o ve the m t o get h e r .

Id c rn intrude
’
s o to

O n her an d her br o o d .

C huck ! chuck ! s ai d the hen ,

D on t
’
as k me again .

C hi rr -
a- whi rr l chi rr -
a -
w h i rr l

We will m ake a great s ti r .

Let us fin d o ut his na m e ,

An d all —
cr y Fo r s ha m e !
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M o t h er N u r s er y R h ym es
’
Go os e s

P
A D D Y MA LO N Y
H ad a black p o n y ,

As bl in d as a p o n y c o ul d be ;
Ti s
’
Say s Paddy , bad ,

B ut I l l m en d it my lad
’

, ,

Spectacle s lm ake h i m
l
’
s u re s ee !
I 94
 A D OG AN D A CO C K .

D OG an d a c o c k a j o urney o nce t o o k ,

’
T hey travel led al o ng til l twa s late ;
T he d og he m ade fre e in t h e h o l
l ow of a tree ,

An d the c o ck on the b o ugh s of it s ate .

The c o c k n o thing k n o wing

, ,

I n the m o m fel l a
-
cr o wing ,

U p o n which c o m e s a fox to the

Say s he , I declare
Y o ur v o ice is ab o ve
Al l the creature s I ever did s ee .

O h w o uld y o u c o m e d o wn
, ,

I the fav ’
ri te m ight ow n !

S aid the c o ck , T here s a p o rter bel o w ;

’

If you wil l go in ,

I pr o m i s e I l l c o m e d o wn
’
.

So he went ,
—
an d w as w o rried fo r it , to o .
 M o t h er N u r s er y
’
G oo s e s R h y m es

AN TALOU P ES ! C anta l o upe s ! What is the price ?

Eight fo r a d o l lar and al l very n i c e
, .

t i r i

W EE Wil l ie Winkie run s th r o ugh the t o wn

Up —
s tai rs an d d o wn -
s tai r s in his
,

n ightg o wn ,

Rapping at the win d o w cry i n g thr o ugh the l o c k

, ,

Are the chil dren i n thei r bed s fo r n ow

’

, it s eight
’
o cl o ck
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 M h er
’
ot Go o s e s N u r s er y R h y m es

DOG an d a cat went o ut t o gether ,

To s ee s o m e friend s j u s t o ut o f t o wn ;
Said the cat to the d og ,

d ye of
’
What think the weather ?
I thin k m a a m the rain wil l c o m e d o wn
’

, , ;

B ut d o n t be alar med fo r I ve an u m brel la

’ ’

T hat wil l s helter us b o th , s ai d thi s a m iable fell o w .

4 4 4

N a p ple pie when it l oo k s

, n ice ,

W o ul d m ake on e l o ng to have a s lice ,

But if the ta s te s h o uld pr o ve so , to o ,

I fear o ne s lice w o ul d s carcel y d o .

So to p revent my a s king twice ,

Pray m a m m a cut a g o o d large

, ,
s l ice .

4 4 4

O R want of a nail the , s hoe w as l o st ,

Fo r want of the s h o e the h o rs e

,
w as l o st ,

Fo r want of the h o r s e the rider ,

w as l o st ,

Fo r w an t o f the rider the battle w as l os t

, ,

Fo r want of the battle the k ingd o m ,

w as l o st ,

An d al l fr o m the want of a h o r se s h o e nail !

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M h er R h y m es
’
ot Goos e s N u r s er y

AM E TR O T an d her cat
Sat d o wn fo r t o chat ,

T he D a m e s at on thi s s i de ,

An d Pu ss s at on that .

Pu s s , s ay s the Da m e ,

C an y o u catch a rat ,

Or a m o u se in the dark ?
Purr , s ay s the cat .

1
99
CO M E M Y C H I L D R E N CO M E AWAY
, , .

OM E m y chi ldren c o m e away

, , ,

Fo r the s un s hine s bright t o —

day ;

Little c hil dren c o m e with m e

, ,

Bi rd s an d b o o k s an d p o s ies s ee ;

Get y o ur hat s an d c o m e away ,

Fo r it is a plea s ant d ay .

E very thing is l aughing , s inging ,

Al l the pretty fl o wer s are s pringing ;

S ee the k itten ful l , of f un ,

Sp o rting i n the bril liant s un ;

C hi l dren , t o o , m ay s p o rt an d p l
ay ,

Fo r i t i s a p lea s ant d ay .

Bring the h oo p an d bring the bal l , ,

C o m e w i th ha ppy face s al l ;

Let us m a ke a m erry ring ,

Tal k an d laugh an d dan ce an d ,

s ing .

Quickl y q uic k l y c o m e away

, , ,

Fo r it i s a p lea s ant day .

 M h er R h y m es
’
ot Goos e s N u r s er y

U TTON S a farthing a pai r ,

Co m e ,
w ho wi l l b uy the m of me ?
’
They re r o und and so un d and pretty ,

And fit fo r the gi rl s of the city

“

Com e , w ho wil l b uy the m of me ,

B utt o n s a farthing a pai r ?

OCTOR FAU S TU S w as a g o o d m an ,

He whipped his s ch o lar s n ow an d then

When he whipped the m he ,
m ade the m dan ce ,

Out of Sc o tl an d int o France ,

Out of F rance int o Spain ,

And then he whip p ed the m back again !

S I LV E R cup with nam e up o n it ;

A china d o l
lwith m uff an d b o nnet ;
An ol
d gray cat with pretty kitten s ;
A rabbit cape an d -
s carlet m itten s ,

Al l the s e are o n the Ch ri s t m a s tree ,

As gift s fo r bab y an d f o r m e .
M o t h er N u r s er y
’
Goos e s R h y m es

EE , see, what s hal l we s ee ?

An ol
d m an tie a calf to a
An d when I it what hal l I
‘

s ee , s

I f y ou p lea s e , ol
d m an !

O h ta k e it a w ay ?
,

2 03
 B I L L Y B I LL Y C O M E
, , AN D P LAY .

B
I L L Y Bil l y c o m e and play
, , ,

Whi l e the s un s hine s bright a s day .

