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OOSE'S
ExLibris
BERNARD M. MEEKS
I
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CHILDREN'S BOOK COLLECTION
*
$ UNI
LOS ANGELES
$
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES A COLLECTION OF
Alphabets, Rhymes, Tales,
and Jingles
tmts SIR
JOHN GILBERT,
R.A.,
WALTER CRANE,
JOHN TENNIEL, HARRISON WEIR, J. B. ZWECKER
W. McCONNELL, AND OTHERS
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS THE BROADWAY, LUDGATE
NEW YORK:
416
BROOME STREET 1877
CONTENTS. A Apple Pie A B C, Tumble down D A Carrion Crow sat on an Oak ... A Diller, a Dollar, a Ten o'Clock Scholar
Page
Page
156
Charley, Charley, stole the Barley... 285
286
Come,
1
thoubemine?
at Reigate
my Maid
...
Apple- Pie, Pudding, and Pancake
As I was going along, long, long... As I was going up Pippin Hill ... As I was going up Primrose Hill... As I was going to St. Ives ... ... As I went to Bonner ... As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks At the Siege of
Away,
all
I
away
209 150
...
Robin
207
Son John
318 60
141 1
80
79
Deedle, deedle, Dumpling, Dickery, Dickery,
...
my ...
...
Dock (Music).
. .
Dickery, Dickery, Dare
228
256 58 224
Ding, Dong, Bell
Ding, Dong, Darrow Doctor Foster went to Glo'ster
was
the while
Birds,
140
297
88
Duck's Lessons to her
Ducklings
140 288
1
come up
Dance a Baby Diddit ... ... Dance to your Daddy Death and Burial of poor Cock
47
264 Belleisle
...
...
...
Town
Dame 295
Hunting
A-milking, a-milking,
there
to
not of
Deeds
A Man went
223
214
Daffy- Down-dilly has
39 Words and
144 ...
Curly- Locks, Curly-Locks, wilt
Tree of
to bed, says Sleepy-
Cry, Baby, cry
257
292 Grey Mare ... little Boy went into a Barn 207 little Cock Sparrow sat on a
A Man
's
Cross-Patch, draw the Latch
A Farmer went Trotting upon his A A
let
Head
20
149 ...
148
141 ...
!
...
118
Early to Bed and Early to Rise... 297 ... 221 Eggs, Butter, Cheese, Bread
Baa, baa, Black Sheep (Music)... 170 ... Barber, Barber, shave a Pig 172 Bat, Bat, come under my Hat ... 241
Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy,
and 286
Bess j
and Mary Gray ... 173 Bless you, bless you, bonny Bee ... 308 and Blow, Wind, blow, go, Mill, go 1 83 Bessy Bell
Bow-wow-wow Boys and
Girls,
...
...
come out
Brow, brow, brinkie Bye, Baby Bunting
to
...
304
...
...
14 61
...
...
141
Play
J
'
I
j
For every Evil under the Sun ... 300 Four and Twenty Tailors went to kill
a Snail
Freddie in the Cherry-Tree Frog he would a-wooing go ... Frog's (The) Chorus
148 ...
... ...
in 124 222
VI
CONTENTS.
Marriage of Cock Robin and Jenny Wren Mary had a pretty Bird ...
Mary, Mary, quite contrary Molly, my Sister, and I fell out Mr. Isbisterand Betsy his Sister Multiplication
is
Vexation
My Lady Wind, my Lady Wind My little Old Man and I fell out Needles and Pins, Needles and Pins Nievie, Nievie,
Nursery
Nicknack
Rhyme Alphabet
Oh, Mother, I 'm to be Married to Mr. Punchinello
Oh, the Rusty, Dusty, Rusty Miller
Old Old Old Old Old Old
Father Grey Beard King Cole
...
Mother Goose ... Mother Hubbard Mother Widdle- Waddle Woman, Old Woman, shall
we go a-Shearing ? One misty, moisty Morning One, Two, buckle my Shoe One, Two, Three One, Two, Three, Four, Five Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Baker's
Man Pease Pudding Hot Peter White will ne'er go right Pit, pat,
well-a-day
!
Pitty Patty Polt Please to remember the Fifth of
November Poor Dog Bright ... Poor old Robinson Crusoe Pussy Cat ate the Dumplings
CONTENTS.
Vlll
faff
The Old Woman must the Tub, Tub, Tub The Queen of Hearts
ThomasaTattamus took two T's...
stand at
...
...
229 210
There was a Crooked Man ... 169 There was a Fat Man of Bom-
bay There was a Jolly Miller There was a little Man and he had a little Gun... There was a Monkey climbed up a Tree There was an Old Crow... ... There was an Old Man of Tobago There was an Old Woman, and what do you think ? There was an Old Woman as
233
I've heard tell There was an Old Woman called
56 209 82
223 262
There was an Old Woman lived under a Hill There was an Old Woman tossed up in a Basket There was an Old Woman who
Oak
319
This
is
the
way
the Ladies go
Fat Pig
52
Tommy kept a Chandler's Tom Thumb's Alphabet
Shop... 258 15
Twinkle, twinkle,
Two
Legs
little
Star
284 206
...
upon Three Legs
sat
. .
.
and down Dale
Valentine, oh, Valentine
181
Walrus (The) and the Carpenter. 42 ... We are all in the Dumps... 139
Hill
Hill, spare
... ...
176 261
287
me
307
311
. .
We
'11
310
go a-shooting
What's the News of the Day? ... 223 When I was a Bachelor, I lived by myself
There were Three Crows sat on a Stone The Robin Redbreasts The Rose is Red, the Violet's Blue .. The Turtle Dove's Nest ... The Waves on the Sea-shore The Wonderful Derby Ram ... 302 ...
288
139
188
Linnets
144
aye Market, to Market, a gallop, atrot ... To Market, to Market, to buy a
To
Up Up
of
Stairs
The Young
301
220
50
want
Ice
... 209 Three Straws on a Staff ... ... Three Wise Men of Gotham 135 To make your Candles last for
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son (Mtisic) \ 30
lived in a Shoe ... ... ...218 There was an Owl lived in an
for
172
on the
sliding
134
Nothing-at-all
There was a Rat,
Three Children
When When Where
Little
the
...
Wind
is
...182
...
to
Bed
in the
East
Fred went
are you going
to,
pretty Maid? Stole the Bird's Nest
Who
.
.
.
...
308
214
my 62
?
...
53
Willy Boy, Willy Boy, where are
you going ?
...
...
Young Lambs to sell, Young Lambs to sell You shall have an Apple
...118
142
294
MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES. OLD MOTHER GOOSE. OLD Mother
Goose, when
She wanted
Would
On
to wander,
ride through the air
a very 'fine gander.
Mother Goose had a house, 'T was built in a wood,
Where an owl For This
A He
at the
is
her son Jack,
plain-looking lad, not very good,
is
Nor
yet very bad.
She sent him
to market,
A live goose he "
door
sentinel stood.
bought,
Here, mother," says he, " It will not go for nought.'
Jack's goose
and her gander
Grew very fond, They 'd both eat together, Or swim in one pond. 9
"SHE SENT HIM TO MARKET, A LIVE GOOSE HE BOUGHT."
OLD MOTHER GOOSE. Jack found one fine morning As I have been told,
His goose had
An
egg
laid
him
of pure gold.
Jack rode to his mother,
The news
for to
tell,
him a good boy And said it was well.
She
called
Jack sold his gold egg To a rogue of a Jew,
Who
cheated him out of
The
half of his due.
Then Jack went
a-courting lady so gay, fair as the lily,
A As
And
sweet as the May.
The Jew and the Squire Came behind his back,
And
began
The
to belabour
sides of poor Jack.
And then the gold egg Was thrown into the sea,
II
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
When Jack he jumped in, And got it back presently. The Jew got the goose, Which he vowed he would Resolving at once
His pockets
to
fill.
kill,
OLD MOTHER GOOSE.
Jack's mother
And caught And mounting Flew up
came
in,
the goose soon, its
to the
back,
moon.
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
BOYS and
The moon
girls,
come out
to play,
does shine as bright as day,
Leave your supper, and leave your
And meet Come
with a whoop, and come with a
And come
Up
A You
your
with a good
the ladder and
will,
down
or not at
And we
'11
and
I
'11
call, all.
the wall,
halfpenny loaf will serve us find milk
sleep,
playfellows in the street;
all.
find flour,
have a pudding
in half
an hour.
15
1
6
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
was a Butcher
i8
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
was a covered
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
) was a Drummer, who played with a grace. I
'9
20
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY MHYMES.
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
21
J; was a Farmer,
who
followed the plough.
22
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
was a Gamester
TOM THUMffS ALPHABET.
was a Hunter,
who hunted
a
buck
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
24
J[
was an
who had
Italian,
a white mouse.
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
was a Joiner,
who
built
up a
house.
26
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
I
j
was a Lady,
who had a white
hand.