Y es , my Pol ly , so I will ,

Fo r I l o ve to p lea s e y o u s till .

Bil l y Bill y ha v e
, , you s een ,

S am an d Bet s y on the green ?

Y es , my Pol l I
, s aw the m pa ss ,

Skipping o er
’
the new—m o wn gra ss .

B ill y Bil l y c o m e al o ng
, , ,

An d I wil l s ing a pretty so ng .

m ake
’
Oh then P o ll y I l l
, , , ha ste ,

N ot one m o m ent wil l I wa s te ,

B ut wil l c o m e an d hear y o u s ing ,

An d my fiddle I w il l bring .

2 04
 M ot h er G o o s es ’
N u r s er y R h y m es

LI TTLE c o c k erel , pert an d vain

Gr o wn fat an d fierce
( by e ating grain ) ,

The o nl y pet of m o ther dear ,

W o ul d br o o k no o ther c o ckerel near ;

’
An d e en when o ther c o ckerel s cr o wed ,

Y o u d thin k w ith rage he d s o o n ex pl o de

’ ’
.

One d ay a p o n d he ch an c ed to pa ss ,

An d glancing in , as in a gla ss ,

He saw hi m s el f reflected there .

He pau s ed an in s tant j u s t to s ta re :
B elie v ing that a fo e he d f o und
’

Straight in he d a s hed an d so o n w as dr o wned .

H i hear t h e win d bl ow !

An d s ee the deep s n ow l
Where now are the bird s we l o ved to hear s ing ?
war m
’ ’
They re where ti s ,

of al l har m
’
They re free ,

The y ll c o m e bac k again in the S pring in the S pring

’

, .

2 06
 M o t h er
’
Go os e s N u r s er y R h y m es

L EE R T a n d Arth u r are tw o n i ce men ,

T hat ne ver go h o m e til l hal f pa s t te n ;

-

What they d o o ut , o r where they can go ,

Thei r t w o l ittle w i ve s are an x i o u s to kn ow .

2 07
 L I TT L E D AR L I N G N ED .

TTLE dar l ing N ed

l ,

Sleeping on the bed :

Lo ng befo re the preci o u s o ne c o ul d
C arl o e s pied hi m ,

An d j u m ped up bes i de him ,

And l icked him al l o ver his chee k .

N ed o pened h is ey es
With a l o o k of s urpri s e :
N ot C upid hi m s elf w as so fair '

Then patting h i s head ,

O ur dear l ittle N ed
Lay twi s ting an d curl ing hi s hai r .

Go o d n u rs ey w as there ,

ar m —
’
I n m o ther s chai r ,

Al ar m ed fo r her pet I d a re , s ay

She ran to the bed ,

An d a ght l ittle N ed
c u ,

An d dr o ve d o ggy C arl o away .

2 08
M o t h er Goo se N u r s er y R h y m es
’
s

Thi s is the m alt

That l
ay in the h o u s e that J ack built .
 G oo s e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
M ot h er s

Thi s i s the r at ,

T hat ate the m alt

T hat l
ay i n the h o u s e that J ack built .
M o t h er Goo se 5 N u r s er y R h y m es

Thi s is the c at ,

That k i l led the rat ,

That ate the m alt

That lay in the h o us e

M ot h er G o o se s N u r s er y R h y m es
’

is the co w with t he cru m p led h o rn ,

t o ss ed the d og ,

w o rried the cat ,

k illed the rat ,

ate the malt

lay in the h o u s e that J ack built .
 N u r s er y
’
M ot h er Goos e s R h y m es

IS the m a id e n al l f o r l o rn ,

m ilked the co w with the c ru m p led

t o ss ed the d og ,

w o rried the cat ,

kil l ed the rat ,

ate the m alt

lay in the h o u s e that J ack built .

21 5
 N
’
M o t h er Goos e s u r s er y R h y m es

T hi s i s the m an al l tattered an d t o rn ,

That k i ss ed the m aiden all f o rl o rn ,

That m i l k ed the co w with the c ru m pled

That t o s s ed the d o g ,

That w o rried the cat ,

That kil led the rat ,

T hat ate the m alt

That l
ay in the h o u s e that J ac k built .
 ’
M o t h er G o o se s N u r s er y R h y m es

T hat ate the m alt

T h a t la y i n the h o use th at J ac k b ui lt .

IS the c o c k that c r o wed in the m o m ,

waked the prie s t al l shaven an d s hom ,

m arried the m an al l tattered an d t o rn ,

k i s s ed the m aiden al l fo r l o rn ,

m il ked the co w w i th the c ru m pl ed h o rn ,

2 18
 Go ose N u r s er y R h y m es
’
M o t h er s

t o s s ed the d og ,

wo rried the cat ,

kil led the ra t ,

ate the m alt

l
ay i n the h o u s e

T hi s is the far m e r so wing his c o rn ,

T hat kept the co c k that cr o wed in the m o m ,

2 19
 M h er N u r s er y
’
ot Goos e s R h y m es

waked t he p rie st al l s ha ven an d S h o rn ,

m arried the m an al l tattered an d t o rn ,

ki s s ed the m ai den a l l fo rl o rn ,

m il ked the co w with the c ru m pled h o r n ,

t o s s ed the d og ,

w o rried the c at ,

k il l ed the rat ,

ate the m alt

lay in the h o u se that J a ck built .

LS I E M AR LEY i s gr o wn so fine ,

’
She w o n t get up t o s er v e the s wine ,

But l ies in bed ti ll eight or nine ,

An d s urel y s he d o e s ta k e her ti m e .

An d do yo u k en El s ie M arle y h o ney ? ,

The wife w ho s ell s the barley h o ney ; ,

’
She w o n t get up t o s e r ve her s w i ne ,

An d do y o u k en El s ie M ar l ey , h o ney ?
 M ot h er Go ose ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

ABY , my dol ly , o h , sh e never cries !

Lie s till , my darling an d cl o se l ittl e e y e s !
,

M o ther m u s t go , dear an d l o o k fo r the

, o thers ,

Al l the dear S i s ters an d al l the dear bro ther s , .

ROAK I aid the t o ad I m hungry I thin k ;

’
s , ,

To — day
’
I ve had n o thing to eat or to drin k .

lcrawl t o
I l a garden an d j u m p th r o ugh the pales
’

An d there I l l dine n icel y’

on S l ugs an d on s nail s .

Ho h o l q u o th
,
the fr o g ,
is that what y o u m ean ?

Then I l
lh o p away the nex t m ead o w tream ;
’
to s

There I will drin k an d eat w o r m s an d S lugs , t oo ,

An d then I s hal l ha ve a g oo d dinner l i k e y ou .

I RD , oh bi rd c o m e under
,
my b o nnet ,

An d you S hal l have bread with h o ney

Yo u s hal l ha ve s ugar in c o ffee an d tea
, ,

An d play e very day with bab y an d m e .

M o t h er Go o s e 5 N u r s er y R h y m es

I TTLE P o l l Parr o t
Sat in her garret ,

Eating t o a st an d tea ;
A l ittle br o wn m o u s e
J u m ped int o the h o u s e ,

An d t le it a l l away
s o .

22
3
 M o t h er Go ose ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

I TTLE belle B o n d that l i ve s b y the p o nd

, ,

Has t w o l ittle g o l d fi s h of which S he is fo n d ;

Li tt le bel le B o n d the beautiful bl o n de
, .

B
U T T E R F L Y butterfl y when ce d o
, , yo u com e ?
I kn o w n ot , I as k n o t , I never had h o m e .

Butte r fl y butte r fly where d o

, , y o u g o ?

Where the s un S hine s an d where the bud s gr o w

, .

F i fs an d and s
Were p o t s an d pan s ,

There w o ul d be no need fo r t i n kers l

LD T o b y Sizer is s u c h a m i s er ,

No cl o ak he l l b uy k eep h i m
’
to

He ll per m it his neighb o r Randal

’
n ot

To l ight his pipe b y h is s h o rt candle ,

Fo r fear he , s ays he m ight c o n vey

,

A l ittle bit of l ight away .

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 M o t h er G oo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

T he w ay i nt o m y parl o r is up a win ding s tai r ;

An d I have m any curi o u s things S h o w y o u when u re
’
to y o

there
Oh , no, n o, s ai d the l ittle fly ; to as k m e i s in vain ;

Fo r w ho g o e s up ur win ding tai r ne e r c o m e d o wn

’

y o s can

a gain .

I m ure m u st be weary dear with aring up

’
s y o u , , so so

high ;

Wi ll y o u re s t up o n my l ittl e bed ? s ai d the S pi der to the fl y .

“
There are pretty curtain s d rawn ar o un d ; the s heet s are
fine an d thin °

An d if l ike re st a whi le I l l nugl y tuc k in

’

you to , s you !

s ai d the l ittle fl y ; fo r I ve
’
Oh , no , no, o ften heard it s aid ,

They ne ver ne ver wa k e

, ag ain w h o S leep
, u p o n y o ur bed !

Sai d the c unn i ng s p i der to the fl y ,

D ear frien d what ca n I d o

,

To pr ov e the war m affecti o n I ve alway s felt fo r y o u ?

’

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 M ot h er Goos e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

I than k y o u gentle S i r, S he ai d fo r what yo u re plea s ed

’

,
s ,

to s ay ,

An d biddi ng g o o d m o rn ing n ow , lcal l

I l an o ther
’

you
-
d ay .

The s pid er turned h i m r o un d ab o ut a n d went int o hi s den , ,

l he
Fo r w el k ne w the S i l ly fl y w o ul d soo n c o m e bac k
again ;

S o he w o ve a s ubtle web in a l ittle c o rner sl

y,
And s et hi s table ready , to din e u o p n the fl y .

Then he c am e o ut t o h i s d oo r a gain and ,

m errily di d S ing ,

C o m e hither h i th er pretty fl y with the p ear l a n d

, , , s i l ver
wing ;
Y o u r r o be s are g reen and purple there ,
’
s a cre s t up o n y o ur
head !
Y o ur l
i k e the dia m o n d bright but m ine are dul l
'

ey eS are , as

lead !

Al
as lal
as lhow v ery s o o n th i s s il l y l ittle fl y ,

H earin g hi s w il y flattering w o rd s ca m e
, ,
l wl y fl itting b y
s o .

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 M ot h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

With buzzing wings S he hung al o ft then near and nearer ,

drew ,

Thinking o n ly of her bri ll ian t ey e s her green an d purple,

hue ,

T hinking o nl y of her cre s ted head —

p o o r f o o l i s h thing ! At
la st ,

U p j u m p ed the c un n ing s pi der an d fiercel y hel d her fa s t !

,

H e dragged her up h i s win ding s tai r int o

,
hi s di s m al den ,

she ne er ca m e
’
Within h i s l ittle parl o r ,
—
but o ut again !

An d n ow , dear l ittle chi ldren , w h o m ay thi s s o t ry read ,

i dle S i ll y flattering w o rd s I pray

’

To , , , you ne er gi ve heed ;

U nt o an e v il c o un s el l o r cl o s e heart and ear and ey e,

An d take a le s so n fr o m thi s tal e of the Spi der a n d t he Fl

y .

U L EY co w , M uley co w , w hy d o y o u l
ow ,

Has b ut ch erm an ta k en y o ur baby , po o r co w ?

Oh ! it w as cruel to ta k e it away !
But veal i s g oo d eating the m arket m en , s ay .

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 T H E F I V E L I TT L E P I GS .

HI S l ittle pig
went t o

m arket

Thi s l ittle pig s t ay ed at h o m e ;

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 M o t h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

T hi s l ittle pig go t r o a s t bee f ;

Thi s l ittle p i g go t n o ne ;
“

T hi s l ittle p ig cr i e d ,

”
Wee wee wee I
, ,

al l the w ay h o m e .

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 J AC K J I N G L E .

AC K J I N GL E we n t p rentice ’

To m a k e a h o rs e s h o e ,

H e wa sted the i r o n
Ti l
lit w o ul d n ot do .