28
MOTHER
J\/|_
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
was a Miser,
who hoarded up
gold.
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
was a Nobleman, gallant
and bold.
3C
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
was an Organ-Boy, for his bread
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
a Policeman, of
bad boys the dread.
32
MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES.
\o/ was a Quaker,
who would not bow down.
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
was a Robber,
who prowled about town
33
34
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
was a
who
Sailor,
spent
all
he
got.
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
35
was a Tinker,
who mended
a pot.
liryp-NN^^
$2
36
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
was an Usher, with dunces severe
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
y
37
was a Veteran,
who never knew
fear.
38
MOTHER
Yy
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
was a Waiter,
with dinners in
store.
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
was Expensive,
and
so
became
poor.
39
MOTHER
j_
GOOSE'S A'UJISJIY RHYMES.
was a Youth,
who did not like school,
TOM THUMB'S ALPHABET.
THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER.* THE
sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might He did his very best to make :
The
billows
smooth and bright
And this was >odd, because it was The middle of the night. The moon was
shining sulkily,
Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done "It's very rude of him," she said, "
To come and
spoil the fun
"
!
The sea was wet as wet could be, The sands were dry as dry. You could not see a cloud, because
No cloud was in the sky No birds were flying overhead :
There were no birds
to
fly.
The Walrus and the Carpenter Were walking close at hand They wept like anything to see ;
Such "If
quantities of sand
:
were only cleared away," " They said, it would be grand this
*
By
permission of the Author. 42
" !
THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER. "
seven maids with seven mops it for half a year,
If
Swept
Do "
you suppose," the Walrus said, " That they could get it clear ?
"I doubt
And
"
O
it,"
said the Carpenter,
shed a
Oysters,
bitter tear.
come and walk with us
The Walrus
"
A
did beseech. pleasant walk, a pleasant talk, Along the briny beach cannot do with more than four, To give a hand to each." :
We
The
eldest Oyster looked at him, But never a word he said The eldest Oyster winked his eye, And shook his heavy head Meaning to say he did not choose :
To
leave the oyster-bed.
!
43
MOTHER
44
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
But four young Oysters hurried up, All eager for the treat Their coats were brushed, their faces washed, Their shoes were clean and neat And this was odd, because, you know, :
They
hadn't any
feet.
Four other Oysters followed them,
And yet another four And thick and fast they came at last, And more, and more, and more ;
All
hopping through the frothy waves,
And
scrambling to the shore.
The Walrus and
the Carpenter mile or so, then they rested on a rock
Walked on a
And
Conveniently low
:
And all the little Oysters And waited in a row. "
The "
To
stood
time has come," the Walrus talk of
many
said,
things Of shoes and ships and sealing-waxOf cabbages and kings And why the sea is boiling hot And whether pigs have wings." "
But wait a
:
the Oysters cried, our chat For some of us are out of breath, And all of us are fat " " No hurry " said the Carpenter. "
Before
bit,"
we have
;
!
!
They thanked him much
for that.
THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER.
"
A
loaf of bread," the Walrus "Is what we chiefly need Pepper and vinegar besides Are very good indeed
said,
:
Now
We "
if
you're ready, Oysters dear, can begin to feed." "
But not on us the Oysters cried, Turning a little blue. After such kindness, that would be A dismal thing to do " The night is fine," the Walrus said. " Do vou admire the view ? !
"
!
"
"It was so kind of you to come And you are very nice " The Carpenter said nothing but "
!
!
Cut us another slice wish you were not quite so deaf " I Ve had to ask you twice :
I
!
45
46
MOTHER "
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
seems a shame," the Walrus said, play them such a trick, After we've brought them out so far, It "
To
And made them
"
trot so
quick The Carpenter said nothing but " The butter 's spread too thick
"
I
"
weep
for you," the
Walrus
!
" !
said
:
I
deeply sympathize." With sobs and tears he sorted out
Those of the
largest size, his pocket-handkerchief Before his streaming eyes.
Holding
"O "
Oysters," said the Carpenter,
You Ve had a pleasant run Shall we be trotting home again !
" ?
But answer there came none And this was scarcely odd, because
They'd eaten every
one.
LEWIS CARROLL.
A
MAN WENT HUNTING AT REIGATE.
A
man went
And
hunting at Reigate,
wished to jump over a high gate
Says the owner,
"
Go
;
round,
With your horse and your hound, For you never shall leap over my gate."
47
HUMPTY-DUMPTY. 48
HUMPTY-DUMPTY.
Allegretto.
Hump
-
ty
-
Dump
sat
ty
on
a wall,
ip.ir7nifi.-i tr
had
x
a great
1=
I
fall
;
1-
1
1
Hump
ty
L=
Dump
-
ty
all
up
.
.
"a
-
ty-Dump
-
ty
Fk=r
' 1
the king's men, Couldn't
"^
^^p-
*o3
-
H^
F
1
All the king's horses, and
*^ar
set
Hump
-
gain.
^m
"THERE WAS AN OWL LIVED 50
is
AN
OAK.'
GOOD KING ARTHUR.
5T
There was an Owl lived in an oak, Whiskey, Whaskey, Weedle And all the words he ever spoke ;
Were
Fiddle, Faddle, Feedle.
A
sportsman chanced to come that way, Whiskey, Whaskey, Weedle; " I '11 shoot you, silly bird, Says he, So Fiddle, Faddle, Feedle!"
GOOD KING ARTHUR. WHEN good He was a
King Arthur
ruled this land,
goodly King He bought three pecks of barley-meal, To make a bag-pudding.
A
;
bag-pudding the King did make,
And stuffed it well with plums, And in it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The King and Queen
did eat thereof,
And noblemen beside And what they could not ;
The Queen
eat that night,
next morning
fried.
42
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
To
market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again, jiggety jig. To market, to market, to buy a fat hog, Home again, home again, jiggety jog.
Hot cross buns, hot One a penny, two a Hot cross buns.
cross buns,
penny,
your daughters don't them, Give them to your sons, One a penny, two a penny, If
Hot
cross buns.
like
WHO
STOLE THE BIRD'S-NEST?
TO-WHIT! to-whit! to-whee Will you listen to
me ?
Who
stole four eggs
I laid,
And
the nice nest.
made
Not
I,
I
I
said the cow,
Such a thing
I 'd
!
?
moo-oo
!
never do.
gave you a wisp of hay,
But did not take your nest
away;
Not
I,
said the cow,
Such a thing Bob-o-link
!
I 'd
moo-oo
never do.
Bob-o-link
!
Now, what do you think
Who From
stole
?
a nest away
the plum-tree to-day
?
!
54
MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES. Not
said the dog,
I,
bow-wow
I
wouldn't be so mean,
I
gave some
I
!
vow.
hairs the nest to
make,
But the nest
Not I
I,
did not take
Let
me
Who
coo-coo
!
I
!
vow.
coo-coo
!
speak a word or two
:
stole that pretty nest
From Not
!
;
bow-wow
would not be so mean,
Coo-coo
I
I
said the dog,
Robin Redbreast
little
I,
said the sheep
would not
treat a
;
?
oh, no,
poor bird
so; I
gave the wool the nest
to line,
But the nest was none of mine.
Baa
baa
!
said the sheep
!
;
oh,
no! I
V
wouldn't treat a poor bird
Caw caw !
I
!
cried the crow,
should like to
What
thief took
know away
A bird's-nest to-day.
so.
WHO STOLE THE Chuck
chuck
!
me
Don't ask
again
;
haven't a chick
Why, Would do I
We all And
said the hen,
!
such a
trick.
gave her a feather,
she wove them together.
I 'd
scorn to intrude
On
her and her brood.
Chuck
chuck
!
Don't ask
me
Chirr-a- whirr
We will Let us
And
A
said the hen,
!
again.
chirr-a- whirr
!
make a
great
find out his
all
stir.
name,
For shame
cry
!
boy hung down
little
!
his
head,
And went and
hid behind the
bed;
For he
From
stole that pretty nest
Robin Redbreast
little
And he
He did
felt
so
full
not like to
of
tell
;
shame his
name.
EIRD'S-NEST?
55
"THERE WAS A JOLLY MILLER." 56
THERE WAS A JOLLY MILLER. There was a
jolly miller
Lived on the river Dee
He And
lark so blithe as he. this the
burden of his song
For ever used I
:
worked and sang from morn
No
care for
57
to be
nobody
no
!
Since nobody cares for me.
not
I,
till
night,
DICKERY, DICKERY, DARE. 53
DICKERY, DICKERY, DARE.
59
Dickery, dickery, dare,
The
pig flew up in the air;
The man
in
brown soon brought him down,
Dickery, dickery, dare.
Molly,
my
sister,
and
And what do you She loved
And
that
coffee,
I
think
and
I
fell it
out,
was about
loved
was the reason we
tea,
couldn't agree.
Solomon Grundy, Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Very
ill
on Thursday,
Worse on
Friday,
Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday.