H i s m a s ter ca m e in ,

An d began fo r t o rai l ;

S ay s J ack , The s hoe

’
s s p o i l ed ,

But twil l til l m ake a nail

’
s .

H e tried at the nail ,

But chan cing

,
t o m i ss ,

I f it w o n t m ake a nai l
’
Say s , ,

It s hal l y et m ake a hi s s .

T hen int o the water

Threw the h ot i ro n , sm ac k .

H iss ! qu o th the i r o n ;

I th o ught so , s ay s J ack .
 M o t h er N u r s er y
’
Go o s e s R h y m es

Y l earned frien d an d neighb o r Pig , ,

O dd s b o b s an d bel l s an d da s h m y ,

Ti s
’
s ai d that y o u the weather k n o w ;
'

Pleas e tel l me when the win d wi ll bl o w ?

O L LY D o l l y K ate an d M o l l y
, , , ,

Al l are fil led with p ri de and f o ll y .

P o ll y tattle s D o l l y wriggle s
, ,

Katy rattl e s M o l l y giggle s ;

,

Who ’
e er k new s uch c o n s tant rattl ing ,

Wriggl ing giggl ing n o i s e and tattl ing

, , ,
.

H E br i ght S i l ve r m o o n is l i k e a great can ,

An d in i t I m t o l d
’

, , is a n ice l ittle m an ;

N ur s e saw h i m t o —n ight ,

With thu m b in h i s ey e,

An d baby i s l
i st
’
n ing to hear i f he cry .

A D l ittle m o s quit o d o bite i f , y o u wil l !

But i f I can catch y o u , be s ure I wil l k ill .

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 M ot h er G oo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

U M P T Y D U M PTY sat on a wall ,

H u m pty D u m pty had a great fal l °

h o r s e s an d al l the k ing s m en
’

Al l the k ing ’

C an n o t put H u m pty D u m pt y t o gether again .

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 H AV E Y O U S E E N T H E O L D WO M A N ?

AV E y o u s een the ol
d w o m an of Banbury C r o s s ,

Who r o de to the fai r on the t op of her h o rs e ?

And s ince her return S he s ti l l tel l s up an d d o wn
, ,

Of the w o n derful l ad y S h e s aw whe n i n t o w n .

She h as a sm al l m i rr o r in each of her ey es ,

An d her n o s e is a bell o w s of m i n iki n s iz e ;

a neat l ittle dru m fi x d in each ’

of
’
There s her ears ,

Which beat s a tatt o o to whatever S he hear s .

She h as in each j aw a fine i v o ry m il l ,

An d d ay after day S he keep s grin ding it s til l .

B o th an o rg an and fl ute in her sm al l th r o at are placed ,

An d they are p layed by a s tea m engine w o rked i n her

—

brea s t .

B ut the w o n der of al l in her m o uth it i s

, , s aid ,

She keep s a l o ud bell that m ight wa k en the dead ;

An d so frightened the w o m an an d , s tartled the h o r se ,

That the y gal l o p ed f ul l s peed bac k to Banbury C r o s s .

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 M o t h er Goo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

I TTLE Queen Pippin o nce bui lt a h o tel ,

Ho w l o ng an d h ow high I m ure I can t tel l

’ ’

, s ;

The wal l s were of s ugar , as white as the s n ow ,

An d j uj ube wind o w s were placed in a row ,

The c o l u m n s were can dy an d al l very tall , ,

An d a r o o f of ch o ice cake s wa s S p read o ver all .

N CE I s aw a l ittle bi rd ,

Sitting on a cherry tree ,

And its l ittle so ng I heard ,

While its ey e it win k ed at me .

Then I whi s pered and I s aid ,

Little bi rdie plea s e ,

to s tay !
But it s ho o k its l ittl e head ,

An d di rectl y flew a way .

i * *

P by the chi m ne y t here is a sm al l m an ,

Wh o h o l d s in his hand s a s tick an d a fan ;

When the wind s rage he s trike s a fierce bl o w ,

An d thu s thei r directi o n tel l s m o rtal s bel o w .

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 M ot h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

m an !
’
AT A — —
C A K E pat —a cake baker s
,
-
,

So I will ,
m a s ter , as fa s t as I can ;
Pat i t an d prick it an d
, ,
m ark it with T ,

Put it in the o ven fo r T o m m y an d me .

2 39
T H E R E WAS A L I TT L E G U I N EA PI G .

T H ERE w as a little guinea pig

Wh o , being l ittle , w as n ot big ;
H e al way s wal ked up o n his feet ,

An d never fa sted when he eat .

When fr o m a place he ran away ,

H e never at that place did s tay ;

An d while he ran , as I am tol d ,

fo r y o ung ol
’
He ne er t
s oo d s ti ll or d .

He ften queaked an d som eti m e s l

’
o s vi en t

An d When he s queaked he ne er w as
’

s ilent ;
’
Th o ugh ne er in structed by a cat ,

He knew a m o u s e w as n ot a rat .

One d ay , as I am certified ,

H e t o o k a whi m an d fai rl y died ;

An d I m to l d b y m en of s en s e
’

, as ,

H e never h as been l iving s ince .

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A FROG H E WO U LD A-
W O O I N G GO ,

F R O G he w o ul d a -
w oo ing go ,

H eigh o , s ay s R o wley ,

Whether h i s m o ther w o ul d let him or no ;

W i th a r o w l ey p o wley ga m m o n and
, , , s p i n ach ,

H eigh o , s ays Anth o ny R o w l ey !

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M o t h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

So o ff he m ar c hed w ith hi s o pera hat ,

H ei g h o , s a y s R o wl ey ,

An d on the w ay he m et with a rat ,

With a r o wley p o wley et c , , .

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 M o t h er Goos e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
s

Pr ay M r Rat wil l
.
, y o u go w ith
H e ig h o , s ay s R o w ley ,

K ind M rs M o us ey fo r
. to s ee ?
With a r ow ley p o wley et c , , .

Whe n they c a m e of M o us ey
’
to the d o o r s

H eigh o s ays R o w l ey
, ,

T hey g a v e a l o ud k n o c k an d they g a v e a ,

W i th a r o w ley p o wley et c , , .