This
is
?
the end
Of Solomon Grundy.
6o
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Jack Sprat could eat no
fat,
His wife could eat no' lean And so betwixt them both, you ;
They
As
see,
licked the platter clean.
went to Bonner, met a pig Without a wig, Upon my word and honour. I
I
HUSH, BABY,
MY
DOLL.
6l
my doll, I pray you don't cry, give you some bread, and some milk by-and-
Hush, baby,
And
I
'11
by;
Or perhaps you like custard, or, maybe, a tart, Then to either you are welcome, with all my heart.
Pitty Patty Polt,
Shoe the wild Here a nail,
And
colt
there a nail, Pitty Patty Polt.
;
Brow, brow, brinkie, Eye. eye, winkie, Mouth, mouth, merry, Cheek, cheek, cherry, Chin chopper, chin chopper, &c.
If
to be a gentleman, as I suppose you '11 be, neither laugh nor smile for a tickling of the knee.
you are
You '11
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
62
" "
Where I
am
"May "
are you going
going a-milking, I
You 're
go with you,
to,
my
sir,"
my
kindly welcome,
pretty
she
said.
pretty maid sir,"
maid
" ?
she said.
" ?
THE BARBER SHAVED THE MASON. "
What
"
My
"
is
your
father's
What
is
a farmer,
My
"
Then
"
Nobody asked
face I
sir,"
your fortune,
"
is
my
my
she said. pretty
maid
you,
sir,"
my
Cut
" ?
pretty maid.'
she said.
barber shaved the mason,
And
" ?
fortune, sir," she said.
won't marry you,
The
pretty maid
my
father,
as I suppose off his nose,
And popped
it
in
the basin.
OLD MOTHER HUEBARD WENT TO THE CUPBOARD.
64
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
AND HER
DOG.
OLD Mother Hubbard Went
To
to the cupboard,
get her poor
Dog
a bone
;
But when she came there
The cupboard was
And
so the poor 65
bare,
Dog had
none.
66
MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSER Y KHYMES.
She went
to the baker's
To buy him some
bread,
But .when she came back
The poor Dog was
dead.
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG.
She went
to the joiner's
To buy him
a
coffin,
But when she came back
The poor Dog was
laughing,
52
67
68
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES,
She took a
To
clean dish
get him some
tripe,
But when she came back
He
was smoking a
pipe.
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG.
She went
To
to the alehouse
get him some beer,
But when she came back
The Dog
sat in a chair.
69
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
She went
to the tavern
For white wine and
red,
But when she came back
The Dog
stood on his head.
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG.
She went
to the hatter's
To buy him
a hat,
But when she came back
He
was feeding the
cat.
71
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
She went
NURSERY RHYMES.
to the barber s
To buy him
a wig,
But when she came back
He
was dancing a
jig.
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG.
She went
to the fruiterer's
To buy him some
fruit,
But when she came back
He
was playing the
flute.
73
74
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
She went
to the tailor's
To buy him
a coat,
But when she came back
He
was riding a
goat.
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG.
She went
to the cobbler's
To buy him some
shoes,
But when she came back
He
was reading the news.
75
76
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
She went
NURSERY RHYMES.
to the sempstress
To buy him some
linen,
But when she came back
The Dog was
a-spinning.
OLD MOTHER HUB BARD AND HER DOG.
She went
to the hosier's
To buy him some
hose,
But when she came back
He
was dressed
in his clothes.
77
78
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
THE DAME MADE A CURTSEY, THE DOG MADE A
BOW.'
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG. The Dame made
a curtsey,
The Dog made The Dame The Dog
said
Was Dame
He
"
;
servant,"
Bow wow."
Dog Hubbard's delight;
could sing, he could dance,
He
could read, he could write.
She gave him
rich dainties
Whenever he
And
bow
"Your
said,
This wonderful
a
erected a
When
fed,
monument
he was dead.
79
LITTLE JACK HORNER.
LITTLE JACK HORNER. Allegretto.
*
r
^ ff-
r^ J
J* J J
Eat-ing
^^^
a Christ
fc?=*z=it=: took out
si
i
a plum,
-
mas
,
pie
He
;
put in
his
am
I
thumb,
a^ And
said,
"
What
a
good boy
" !
and he
82
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
There was a monkey climbed up a tree;
When *
he
fell
down,
then
down
he.
fell
There was a crow sat on a stone he was gone, then there was ;
j
When
none.
There was an old wife did eat an apple she ate two, she had ate a ;
When
couple.
There was a horse going to the mill When he went on, he didn't stand
;
There was a butcher cut
When
it
his
thumb.
did bleed, then blood
it
did run.
There was jockey ran a race he ran fast, he ran apace. ;
When
There was a
cobbler, clouting shoon were mended, then they they were done. ;
When
There was a navy went
into Spain
When
came back
it
again.
returned,
it
;
THE WAVES ON THE SEA-SHORE. ROLL
on, roll on,
That
Why
you
toss about
do you
When
all
restless waves,
and roar
;
run back again
you have reached the shore
?
Roll on, roll on, you noisy waves,
Roll higher up the strand
How
is
That
"
We "
it
line of yellow
may
That
sand
"And
all
And
?
not dare," the waves reply
line of yellow
:
sand
Is laid along the shore to
The
;
that you cannot pass
bound
waters and the land.
should keep to time and place, all
should keep to
rule,
Both waves upon the sandy shore,
And
little
boys at school." 83
62
"JENNY BLUSHED BEHIND HER FAN."
84
THE MARRIAGE OF COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN. IT was on a merry time,
When
Jenny
Wren was
young,
So
neatly as she danced, And so sweetly as she sung,
Robin Redbreast lost his heart: He was a gallant bird ;
He
doffed his hat to Jenny,
And
thus to her he said:
86
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
"
My
dearest Jenny
you
You
And "
I
'11
Wren,
but be mine, shall dine on cherry-pie,
If
will
drink nice currant-wine.
dress you like a goldfinch, like a peacock gay;
Or So
if you'll have me, Jenny, Let us appoint the day,"
MARRIAGE OF COCK ROSIN AND JENNY WREN.
Jenny blushed behind her
And "
Then I
"
fan,
thus declared her mind: let
it
be to-morrow, Bob,
take your offer kind;
Cherry-pie is very good, So is currant-wine ;
But
I '11
And
wear
my
russet gown,
never dress too
fine."
87
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
Robin rose up
NURSERY RHYMES.
early,
At
the break of day; flew to Jenny Wren's house,
He To
sing a roundelay.
He met the Cock and And bade the Cock
Hen, declare,
This was his wedding-day
With Jenny Wren
The Cock
To
let
This was
And
the
fair.
then blew his horn, the neighbours know Robin's wedding-day,
they might see the show.
MARRIAGE OF COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN.
At first came Parson Rook, With his spectacles and band
And
;
one of Mother Hubbard's books
He
held within his hand.
Then
followed him the Lark, For he could sweetly sing, And he was to be the clerk At Cock Robin's wedding.
He
sang of Robin's love
For Little Jenny Wren And when he came unto the ;
Then he began
again.
end,
89
90
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. The
Goldfinch came on next,
To
give away the Bride
;
The Linnet, being- bridesmaid, Walked by Jenny's side ;
And
as she
Said, I
"
was a-walking,
Upon my
think that your Is
word,
Cock Robin
a very pretty bird."
The Blackbird and the Thrush, And charming Nightingale, Whose sweet "jug" sweetly echoes Through every grove and
dale;
The Sparrow and Tomtit, And many more, were there All
came
to see the
Of Jenny Wren
The "
the
Bullfinch walked
And
;
wedding fair.
by Robin,
thus to him did say,
Pray mark, friend Robin Redbreast,
That Goldfinch dressed so gay:
"What though
her gay apparel Becomes her very well, Yet Jenny's modest dress and look Must bear away the bell."
MARRIAGE OF COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN.
Then came
the Bride and Bridegroom; Quite plainly was she dressed, And blushed so much, her cheeks were
As
red as Robin's breast.
But Robin cheered her up; " ;
My
We 're
pretty Jen," said he, going to be married,
And happy we
shall be."
91
Q2
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. "
Oh, then," says Parson Rook,
"
Who
"
gives this maid away do," says the Goldfinch,
"
And
I
her fortune
will
I
" ?
pay
:
"Here's a bag of grain of many
And
sorts,
other things beside Now happy be the bridegroom, And happy be the bride " :
!
"And will you have her, Robin, To be your wedded wife ? " "
Yes, "
I
And
says Robin, love her all my life
will,"
"And you
will
" !
have him, Jenny, " to be ?
Your husband now "Yes, "
I
And
will,"
says Jenny, love him heartily
Then on
her finger
" !
fair
Cock Robin put the
ring;
"You're married now, "says Parson Rook, While the Lark aloud did sing: "
Happy be
the bridegroom, be the bride!
And happy And may not
man, nor bird, nor beast, This happy pair divide!"
MARRIAGE OF COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN.
The
birds were asked to dine,
Not Jenny's
friends alone,
But every pretty songster That had Cock Robin known.
They had a
cherry-pie,
Besides some currant-wine,
And
every guest brought something,
That sumptuous they might
Now
they
all
sat or stood,
To eat and to drink; And every one said what
He
happened
to think.
dine.
94
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
They each took a bumper,
And
drank to the
pair,
Cock Robin the bridegroom,
And Jenny The
the
fair.
dinner-things removed, all began to sing;
They
And
soon they made the place Near a mile round to ring.
The concert it was fine; And every bird tried
Who
best should sing for Robin, the bride.
And Jenny Wren
MARRIAGE OF COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN.
When in came the Cuckoo, And made a great rout; He caught hold of Jenny, And pulled her about. Cock Robin was angry, And so was the Sparrow,
Who
fetched in a hurry his arrow.
His bow and
His aim then he took, But he took it not right His skill was not good,
Or he
shot in a
frigfrt;
;
95
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. For the Cuckoo he missed, But Cock Robin he killed IAnd all the birds mourned That his blood was so spilled.
Alas
!
Poor Cock Robin
!
THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK ROBIN. WHO I,
I
killed
Cock Robin
the Sparrow,
said
With
my bow and
killed
Cock Robin.
This
With
is
?
arrow,
the Sparrow,
his
bow and 97
arrow. 7
98
MOTHER
Who I,
GOOSE'S
saw him
die
?
said the Fly,
With my I
NURSERY RHYMES.
saw him
little
eye,
die.
This
is
Who
saw Cock Robin
the
little
Fly die.
DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK
Who I,
caught his blood
?
said the Fish,
With my I
ROBIN.
little
dish,
caught his blood.
This
is
the Fish,
That held the
dish.
72
99
100
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
Who
'11
make
said
I,
NURSERY RHYMES.
his
shroud
the Beetle,
With my thread and I '11
make
This
With
is
?
needle,
his shroud.
the Beetle,
his thread
and needle.
DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK
Who'll dig
his
grave?
said the Owl,
I,
With my spade and I
'11
shovv'l,
dig his grave.
This
With
is
the Owl,
his
spade and show'l.
ROBIN.
IOI
102
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Who I,
'11
be the Parson
said the
With my I
'11
This
Rook, book,
little
be the Parson.
is
Reading
f
the Rook, his book.
DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK
Who'll be the Clerk? I,
said the Lark,
If it's not I
'11
This
in the dark,
be the Clerk.
is
Saying
the Lark,
"Amen"
like
a clerk.
ROBIN.
103
IO4
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Who'll carry him to the grave? said the Kite,
I,
If it's not I
'11
carry
This
is
About
him
in the night,
to the grave.
the Kite, to take flight.
DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK
Who
I
?
said the Linnet,
I,
I
carry the link
'11
'11
'11
fetch
it
a minute,
in
carry the link.
This
is
And
a link with
the Linnet, fire in
it.
ROBIN.
105
106
MOIHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Who
said the
I,
For I
'11
be chief mourner
'11
I
?
Dove,
mourn
for
my
love,
be chief mourner.
This
is
Who
Cock Robin did
the Dove, love.
DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK
Who'll sing a psalm? said the Thrush,
I,
As I
'11
she sat in a bush,
sing a psalm.
This
is
the Thrush,
Singing psalms from a bush.
ROBIN.
107
108
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Who'll
said the Bull,
I,
Because So,
the bell?
toll
I
can pull
Cock Robin,
;
farewell!
This
is
Who
the bell-rope did pull.
the Bull
DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK
ROBIN.
109
110
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. All the birds of the air Fell a-sighing
When
and sobbing,
they heard the bell
For Poor Cock Robin.
toll
FREDDIE AND THE CHERRY-TREE.
RE DD E saw some fine ripe cherries I
Hanging on a
And
he
said,
cherry-tree, "
You
pretty
cherries,
down
Will you not come me ?" "
Thank you
We
"
If
to
kindly," said a cherry,
would rather stay up here
we ventured down You would eat us
One, the
;
this
morning,
up,
I
fear."
finest of the cherries,
Dangled from a slender twig; " __
You are beautiful," said Freddie, Red and ripe, and oh, how big!"
"
"Catch me," said the cherry, "catch me, Little master, if you can." "I would catch you soon," said Freddie, " If I were a grown-up man."
Freddie jumped, and tried to reach
it,
his toes;
Standing high upon But the cherry bobbed about,
And
nose. laughed, and tickled Freddie's 111
SIMPLE SIMON. Allegro.
Sim-pie
JJ
Si-mon met
P P J.
Says the pie-man to
'
a
pie-man,
; J.
Go -ing
J^u;
r*r7r'
Sim-pie
Si-mon,
to
the
J.
v
r
"Show me first
Says
fair;
1
J.
vs
r-
your pen-ny."
Says
A Sim -pie Si-mon to
He
went
the pie-man, "In -deed
I
have not
to catch a dickey-bird,
And
thought he could not Because he'd got a little salt
To
put upon his 112
tail.
fail,
a
-
ny.
SIMPLE SIMON.
He went to Was built
A
take a bird's nest,
upon a bough
:
branch gave way, and Simon Into, a dirty slough.
fell
MOTHER
He
GOOSE'S
went
NURSERY RHYMES.
to shoot a wild duck,
But wild duck flew away; "
Says Simon, Because he
I
can't hit him,
will not stay."
Simple Simon went a-hunting, For to catch a hare,
SIMPLE SIMON.
He
115
rode an ass about the
But couldn't
one
find
streets,
there.
Simple Simon went a-fishing For to catch a whale ;
All the water he had got
Was
He
in his
went
Out
He
bit
for to eat
pail.
honey
of the mustard-pot, his
That was
He
mother's
went
until
tongue all
he
cried,
the good he got.
to ride a spotted cow,
That had a
little
calf,
She threw him down upon the ground,
Which made
the people laugh.
Once Simon made a great
snowball,
And brought it in to roast; He laid it down before the fire, And soon the ball was lost.
He
went
to slide
upon the
ice,
Before the ice would bear;
Then he plunged in above Which made poor Simon
his knees, stare.
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
He
washed himself with
blacking-ball,
Because he had no soap; Then said unto his mother, "
I
'm a beauty now,
I
hope."
Simple Simon went to look If plums grew on a thistle
He
pricked his fingers very
Which made poor Simon
;
much, whistle.
SIMPLE SIMON.
He
went
for
ran through; Simon Simple poor
But soon
And now
water in a sieve,
Bids you
it
all
all
adieu.
117
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
I1&
Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going I will go with you, if I may. I
am going to the meadows, to see them I am going to see them make the hay.
Away, Birds, away! Take a little, and leave a little,
And do For I
if
will
And
not
you
come again; do,
shoot you through,
then there will be an
end of you.
?
mowing,
I
I
had a
little
sent
him
I
But he
lost
So take
HAD
A LITTLE DOG.
dog, they called him Buff, to the shop for a hap'orth of snuff;
the bag, and spilt the snuff,
that
cuff,
and that's enough.
The Cock doth crow To let you know, If
you be
'T
is
wise,
time to
It
went
When
rise.
The King
Jack Sprat Had a cat, It had but one
buy butter, butter was dear.
of France went up the
With twenty thousand men, The King of France came down
And
ne'er
went up
again.
ear,
to
hill,
the
hill,
"A
CARRION CROW."
120
A CARRION CROW.
A
121
carrion crow sat on an oak,
Fol de
riddle, lol
Watching a Sing
tailor
de
riddle, hi
ding do,
shape his coat;
he, sing ho, the old carrion crow,
Fol de
riddle, lol
de
riddle, hi
ding do!
122
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. Wife, bring
Fol de
me my
old bent bow,
de riddle, hi ding do, shoot yon carrion crow; Sing he, sing ho, the old carrion crow,
That
riddle, lol
may
I
Fol de
The
tailor shot,
Fol de
And
de
riddle, lol
riddle, hi
and he missed de
riddle, lol
shot the miller's
his
riddle, hi
sow
ding do
!
mark,
ding do,
right through the heart
he, sing ho, the old carrion crow,
Sing Fol de
Wife
!
oh wife
Fol de
For the
de
riddle^ lol
!
riddle, hi
ding do
!
bring brandy in a spoon,
riddle, lol
old miller's
de
riddle, hi
sow
is
in a
ding do,
swoon
;
Sing he, sing ho, the old carrion crow, Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi ding do!
Mary had a
pretty bird,
Feathers bright and yellow, Slender legs upon my word,
He was
a pretty fellow.
The sweetest notes he always sung, Which much delighted Mary,
And near the cage she'd ever To hear her own canary.
sit,
LITTLE BLUE BETTY.
Little
Blue Betty lived
in
12
a lane,
She sold good ale to gentlemen Gentlemen came every day, And Little Blue Betty hopped away; She hopped upstairs to :
make her
bed,
And
she tumbled down, and broke her head.