Pray M rs M o us e are y o u within ?

, .
,

H eigh o s ay s R o wley ;
,

O h ye s k in d S i r s I m S itt i n g
’

, , , to S pi n ,

With a r o w ley p owl ey , , et c .

Pray M rs M o us e wil l
,
.
, you g i v e u s s o m e beer ?
H eigh o , s a y s R o w l ey ;
Fo r F r oggy an d I are f o n d of g oo d
With a r o w l ey p o w ley et c , , .

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 M ot h er G oo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

N ow ,
while they al l were a m erry m aking -
,

H eigh o , s ay s R o wley ,

cat an d her k itten s c a m e tu m bl ing in ,

With a r o wley p o wley etc

, ,
.

246
 M ot her G o o s e s ’
N u r s er y R h y m es

The cat s h e s eized the rat by the cr o wn

H ei g h o , s ay s R o wley ;
T he kitten s they p ul led the l ittle m o u s e d o wn ,

W i th a r owl ey p o w l ey etc
, ,
.

Thi s p ut M r . Fr o g in a terrible f right ;

H e ig h o s ay s R o wley :
,

H e too k up hi s hat an d he wi s hed the m g o o d n ight

,
-
,

With a r owl ey p o wley etc , ,

.

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 M o t h er Goos e s ’
N u r s er y R h y m es

But as F r o ggy wa s c r o ss ing o ver a br o o k ,

H eigh o , s ays R o wley ;

A l i l y white duc k c a m e an d g o bbled h i m up

—
,

With a r o w l ey p o w ley etc

, ,
.

S o there wa s an end o f o ne, tw o , an d th ree ,

H eigh o s ay s R o wley ;
,

The Rat the M o u s e an d the l ittle F r o g gee !

, ,
-

With a r o wl ey p o wley etc

, , .

248
 h er G oo s e N u r s er y R h y m es
’
M ot s

H E R E S a neat little cl o ck
’

I n the s ch o o l r o o m it s ta n d s
-
,

And it p o int s to the ti m e

With i ts t w o l ittle han d s .

An d m ay we l ike the cl o ck
, ,

Keep a face clean and bright ,

With han d s ever ready

To d o w hat is ri ght .

I TTLE P o l l y Flin ders

Sat a m o ng the cin ders ,

War m ing her pretty l ittle

t o es !
H er m o ther ca m e and caught

A n d whi p ped her l ittle d augh

For s p o il ing her n ice new

cl o the s .
 M o t h er G oo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

EED LE deedl
e, ,
d u m pl ing m y ,
so n J o hn ,

H e went to bed with h i s t ckings

s o on ;

One S h o e o ff, an d o ne s hoe on ,

Deed l
e , d eed l
e, du m pl ing ,
my so n J o hn .

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 M E R RY AR E T H E B E LLS .

E R RY are the be ll s an d m erry w o u l d they rin g

, ,

M erry w as m y s el f , an d m erry c o u l d I S ing ;

Wi t h a m erry ding -
d o n g h app y gay , , , an d free ,

An d a m erry S ing -
so ng happ y let
, us be !

Waddle g o e s y o ur ga i t an d h o l l o w are
, y o ur h o s e ,

N o ddle goes y o ur pate an d purple,

i s y o ur n ose ;
M erry i s y o ur s ing—s o ng happ y , , gay , an d free ,

With a m erry ding d o ng happ y let

—
, us be !

M erry ha v e we m et an d , m erry hav e we been ,

M erry let us part an d ,

m erry m eet again ;

With a m erry s ing -

so ng happy , , gay , an d free ,

An d a m erry din g d ong happy let

-
, us be !

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 M o t h er h y m es
’
G o o s e s N u r s er y R

LAS ! ala s ! fo r M i s s M ackay !

H er k n ive s an d f o rk s have run away ;

And when the cup s and S p o o n s are g o ing ,

of
’
She s s ure there is no w ay k n o wing .

T H ERE w as an ol
d w o m an
An d n o thing she had ;
An d so thi s ol
d w o m an
Was s ai d to be m ad .

’
She d n o thing to eat ,

’
She d n o thing to wear ,

S he d n o thing
’
to l os e ,

She d n o thing
’
to fear ,

S he d n o thing
’
to as k ,

An d n o thing to gi ve ,

An d when sh e did die ,

S he d n o thing
’
to leave .

T c o st s l ittle Go s s ip her inc o m e fo r S h o e s ,

To trav el ab o ut an d carr y the new s .

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 h er N u r s er y
’
M ot G oo s e s R h y m es

OW , w ow ,
w ow !

Wh o s e d o g art th o u ?
dog
’
Little To m Tinker s

Bo w ,
w ow ,
w ow I

WEEB LE -
DU M an d T weedle dee —

Res o lved to hav e a battle ,

Fo r Tweedl e -
d um s ai d Tweedl e dee -

H ad s p o iled his n ice new rattle .

J us t then flew by a m o n s tr o u s cr o w ,

'
As big as a tar b arrel -
,

Which f r i ghtened b o th the her o e s so ,

They q uite f o rg o t thei r quarrel .

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 O H W H O I S SO
, M E R RY !

H , w ho is so m erry , so m er ry , heigh ho l
As the l ight — hearted fairy heigh h o ! heigh ,

H e dan ce s an d s ings
To the so un d of his wings ,

With a h ey an d a heigh an d a ho !

Oh ,
w ho is so m erry , so ai ry he i gh
,

AS the l ight —hearted fairy heigh , ho l

Hi s nectar he s ip s
’
F r o m a pri m r o s e s l ip s ,

With a h ey and a heigh an d a h o l

Oh w h o
,
is so m erry , so m erry , heigh h o l
As the l ight —f o oted fai ry heigh ,
ho ! heigh h o l
Hi s n ight i s the n o o n

An d hi s s un i s the m oo n ,

With a hey an d a h eigh and a ho l

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 M ot h er Goo s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

B
RI N G o ut the carriage ex actl y at fi ve , ,

We l l al l riding an d H arry S hal l dri ve

’

go , ,

The l ittle d og Tra y S hall run by o ur s ide ,

An d when he i s ti red ,
m ay j u m p in an d ride .