[A CANDLE.] Little
Nancy
Etticote,
In a white petticoat, With a red nose The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. ;
A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING GO/
124
A FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING A
FROG he would a-woomg
GO.
go,
Heigho, says Rowley,
Whether
his mother would let him or no. With a rowley powley, gammon and Heigho, says Anthony Rowley
spinach,
!
So
off
And
he set with
his
opera
hat,
Heigho, says Rowley, on the road he met with a rat.
With a rowley powley, &c. "
Pray, Mr. Rat, will you
go with me, Heigho, says Rowley,
Kind Mrs. Mousey
for to see
" ?
With a rowley powley, &c.
When
they came to the door of Mousey's
hall,
Heigho, says Rowley, They gave a loud knock, and they gave a loud call. With a rowley powley, &c. "
Pray, Mrs. Mouse, are
you within
" ?
Heigho, says Rowley, "
Oh,
yes, kind sirs,
I
'm
sitting to spin."
With a rowley powley, &c. 125
126
'
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Pray, Mrs. Mouse, will you give us
For Froggy and
I
some beer
?
Heigho, says Rowley, are fond of good cheer."
With a rowley powley, &c. "
Pray, Mr. Frog, will you give us a song
But
"
let
it
?
Heigho, says Rowley, be something that's not very long." With a rowley powley, &c.
Indeed, Mrs. Mouse," replied the Frog,
Heigho, says Rowley,
A FROG HE WOULD
"A
cold has
made me
A- WOOING GO.
I2 ;
as hoarse as a hog."
With a rowley powley, &c. "
"
Since you have caught cold, Mr. Frog," sing you a song that
I '11
I
Mousey
said,
Heigho, says Rowley, have just made."
With a rowley powley, &c.
But while they were
A
cat
all
a merry-making,
Heigho, says Rowley, and her kittens came tumbling in.
With a rowley powley, &c.
The
cat she seized the rat
The
Heigho, says Rowley, kittens they pulled the little mouse down. With a rowley powley, &c.
This put Mr. Frog
He
in
by the crown
;
a terrible fright;
Heigho, says Rowley. took up his hat, and he wished them good night. With a rowley powley, &c.
But as Froggy was crossing over a brook, Heigho, says Rowley, A lily-white duck came and gobbled him up.
With a rowley powley, &c.
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
128
So
there
was an end of
one, two,
and
three,
Heigho, says Rowley,
The
Rat, the Mouse, and the
little
Frog-gee!
With a rowley powley, gammon and Heigho, says Anthony Rowley!
spinach,
I
I
SAW A SHIP SAW a ship
A-S AILING,
a-sailing,
A-sailing on the sea;
And, oh
With
it
!
was
pretty things for thee!
There were comfits
And The
The
in the cabin,
apples in the hold
sails
And
laden
all
were made of
the masts were
;
silk,
made
of gold.
four and twenty sailors
That stood between the decks,
Were
four
and twenty white mice,
With chains about
The
captain
their necks.
was a duck,
With a packet on
And when The
his
back
;
the ship began to move,
captain said,
"
129
"
Quack
!
quack
!
!
'AS
SOON AS HE PLAY'D THEY BEGAN FOR TO DANCE."
330
THE
TOM, TOM,
PIPER'S SON.
Vivace.
^
__
Tom, Tom, was a
pi
-
per's son,
He
learn'd to play
when
he was young; But the
4-
Tom
dance
with his pipe made
and skip while
such
he
-r-g-
a noise, That he pleas- ed both the
did
"
p'ay,
-g
I
O
g
-
ver
"-FiEE 131
the hLls
and
=^ g
girls
\
and boys; They'd
far
a
S
t
92
- way.'
*
with his pipe
R" Ly
J ^ m w jr-j -=
did play with such
* ~ tr~r\ j
skill,
J* m m ?>-? m
That those who heard him could nev-er keep still; As
is a *^~T m v^J^T^^^
_*
n-V J t_-T >
>
-^r >
J
soon as he play'd they be-gan for to dance, E-ven pigs on their hind-legs would after him prance.
met Old Dame Trot with a
bas-ket
of
Eggs
f
-P
danc'd a-bout
till
her eggs were
all
He
J*H f n He
used his pipe and she used her legs; She |
1
~f
\-
broke,She be- gan for to
1
fret,
T^gj
f"
but he laugh'd at the joke.
And as
^ ^
ffl-* Dol
-
ly
Doll and the
saw
*--*
1
was milk-ing her cow one day,
a cross
cow they danc'd a
fel-
lilt,
low was beat-ing an
Tom
J JF^E
took out his pipe and be-gan
Till the
ass,
Heavy
fell
pail
la-
for
down and the milk was
all spilt.
=+!
4:EEEs=e == b| 133
Tom
den with pots, pans, dish- es, and glass
=
took cut his pipe and he play d them a tune, And the poor donkey's load was lighten'd
jj
So
to play;
full
;
He
soon.
e=ei
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
134
There was an old woman, as I 've heard tell, She went to market her eggs for to sell She went to market all on a market day, ;
And
she
fell
asleep on the King's highway.
There came by a
He He
pedlar,
cut her petticoats
all
whose name was
Stout,
round about;
cut her petticoats up to the knees, the old woman to shiver and freeze.
Which made
When
"
the
little
old
woman
first
did wake,
She began to shiver and she began to shake; She began to wonder, and she began to cry, Lauk a mercy on me, this can't be I !
HIGH DIDDLE DING. But
if
I 've
a
If
it
be
And
be
it
little
if
he'll
I,
it
as
I,
dog
I
at
hope it be, home, and he his little
wag
be not
I,
he'll
'11
135
know me
loudly bark and wail."
Home went the little woman all in the dark, Up got the little dog, and he began to bark He began to bark, so she began to cry, "
Lauk a mercy on me,
High diddle ding, Did you hear the
bells ring
?
wise men Gotham Went to sea in
bowl If the
of
a
;
bowl had been
stronger
My
the King! cry,
see the Parliament soldiers pass by.
Three
story longer.
had
been
;
none of I!"
this is
The Parliament soldiers are gone to Some they did laugh, some they did
To
;
tail,
LITTLE BOY BLUE. 136
BOY BLUE.
LITTLE Little
Boy
The sheep
Where 's
Blue, come, 's
the
in the little
blow
me
your horn;
meadow, the cow 's
boy that looks
He's under the haycock,
137
in the corn.
after the sheep
fast asleep.
?
THE ROBIN REDBREASTS. Two
Robin Redbreasts
Within a hollow tree
The hen
sat quietly at
The cock sang
And
all
the
little
built their nests ;
home,
merrily
;
young ones
"Wee, wee, wee, wee,
said,
wee, wee."
One day (the sun was warm and And shining in the sky), 138
bright,
THE ROBIN REDBREASTS. Cock Robin 'T
said,
My
little
time you learn to
is
And
"
all
the
dears, "
fly
;
young ones
little
said,
"I'll try, I'll try, I'll try."
I
know a I
'11
tell
says,
"
says,
"What
She'd be a better If she
hill,.
she's not gone, She lives there still.
are
if
all
in the
dumps,
For diamonds are trumps, The kittens are gone to
St.
Paul's,
The babies are The moon 's in
And
bit,
a
fit,
the houses are built with-
out walls.
this," or "that,"
for?" and
would say "I
Lived under a
We
Do
child
There was an old woman
And
is
you by-and-by,
When Mamma She
and who she
child,
by
'11
far
try."
"Why?"
139-
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
1140
As
I
was going
along, long,
long,
A-singing
a comical
song,
song, song,
The
lane that
I
went was so
long, long, long,
And
the song that
I
sung was
so long, long, long,
And
A-milking, a-milking, "
nice
you
'11
shall
new
have some
hay,
quietly let
me
milk
away."
Old
father
Grey Beard,
Without tooth or tongue, If you'll give I
'11
I
went singing along.
maid,
Cow, take care of your heels," she said
""And you
If
my
so
me your finger,
give you
my
thumb.
DANCE A BABY
DIDDIT.
I4T
Dance a baby
What with
But
diddit,
can his mother do it,
sit
a
in
lap,
And
give him some pap Dance a baby diddit.
Snail, snail,
Or
At
else
come out of your
the siege of Belleisle
All the while,
all
hole,
beat you as black as a coal.
I '11
I
was there
all
the while,
the while, at the siege of Belleisle.
Bye, baby bunting,
Father's gone a-hunting,
Mother's gone a-milking, Sister's
gone
a-silking,
Brother's gone to buy a skin
To wrap
the baby bunting
in.
?
YOUNG LAMBS TO
U2
SELL.
YOUNG LAMBS TO Young lambs If
I
I
sell,
young lambs
had as much money as
I
to sell
could
never would cry young lambs to
Young lambs I
to
SELL.
to
never would
sell,
cry,
young lambs
young lambs
to
;
tell
sell,
to
sell,
sell.