OM E my dear children
, ,

Up is the s un ,

B i rd s are al l s inging ,

An d m o m has begun .

U p fr o m the bed , M i ss ,

Out on the lea ;

The h o r s es are waiting
Fo r y o u an d fo r m e !

I TTLE bl ue Ben that l ive s i n the glen

, ,

Keep s a bl ue cat an d o ne blue hen ,

Which laid of blue egg s a s o c re and ten ,

Where s hal l I find the l ittle bl ue Ben ?

258
M ot h er G o os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es
 ’

H E R E w as an ol
d w o m an ,
as I v e heard tell ,

She went to m ar k et her egg s fo r t o s el l ;

260
There ca m e by a pe dl er wh os e m
na e w as o
St ut ,

H e cut her petti c o at s al l r o un d ab o ut ;

H e cut her pettic o at s up to
her knee s,

Which m ade the o l d w o m an t o s hi v er an d freeze

.
 M ot h er Go os e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

When thi s l ittle w o m an fir s t di d wa k e ,

She began to s hiver an d sh e began to S ha k e ;

She began to w o n der an d she began to cry ,

Oh ! deary deary
,
me ,
thi s is n o ne of I !
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 M ot h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

But if i t be I , as I do h o p e it be ,

at h o m e and he l l k n o w m e ;
’

I
’
ve a l ittle d og ,

I f it be I he l l wag h i s l ittl e tail

,
’
,

An d if it be n ot
’
I he ll l o udly bark an d
,
l
w al
.

26
4
 M o t h er Go os e N R h y m es
’
s u r s er y

F The be t
OUR -
AN D -
TW E N TY tail o r s went to ki l l a s nail ,

s m an a m o ng t h e m dur s t n ot t o uch her tail ;

She put o ut her h o rn s l ike a l ittle Ky l o e

, co w ,

Run tai l o r s run he ll kil l al l e en n ow

’ ’

, , or S y o u .

2 66
 MY FR I E N D AL I C E G RAY
,
.

H A D a l i tt le d o l l ,

I ts na m e w as Al ice Gray
An d whi le I went to call ,

She di d the w o rk each day .

S o m eti m es I w o ul d be s ick ,

An d wi s hed to s tay at h o m e ,

I went fo r Al ice Gray ,

An d she w as s ure to co m e .

An d then we laughed an d tal ked ,

O r went awhi le an d wal ked

, ,

B e s ide the ru nning br o o k ,

O r in the leafy gr o ve ;
An d I w o ul d s ay , my dear ,

An d she w o ul d s ay , my l o ve .

But ah !
, m i s chan ce befel l
My darl ing Al ice Gray !

She dr o pped fr o m i ter ar m s

’
S s s ,

And br o ke her neck , one day .

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I H A D A L I TT L E H U S BA N D .

H AD a l ittle hu s ban d ,

No bigger than my thu m b ;

1 put hi m in a pin t p ot ,

An d there I bi d him dru m .

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’
s

EY ldiddle d i ddle
, ,

The cat an d the fiddle .

T he co w j um p ed o ver the
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 M o t h er Go os e 5 N u r s er y R h y m es

T he little d og laughed t o s ee

s uch s p o rt ,

M i sg g'N EN
R

An d the di s h ran away with

the s p oo n .

I N THEI R GR EAT
C O M l D Y
THEE ME
OPE
L NT
 L I TT L E DOG .

I TTLE d og , li t t l e dog ,

What d o y o u the re ?
Re s t m e m y l ady
, ,

U n der the chai r .

Lhfl e d o g l
fifl e d o g
, ,

H ear what s s aid ?

’

you

O ften an d o ften ,

My dear l itt l e m ai d .

Lufl e d og l
fifl e d o g
, ,

T hi nk y ou men w i s e ?
I n c l o s in g thei r ear s ,

A nd s h utti ng thei r e e y s .
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M o t h er G o o s e s N u r s er y R h y m es

H that I wa s where I w o ul d b e !
,

T hen w o u l d I be where I am n ot !

But where I am I m u st be ,

And where I w o uld be I cann o t .

H E R E w as a m an an d he had naught , ,

An d r o bbers ca m e to ro b hi m ;

H e crept up to the chi m ney —p o t ,

An d then they th o ught they had hi m .

h e got
’
But d o wn on t o ther s ide ,

An d then they c o ul d n ot fin d h i m ;

H e ran f o urteen m i les in fifteen day s ,

An d ne ver l o o k e d behin d h i m .

H E d o ve s ay s , Coo , co o , what sh al l I do ?

I can s carce m a i ntain tw o .

Pooh ! pooh ! s ay s the wren ; lhav e go t ten ,

An d k ee p the m all l ike gentle m en .

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 I H A D A L I TT L E D O L L .

H A D a li tt l e d o l
,l

The p rettie s t e ver s een ;

She wa s hed u p the di s he s ,

An d ke p t the h ous e c lean .

M o t h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

She went to the m ill

To fetch me so m e fl o ur ,

An d al way s g o t hom e
I n le s s than an h o ur .

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N u r s er y R h y m es

I CKE
H
LU M , p i ckel
um , p u m i c e s t o ne !
-

What is the news my beauti ful , one ?

My pet d o l l bab y France s M aria

-
, ,

Sudden l y fainted an d fel l in the fi re

,
.

The cl o c k on the m ante l gave the al ar m,

But a ll we c o uld s a ve w as o ne c hina arm .

P R E TT Y l
lt tl
e gi rl in a r o un d eared cap -

I met i n the
’
s treet s t o ther d ay ;
She gave me s uch a thu m p ,

T hat m y heart it went bu m p ;

I th o ught I s h o ul d have fainted away !

H E R E w as an ol
d w o m an had three so ns ,

J erry an d J a m es an d J o hn :

J er ry w as hung , J a m e s w as dr o wned ,

J o hn w as l o s t and ne ver w as f o un d ;
,

And there w as an end of her three s o n s ,

J erry an d J a m es an d J o hn .