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
144
Come,
let 's to
bed, says Sleepy-head
Tarry a while, says Slow Put on the pan, says Greedy Nan, ;
Let's sup before
To make
your candles
last
for aye,
You
wives and maids give
ear-o
To
!
put them out's the only
way,
Says honest John Boldero.
we
go.
;
THE GREAT BROWN OWL THE Brown Owl sits in the ivy-bush, And she looketh wondrous wise, With a horny beak beneath her
And
She
a pair of large round eyes.
sat all
From
And
"
day on the selfsame spray,
sunrise
till
the dim grey
For
cowl,
the
Owl
sunset light,
it
;
was
too bright
all
to see in yet.
Jenny Owlet, Jenny Owlet," said a merry "
They say you 're wondrous wise
But
I
at
don't think you see, though
little bird,.
;
you
're
looking
ME
With your
large, round, shining eyes."
But night came soon, and the pale white moon Rolled high up in the skies;
And
the great
With her
Brown Owl
flew
away
in
her cowl,.
large, round, shining eyes. 145
10
LITTLE TOM TUCKER. Ufi
u
LITTLE TOM TUCKER. Allegretto.
Lit
out
e'er
-
tie
a
Tom Tuck
knife
?
-
How
er
can he
147
Sings
for
mar- ry With
his
-
out
sup
a
e'er
10
-
2
per:
wife
?
148
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Four and twenty
The
best
She put out her Run,
tailors
went
to kill a snail,
man amongst them
tailors,
durst not touch her
horns, like a
run, or she'll
Kyloe cow,
little
kill
tail.
just now.
all
you
Doctor
Foster
went
to
Glo'ster,
In a shower of rain
He
up
And
to the middle,
never
went
again.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How
does your garden grow
Silver bells
And
and
?
cockle-shells,
pretty maids
;
stepped in a puddle,
all
in
a row.
there
THE MAN IN THE MOON.
149
The man in the moon Came tumbling down,
And
asked the way to
Norwich
;
He
went by the south, And burnt his mouth
With
eating cold pease
porridge.
Little
sat
Robin Redbreast
upon a
rail,
Niddle, naddle, went his head, wiggle, waddle,
went Little
With a
pair of speckle legs,
Pit,
pat, well-a-day
his tail
;
Robin Redbreast
sat upon a bridle, and a green girdle.
!
Robin flew away; Where can little Robin be, But up in yon cherry-tree ? Little
Ding, dong, darrow,
The The
And
and the sparrow; dog has burnt his tail, he shall be whipped to-morrow.
cat
little
DAME DUCK'S LESSONS TO HER DUCKLINGS. OLD MOTHER DUCK has hatched Of ducklings, small and callow Their
little
a brood :
wings are short, their down grey and yellow.
Is mottled
There is a quiet little stream, That runs into the moat,
Where
And
tall
green sedges spread their leaves,
water-lilies float.
Close by the margin of the brook The old Duck made her nest, 150
DAME DUCKS LESSON TO HER Of
and
straw,
And down
And
and withered
leaves,
grass,
from her own breast.
there she sat for four long weeks,
In rainy days and Until the Ducklings Four,
six,
five,
fine,
came out
all
seven, eight, nine.
One peeped out from beneath One scrambled on her back "
DUCKLINGS.
her wing, :
That 's very rude," said old Dame Duck, " " Get off quack, quack, quack, quack !
"
'T
is
close," said
The "
!
Besides,
To
Dame
Duck, shoving out
egg-shells with her it
never
keep them
suits
bill,
young ducks
sitting still."
So, rising from her nest, she said, " Now, children, look at me :
A
well-bred duck should Waddle so,
From
side to side
Yes," said the
'
"A
little
d'
ye see
ones,
and then
She went on to explain well-bred duck turns in
As
I
do
" ?
:
its
toes
try again."
"Yes," said the Ducklings, waddling on. "That's better," said their mother; "
But well-bred ducks ^'alk Straight
in
a row,
one behind another."
151
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
152
''Yes/' said the
little
Ducks
again,
All waddling in a row " Now to the pond," said old :
Splash, splash "
!
and
me swim first," To this side, now
Let "
in
Dame Duck
they go.
Dame
said old to that
Duck,
;
There, snap at those great brown-winged
They make young
"Now when
fat.
ducklings
you reach the poultry-yard,
The
hen-wife, Molly Head, Will feed you, with the other fowls,
On "'
bran and mashed-up bread
The hens
will
peck and
fight,
;
but mind,
of you Will gobble up the food as fast As well-bred ducks should do. I
'"
hope that
You 'd
better get into the dish,
Unless
it
In that case,
And
all
is
too small;
I
overturn
should use it
my
foot,
all."
The Ducklings
did as they were bid, found the plan so good, That, from that day, the other fowls
And
Got hardly any
food.
flies,
fS
JOHN
SMIT-H WITHIN?
il
John Cook he had a
1
Is John Smith within ? Yes, that he is. Can he set a shoe ? Ay, marry, two. Here a nail, there a nail, Tick, tack, too.
grey mare, hee, haw, hum Her legs were long and her back was bare, hee, haw, hum. little
;
John Cook was riding up Shooter's Bank,
The mare
hee, haw, hum she began to kick and to prank, hee, haw, hum.
John Cook was riding up Shooter's
Hill,
hee, haw,
His mare
fell
down and made her
bridle
and saddle were
laid
on the
;
you want any more, you may sing
it
hum.
shelf,
hee, haw, If
hum
will,
hee, haw,
The
;
hum
;
yourself,
hee, haw,
hum.
OLD KING COLE. 154
OLD KING COLE. Old King Cole
Was And
And
a merry old
soul,
a merry old soul was he;
And
he called
And
he
for his pipe
called for his glass,
he called
for his fiddlers three!
155
156
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
A B c
NURSERY RHYMES.
Apple
bit
it.
cut
it.
dealt
Pie.
it.
A,
APPlf
PIE.
158
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
E
eat
it.
F
fought for
G
got
H
it.
hid
it.
it.
A,
APPLE
PIE.
l6D
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
J
jumped
K
kept
for
it.
longed for
M
it.
mourned
it.
for
it.
A,
APPLE
PIE.
161
11
1
62
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
N
nodded at
o
opened
p
peeped at
Q
it.
it.
quartered
it.
it.
A,
APPLE
PIE.
16.
11
2
1
64
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
R s
T
v
ran for
stole
it.
it.
tried for
viewed
it.
it.
A,
APPLE
PIE.
166
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Z & Amperse-and, All
A
wished
piece in
for
hand
A,
APPLE
PIE.
167
1
68
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
beside the
sits
Pussy
In walks a
little
Oh, the I
'11
fire.
doggy,
How
can she be
fair ?
Pussy, are you there
?
rusty, dusty, rusty miller,
not change
my
wife for gold or
siller.
THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN.
There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked
And
He And
169
mile,
he found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, ;
they
all
lived together in a
High
diddle doubt,
My Saddle
And
little
maid
is
little
my
crooked house.
candle's out,
not at home;
my hog and bridle my dog, my little maid home.
fetch
BAA, BAA,
BLACK SHEEP 170
BAA, BAA,
BLACK SHEEP.
Allegro.
Ba-a, ba-a, black sheep, have you a
three bags
one
for
US
the
full
lit-
:
tie
One
for
boy that
-
my
mas
lives
in
wool
ny
-
ter,
our
?
one
lane.
Yes,
for
sir,
my
yes,
sir,
dame, And
Ba-a, ba-a, black shsep,
172
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Barber, barber, shave a pig.
How many
hairs will
Four and twenty
make a wig ?
that
;
's
enough.
Give the poor barber a pinch of
The Lion and
The Lion
the Unicorn were fighting for the crown,
beat the Unicorn
Some gave them Some gave them
all
round about the town.
white bread, some gave them brown, plum-cake, and sent them out of town.
Thomas a Tattamus took two
To To
tie
Tell
snuff.
two tups
to
two
frighten the terrible
me how many
tall
T's
trees,
Thomas
a Tattamus.
T's there are in
all
THAT.
EESSY BELL AND MARY GRAY.
J73
Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, They were two bonny lasses,
They
built a
And
house upon the
covered
it
Bessy kept the garden
And Mary
lea,
o'er with rashes.
gate,
kept the pantry;
Bessy always had to wait,
While Mary lived
in plenty.
where were you born ? In Lincolnshire, master; come, blow the cow's horn.
Little boy, pretty boy,
HEY, DIDDLE, DIDDLE. 174
HEY, DIDDLE, DIDDLE. Hey,
diddle, diddle, the cat
The cow jumped The
little
And
dog
over the
1/5
and the
moon
fiddle
;
laughed to see such sport,
the dish ran after the spoon.