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EE—SAW , M argery D aw ,

J enn y s hal l ha ve a n ew m a s ter ;

She s hal l ha ve but a p enn y a d ay ,

Beca use sh e can t w o rk any fas ter

’
.

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J OHN NY S H A L L H AV E A N EW B O N N ET .

OHN N Y S hal lhave a new b o nnet ,

An d J o hnn y S hal l go t o the fai r ,

And J o hnn y S hal l have a bl ue ribb o n

To tie up his b o nn y br o wn hai r .

An d w hy m ay not I l o ve J o hnn y ?

An d w h y m ay n ot J o hnn y l o ve me ?

An d w h y m ay n ot I l o ve J o hnn y

As wel l as an other b o d y ?

a leg fo r a S t o cking
’
An d here s ,

a leg fo r a
’
An d here s S hoe :

An d he h as a ki ss fo r h i s daddy ,

An d t w o fo r h i s m a m m y , I tr o w .

An d w hy m ay n ot I l ove J o hn n y ?
An d why m ay
'
n ot J o hnn y l o ve me ?

And why m ay n ot I l o ve J o hnn y

As w el l a s an o ther b o dy ?
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’
ot s u r s er y

L ittle Bo -
peep fel l fa s t a s leep ,

An d drea m t s he heard the m bl eating ;

But when S he aw o k e she f o und i t a j o ke ,

For s til l they al l were fleeting .

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’
G o os e s N u r s er y R h y m es

T hen up she t o o k her l ittle cr o o k ,

D eter m ined fo r to fin d the m ;

’
She fo un d em in deed but it
,
m ade her heart
Fo r
’
they d left thei r tail s behin d
’
em .

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

I t happened one d ay , as Bo —pee p did s tray

U nt o a m ead o w hard b y ,

There she e s pied thei r tail s , s ide by s ide ,

Al l hung on a tree t o d ry .

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’

N !
’

H E N J a ck y s a very g o o d b o y ,

He s hal l have cake s an d a cu s t ard :

B ut when he d o e s n o thing but cry ,

He s hal l have n o thi ng but m u stard .

U B A—-
DUB -
DUB ,

Three m en in a tub ,

An d w h o do yo u think they be ?
The bu t cher the baker , ,

The can dle s ti ck —

m aker ,

T urn ’
em ou t k nave s al l three !
,

P at Piccadill y , oh !

The c o ach m an take s hi s s tand ,

An d when he m eet s a pretty girl ,

He take s her b y t he hand .

Whip away f o rever , oh !

Drive away so clever , oh l

Al
lthe w ay t o Bri s t o l , oh l

H e dri ve s her fo ur -
in -
hand .

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’
M ot h er Goos e s u r s er y R h y m es

C a m e tu m bl ing
d o wn
An d a s ked the
w ay t o N o r

wich

H e went
so uth ,

An d burnt hi s
m o uth

With eating c o l d
pease p or
 M ot h er G o o se N u r s er y R h y m es
’
s

H E c o ck d o t h cr o w
To le t you kn o w ,

If y o u be wi s e ,

ti m e ri s e
’

Ti s to .

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EY di ddle , d i n kett y , p o m p et ty ,
pet ,

The m erchant s of Lo n d o n t hey wear s carle t ;

Sil k i n the c o l lar an d g o l d in the
, h em ,

S o m erri l y m arch the m erchant m en .

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IT ,
pat wel l
,
-
a
-
day !

Li tt le R o bin flew away °

Where can l i tt le R o bin be ,

?
B ut up i n y o n c herry tree -

i r t t

H E R E was a Rat ,
fo r wan t of s t air s ,

Went d o wn a r o pe t o s ay h i s pra y er s .

RY bab y
, , cry ,

Put yo ur finger in y o ur ey e,

An d t el l y o ur m o ther i t wa s n t I .

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O L D M O T H E R H U B BA R D AN D H E R
W O N D E R F U L DOG .

LD M o ther H ubbard

Went to the cupb o ard ,

To get her p o o r d og a b o n e ;
But when S he ca m e there
T he c upb o ard w as bare ,

An d so the p oo r d og had n one .

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s N u r s er y Rh y m es

She went to the ba k er s

To b uy h i m so m e bread ;
B ut when she c a m e back
T he p o o r d og w as dead .

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

She t o o k a clean di s h
To get hi m s o m e tripe ;
But when S he ca m e bac k
H e w as sm o k ing a pipe .

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

She went to the ale h o u se

-

To get hi m so m e beer ;
B ut when S he ca m e back
The d og s at in a chair .

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She went to the ta vern

Fo r white w in e an d red ;
But when S he ca m e back
The d og s oot d on his head .

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She went to the barber s

To b uy h i m a wig ;
But when S he ca m e back
H e w as dan cing a j ig .

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’
M ot

’
She went to .

the fruiterer s

To b uy hi m som e fruit :

B ut when s he c am e back
He w as play ing the flute .

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

’
She went to the tail o r s

To b uy hi m a c o at ;
B ut when S he ca m e bac k
H e w as ri ding a g o at .

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

She went to the s eam stre ss

To b uy h i m som e l inen ;

B ut when sh e ca m e back
The d o g w as S pinn ing .

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M o t h er ’
G oo s e s N u r s er y R h y m es

She went to the h o s ier s ’

To b uy h i m so m e h ose ;
B ut when S he ca m e bac k
H e w as dre s sed in h is cl o thes .

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The da m e m ade a c o urte sy ,

The d o g m ade a b ow ;

The da m e s ai d , Y o ur s er v ant ,

The d og S aid ,
Bo w w ow !
,

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

i s

She ga v e hi m rich daintie s

Whene v er he fed ,

An d erected a m o nu m ent

When he w as dead .

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’
s

H E R E wa s a m ai d on Scrabble H il l ,

An d i f n ot dead s he l ive s there s til l

‘

, ;

She grew so tal l S he reached the

, S ky ,

An d on the m oon hung cl othe s to

U SSY cat pu ss y cat , ,

What d o you s ee ?

Much , my dear lady ,

A m u s ing to me .

Pu ssy cat pu ss y cat , ,

Are y ou di s creet ?
T hat which I hear
I ne ver repeat .