THE YOUNG LINNETS. DID you ever see the Of Chaffinch or of
When Are
the
little
downy
lying snugly in
nest Linnet, birds it,
Gaping wide their yellow mouths For something nice to eat ? Caterpillar,
They
worm, and grub,
reckon dainty meat.
When the mother-bird And finds them still 176
returns,
and good,
THE YOUNG LINNETS. She
give them each, by turns, proper share of food.
will
A
She has hopped from spray
And peeped Into
caterpillars
lie.
She has searched among the
And
little
flies,
to feed
family.
have seen the Linnets
chirp,
And
shake their downy wings are pleased to see her come,
They
And But
grass,
flown from tree to tree,
Catching gnats and
Her
to spray,
with knowing eye'
the folded leaves
all
Where
I
177
I
:
pleased with what she brings.
never saw them look
Impatient for their food: Somebody, at dinner-time, Is
seldom quite so good.
12
SEE-SAW,
MARGERY DAW. 178
SEE-SAW,
MARGERY DAW.
179
See-saw, Margery Daw,
Jenny
She
shall
shall
have a new master;
have but a penny a day,
Because she can't work any
faster.
122
MOTHER
i8o
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
ANCE
to your daddy,
My
little
Dance
My You In a
You
to
little
shall
shall
I I
the
lily,
fishy,
dishy;
have a
fishy,
sits in
as white as the
in.
the sun,
swan
:
send you three letters, so pray you read one. cannot read one unless I read all;
So
pray, Master
Little girl, little girl,
Teddy, deliver the
where
have you been? Gathering roses to give to the Queen. Little
have a
the boat comes
Queen Anne, Queen Anne, she fair as
your daddy, lamb.
little
When
As
babby;
girl,
little
gave she you
girl,
what
?
She gave me a diamond as big as
my
shoe.
ball.
THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN.
There was an old woman tossed up Ninety times as high as the moon
And where For
in
she was going,
I
in
a basket,
;
couldn't but ask
her hand she carried a broom.
Old woman, old woman, old woman, quoth
O
whither,
To sweep Shall
I
181
O
whither,
O
whither so high?
the cobwebs off the sky!
go with you
?
I,
Ay, by-and-by.
it,
1
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
82
When
was a bachelor,
I
And
all
The
rats
That
The I
I
the meat
I
got
I
I
lived
streets
myself,
put upon a shelf;
and the mice did lead
went
by
me
such a
life,
to London, to get myself a wife.
were so broad, and the lanes were so narrow,
could not get
my
The wheelbarrow
Down tumbled
wife
broke,
home without a wheelbarrow,
my
wheelbarrow,
wife got a little
wife,
fall,
and
all.
ROBIN AND RICHARD WERE TWO PRETTY MEN. Robin and Richard were two pretty men,
They
lay in
Then up
bed
starts
till
the clock struck ten
Robin and looks
;
in the sky,
"Oh, brother Richard, the sun's very high!
You go on
And
I
'11
with bottle and bag,
come
after with jolly
Blow, wind, blow, and go,
That the
miller
may
Jack Nag."
mill, go,
grind his corn;
That the baker may take
And And
into rolls
it,
bring us some hot in the morn.
Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
And
make
it,
Jack jump over
the candlestick.
183
U^l
RIDE A COCK-HORSE. 184
RIDE A COCK-HORSE. Ride a cock-horse
To Banbury To
Cross,
see a fine lady
Upon
a white horse.
Rings on her Bells
She
on her shall
fingers, toes,
have music
Wherever she
goes.
-85
THE FOX AND THE FARMER. A
Fox jumped up on
The
stars
Oh, ho
"
a moonlight night,
were shining, and said the Fox, "
!
For me
to
lifted
Oh, ho
" !
From
his ears,
I
yonder
stile,
it 's
but a short mile
unto yonder town, heigho
The Fox when he came
Whom
to
and he listened awhile;
said the Fox, "
this
things bright;
a very fine night
go through the town, heigho!"
The Fox when he came
He
all
it 's
" !
to the farmer's gate,
should he see but the farmer's Drake;
love you well for your master's sake,
And
long to be picking your bones, heigho!" 186
THE FOX AND THE FARMER. The grey Goose "Oh, ho!"
ran right round the haystack.
said the Fox,
"you are very
You'll do very well to ride on
From
187
this into
my
back,
yonder town, heigho
The
farmer's wife she
And
out of
fat;
" !
jumped out of bed, the window she popped her head
"Oh, husband!
oh,
husband! the Geese are
all
;
dead,
For the Fox has been through the town, heigho
"
The
farmer he loaded his pistol with leau,
And
shot the old rogue of a
Ah, ha
" !
And
said the farmer,
"
I
Fox through
think you
're
" !
the head
;
quite dead,
no more you'll trouble the town, heigho!"
1
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
88
Pease pudding hot,
Pease pudding
cold,
Pease pudding in the pot,
Nine days
Some
like
Some Some
it
hot,
like
like
old.
it
it
Nine days
cold,
in the pot, old.
Curly-locks, Curly-locks, wilt thou be
Thou But
And
shalt not
sit
wash the
mine?
dishes, nor yet feed the swine
on a cushion, and sew a
fine
seam,
feed upon strawberries, sugar, and cream.
Margery Mutton-pie, and Johnny Bo-peep, They met together in Gracechurch Street In and out, in and out, over the way,
Oh!
says Johnny,
'tis
There was a Rat,
Went down
Chop-nose Day.
for
want of
stairs,
a rope to say his prayers.
;
;
SNAIL, SNAIL
Snail, snail,
To-morrow
If
come put out your is
horn,
the day to shear the corn.
wishes were horses, beggars would
If turnips
189
were watches,
I
ride,
would wear one by
my
side.
HARK, HARK, THE DOGS DO BARK. 190
HARK, HARK, THE DOGS DO BARK.
191
Hark, hark,
The dogs do The beggars
are coming to town
Some
in jags,
Some
in rags,
And some
in velvet
One, two, buckle
bark,
my
gown.
shoe;
Three, four, shut the door; Five,
six,
pick up sticks;
Seven, eight, lay them straight; Nine, ten, a good
fat
hen;
Eleven, twelve, dig and delve
;
Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting; Fifteen, sixteen,
maids
in the kitchen;
Seventeen, eighteen, maids in waiting; Nineteen, twenty,
my
plate
is
empty.
;
1
MOTHER
92
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
I
had a
I
put him in a pint pot, and there
I
bought a
little
my thumb
husband, no bigger than
little
I
;
bid him drum.
horse that galloped up and
down
;
I
saddled him, and bridled him, and sent him out of town.
I
gave him some
And
a
I
little
garters, to garter
his hose,
pocket-handkerchief to wipe his pretty nose.
have a
little sister;
She wades the
they
little
call
her Peep, Peep,
water, deep, deep, deep;
She climbs the mountains, Poor
up
thing!
high, high, high.
she has but one eye.
Goo
-
sey,
goo
-
sey,
-
gan
der,
whi - ther
*
*7
Up
stairs,
;JI=^=gs There
I
met
and down
and
stairs,
"~
in
shall
*
my
la
I
wan
-
s
-J-
dy's
der,
cham
-
ber.
^M=^^^='^^
^^Jzz^[:
man, who would not
an old
i=t
say his
prayers,
EE
tf*= took him
^
by
his
left
leg,
and
threw
him down
the
stairs.
J
193
13
I
194
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
Handy Spandy,
NURSERY RHYMES.
Jack-a-dandy,
Loves plum-cake and sugarcandy; He brought some at a grocer's shop, And out he came, hop-hop-hop.
If all the
world were water,
And all the water were ink, What should we do for bread and What should we do for drink ? Hey, my kitten, my kitten, Hey, my kitten, my deary Such a sweet pet as this
Was
cheese
;
neither far nor neary.
Here we go up, up, up, Here we go down, down, down Here we go backwards and forwards, And here we go round, round, round. ;
?
HAD A
/ I
had a
little
pony
They called him I
lent
To
him
LITTLE PONY.
;
Dapple-grey.
to a lady,
ride a mile away.
She whipped him, she slashed him,
She rode him through the mire; I
would not lend
For
my pony now,
the lady's hire.
all
See, see.
What
A
head where
horse's
shall
I
see?
his tail should be.
Pussy cat, Pussy cat, where have you been ? I've been to London to look at the Queen. Pussy
Pussy
cat,
I
frightened a
under the
Little
Lived
He
what
cat,
did you do there little
?
mouse
chair.
Tommy
Tittlemouse
a
house;
in
little
caught fishes In other men's ditches.
195
"THIS
IS
THE HOUSE THAT JACK
196
BUILT."
THE HOUSE THAT JACK This
is
the
BUILT.