A I D N o ble Aar o n to Aar o n Barr o n ,

“
O h dear m y f oo t
, , y o u put y o ur chai r on !

Said Aar o n Barr o n t o N o ble Aaro n ,

Ah ! y ou s hall p ut yo ur f oo t my chai r on .

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

H E R E w as an ol
d w o m an an d what d o
, you think ?
She l i ved up o n n othing but v ictual s an d drink :

Victual s and drin k were the chief of her diet :

Yet thi s l ittle ol

d w o m an c o ul d ne ver k eep quiet -
.

She d keep ringing her bel l fo r so m ething eat

’
to

If she di dn t get bread S he u s ed eat m eat ;

’

,
to

And B idd y the c o o k

, ,
w as wearied so,

She s ai d that nex t Sun day she wo u l

d have t o go .

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’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

U R LY L O C K S C url y l o ck s wilt th o u be
,
-
,
m ine ?

Tho u s halt n ot wa s h the di s he s ,

n or y et feed the
s wine ;
But S it o n a cu s hi o n an d
, s ew a fine s ea m ,

An d feed up o n s trawberrie s , s ugar an d crea m

,
.

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 M o t h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

EN D m e t h y m are t o ride a m ile ?

She is la m ed leaping ver a tile

’

, o s .

Alac k ! an d I m ust keep the fai r !

I l l give thee m o ne y fo r t h y m are
’
.

Oh , oh , s ay y o u s o ?

M o ney wil l make the m are t o g o !

HREE y o ung rat s with blac k f elt hat s ,

Three y o ung duck s with new s traw flat s ,

T hree y o ung d o g s with curl ing tail s ,

Three y o ung cat s with de m i veil s -

Went o ut to wal k with t w o y o ung pig s ,

In s atin ve s t s an d so rrel wigs ;

B ut s udden l y it chan ced to rain ,

An d so they al l went h o m e again .

I NG ,
s ing what S hal l I S ing ?
,

Bab y h as g o tten a new g o l d ring '

Yel l o w an d bril liant brill iant an d , y el l o w ,

Bab y , our darl ing ’

s a dear l ittle f el l o w !
 TOM TOM WAS A P I P E R S S ON ’
.
, ,

OM To m w as a p iper
’

, ,
s so n

H e learned to pl ay when he w as y o ung ;

But al l the tune s that he c o ul d play
Was O ver the hil l s an d far away .
”

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 h er Go o s e s N u r s er y R h y m es
’
M ot

He m et ol
d Da m e Tr o t with a ba s ket of eggs ,

H e u s ed hi s pipe an d she u s ed her leg s

She dan ced ab o ut til l the egg s were al l b r o k e ,

She began fo r to fret but he laughed at the j o ke

,
.

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s N u r s er y R h y m es

He s aw a cr oss fel l o w w as beating an ass ,

H eavy laden with p o t s pa ns di s he s an d gla s s ;

, , ,

H e took o ut his pipe an d play ed the m a tune ,

And the jacka s s s l o ad w as l ightened ful l s oo n

’
.

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 M o t h er N u r s e ry R h y m es
’
Goos e s

AS D o l l y w as m il king her co w one d ay ,

To m to ok o ut hi s pipe an d began fo r t o play '

So D o ll an d the co w dan ced the C he s hi re r o und

“

T ill the pai l w as br o k e an d the m il k

, ran on the gr o un d .

LAY play e very d ay

, , ,

H arry thr o w s his ti m e away ;

He m ust w o rk an d he m u st read ,

An d then he l l be a ’
m an indeed .

ODD LEY p oddl

ey , te m pe s t s an d f o g s ,

C at s are t o m arry the terrier d og s '

C at s in bl ue fr o ck s an d d o g s in red hat s ;
,

What wil l bec o m e of the m ice an d the rat s ?

U M M E R breeze , so so ftl y bl o wing ,

In my garden pink s are gr o wing ;

If y o u go an d s en d the s h o wer s ,

Y o u m ay c o m e an d sm ell my fl o wers .

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 I LOV E S I X P E N C E .

L OV E S i x pence p retty l ittle S i x pen ce

, ,

I l
o ve S i x pence better than my l ife ;
I pent a penn y of it I pent an o ther
’

s , s ,

An d t o o k f o urpen ce h o m e t o my wi fe .

Oh ,
my l ittle f o urpence pretty l ittle f o urpence
, ,

I l o ve f o urpence better than m y l ife ;

I s pent a penn y of it I
, s pent an o ther ,

And I t o o k tw o pen ce h o m e to my wi fe .

Oh m y l ittle tw o p ence
, ,
my pretty l ittl e tw o pence ,

I l o ve tw o pence better than m y l ife ;

I S pent a penn y of it I , s pent an o ther ,

An d I t o o k n o thing h o m e to my wi fe .

Oh ,
my l ittle n o thing , my pretty l ittle n o thing ,

What wil l n o thing b uy fo r m y wife ?

I have n o thing I , s pen d n o thing ,

I l o v e n othing better than m y wife .

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 M ot h er Go o s e ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

A N DY S PA N DY J ack -
a -
dan d y ,

L o ved pl u m cake and -

s ugar can d y ;
H e b o ught so m e at a gr o cer s hop
’
S ,

An d o ut he ca m e ,
ho p hop hop
, ,
.
 M ot h er Goose ’
s N u r s er y R h y m es

HE cat s went o ut t o s erenade

“

An d on a banj o s weetl y play ed °

An d Su m m er n ight s the y cl i m bed a tree ,

An d ang My l o ve oh , co m e to me !
‘

s , ,

EA R you a hat , or wear y o u a cr own ,

Al l that g o e s up m u st s urel y c o m e d o wn .

H AT l ittle babe , y o u rec o l lect ,

That on the tree di d r o ck ,

I t s m o ther n earl y died one d ay ,

So dreadful w as the s h o ck !
T he b o ugh did b rea k the cradle fell , ,

Th e babe , oh, where w as it ?

’
Twa s l y ing on the gra ss at play ,

With pu ssy cat an d kit . .

ND n ow , go o d n ight-
! o ur play is d o ne ;
Farewel l to each an d every one .

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