MALT
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
This
is
That
ate the malt,
That
built. lay in the house that Jack
the
RAT
197
198
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
This
is
That
killed the rat,
That
ate the malt,
That
lay in the house that Jack built
the CAT,
THE HOUSE THAI JACK
This
is
BUILT,
the DOG,
That worried the
cat,
That
killed the rat,
That
ate the malt,
That
house that Jack built. lay in the
199
200
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
This
is
the
Cow
with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog,
That worried the
cat,
That
killed the rat,
That
ate the malt,
That lay
in the
house that Jack built
THE HOUSE THAT JACK
This
is
the
MAIDEN
all
BUILT.
forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled That tossed the dog, That worried the
cat,
That
killed the rat,
That
ate the malt,
That lay
in the
2OI
house that Jack
built.
horn,
202
MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES.
This
is
the
MAN
all
tattered
That kissed the maiden
all
and
torn,
forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled
That tossed the dog,
horn.
that worried the cat,
That
killed the rat, that ate the malt,
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
THE HOUSE THAT JACK
This
is
the PRIEST
all
That married the man
BUILT.
203
shaven and shorn, all
That kissed the maiden
tattered
all
and
torn,
forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled That tossed the dog,
horn,
that worried the cat,
That
killed the rat, that ate the malt,
That
lay in the house that Jack built.
204
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
This
is
the
COCK
That waked the
that
crowed
priest all
That married the man
morn,
shaven and shorn,
all
That kissed the maiden
in the
all
tattered
and
torn,
forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That
that worried the cat,
killed the rat, that ate the malt,
That lay
in the
house that Jack built
THE HOUSE THAT JACK
This
is
the
FARMER who sowed
That kept the cock That waked the
BUILT.
205
the corn,
that crowed in the morn,
priest all
That married the man
all
shaven and shorn, tattered
and
torn,
206
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, that worried the cat, That
killed the rat, that ate the malt,
That lay
in the
house that Jack
built.
Old mother Widdle Waddle
jumped out of
And
bed,
out of the casement she
popped her head, Crying, "The house is on fire, the grey goose is dead,
And
the fox has
town, oh
Two
come
to the
" !
legs
sat
upon three
legs,
With one leg
in his lap;
In comes four legs, And runs away with one leg;
Up jumps
two
legs,
Catches up three
legs,
Throws it after four legs, makes him bring one leg back.
A LITTLE BOY WENT INTO A BARN.
A
boy went
little
And
An
lay
into a barn,
down on some hay;
owl came out and flew about, the little boy ran away.
And
As
I was going up Primrose Primrose Hill was dirty;
There
And
I
met a
pretty Miss,
she dropped
me
a curtsey.
Little Miss, pretty /Miss,
Blessings light upon you I had half-a-crown a day, ;
If
I 'd
spend
it
Hill,
all
upon you.
207
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
208
I
had a
little
Hen, the
prettiest ever seen,
She washed me the dishes and kept the house She went to the mill to fetch me some flour,
She brought it home in less than an hour; She baked me my bread, she brewed me my She
sat
by the
fire
and told many a
clean
ale,
fine tale.
THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN.
There was a
And
little
his bullets
209
man, and he had a little gun, were made of lead, lead, lead
;
He shot Johnny King through the middle of his And knocked it right off his 'head, head, head.
Three straws on a
Would make a baby
staff,
cry and
laugh.
Multiplication
Division
The Rule
is
is
vexation,
as bad
;
of Three perplexes
me,
And
Practice
drives
me
mad.
Daffy-do wn-D illy has come up to town, In a yellow petticoat and a green gown. 1
1
wig,
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. 210
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. The Queen
211
of Hearts
She made some
tarts
All on a summer's day;
The Knave
He And
of Hearts
stole those tarts,
took them clean away.
The King
of Hearts
Called for the
And
beat the
The Knave
tarts,
Knave
he'd
There were three crows
tarts,
steal
sat
no more.
on a Fal
Two
flew away, and then there
Fal
The
stone,
la,
la la lal de,
was la,
one,
la la lal de,
other crow finding himself alone,
Fal
He
sore;
of Hearts
Brought back the
And vowed
full
flew away, and then there
la,
la la lal de,
was none,
Fal
la,
la la lal de.
14r-2
"JACK .AND
JILL
WENT UP THE 212
HILL.
JACK AND
K
Vivace.
; i.
JILL.
Jack and
3.
Jill
came
Jill
in
went up and she
the
hill
did grin
> J To To
J
J
ML
fetch a pail of wa see his pa- per plais
n~
-
ter
-
ter,
;
Fine.
fell down and broke his crown,And Jill came tumbling af Mo- thervex'd did whip her next, For caus- ing Jack's dis - as
Jack
-
ter.
-
ter.
=fe
* 2.
Up
Jack got, and home did
trot,
As
fast
as
he could ca
-
per;
Dal
Jill
had the job
to
plaister his knob, With vi-negar
213
and brown pa
-
Dame
segno. '&
per
214
MOTHER
When 'T
When The
Then
for
man
nor beast
is
in the
is
in the South,
North, fisher goes not forth
the wind
blows the bait
When
in the East,
is
good
the wind
skilful
When It
the wind
neither
is
NURSERY RHYMES.
GOOSE'S
the wind 'tis at
in the fishes'
is
in the
;
;
mouth
West,
the very best.
Cry, baby, cry,
Put your finger in your eye, tell your mother it wasn't
And
I.
THE TURTLE-DOVE'S VERY high
The
Made
To
in the pine-tree,
little
Turtle-dove
a pretty
little
please her
She was
And
NEST.
nursery,
little love.
gentle, she
was
soft,
her large dark eye
Often turned to her mate,
Who
was
sitting close by.
"Coo," said the Turtle-dove, "
Coo," said she
"Oh,
I
"And
;
love thee," said the Turtle-dove. I
love
THEE."
215
216
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
In the long shady branches
Of
How
the dark pine-tree,
happy were the Doves
In their
The young
little
nursery
!
Turtle-doves
Never quarrelled
in the nest;
For they dearly loved each
Though
other,
they loved their mother best
"Coo," said the
little
Doves.
"Coo," said she.
And
they played together kindly
In the dark pine-tree.
In this nursery of yours, Little sister, little brother,
Like the Turtle-dove's nest
Do
you love one another
Are you
As Then Is
kind, are
you
gentle,
children ought to be
the happiest of nests
your own nursery.
?
?
PETER WHITE. Peter White Will ne'er go
Would you know why ?
He
follows his nose
Wherever he
And
that stands
He
right,
the reason
goes,
all
awry.
would thrive, rise at five
that
Must
He that May lie
;
hath thriven, till seven ;
And
he that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Hush-a-bye, baby, Daddy is near; Mamma is a lady,
And
that's very clear.
217
;
THERE WAS AX OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A 218
SHOE.'
THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN. There was an old woman who
219
lived in a shoe,
She had so many children she didn't know what She gave them some broth, without any bread, She whipped them
all
round, and sent
them
One, two, three, I
love coffee,
And
How
Billy loves tea,
good you
One, two, I
be.
three,
love coffee,
And
Billy loves tea.
to
to bed.
do
MOTHER
220
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
There was an old woman
Who
A
called Nothing-at-all,
lived in a dwelling exceedingly small
man
stretched his
And down
at
mouth
to
its
;
utmost extent,
one gulp house and old
woman
went.
I
HAD A
LITTLE
had a
HOBBY
HORSE.
little
hobby horse, was dapple grey, Its head was made of pea- straw, Its tail was made of hay.
I
And
I
sold
it
it
to
an old
woman
For a copper groat;
And
not sing my song again Without a new coat. I '11
Eggs, butter, cheese, bread, Stick, stock, stone, dead,
Stick him up, stick him down, Stick him in the old man's crown.
221
THE "
FROG'S CHORUS. "
YAUP, yaup, yaup
!
Said the croaking voice of a Frog
"A
:
rainy day
In the month of May,
And
plenty of
room
in the bog."
"Yaup, yaup, yaup!" Said the Frog as
"The
On And
I
"
it
the floating weed,
'm hungry
for dinner to-day."
"
Yaup, yaup, yaup
Said the Frog, as
"Good odd "
it
you hear
that
:
all,
me
call,
you do not come
out."
"
Yaup, yaup, yaup
Said the Frogs; "it
We
'11
When And
!
splashed, about
neighbours
When It is
hopped away:
insects feed
we'll
all
is
come and the
moon
!
charming weather; sup, is
up,
of us croak together." 222
WHAT'S THE NEWS OF THE DAY?
What 's
the
news of the day,
Good
neighbour,
They
say the balloon
Is
I
pray
?
gone up to the moon.
Cross- Patch,
Draw Sit
by the
the latch, fire
Take a
And
And
call
it
up,
your neighbours
Sat upon a clod.
my song,
That's very odd.
cup,
drink
There was an old Crow
There 's an end of
and spin;
in.
223
"DING, DONG, BELL." 224
DING, DONG, BELL. Ding, dong,
225
Pussy's in the well.
bell,
Who
put her in
Who
pulled her out
?
Little ?
Tommy
Little
Tommy
What
a naughty boy was that,
Thus
to
drown poor Pussy
Green.
Cat.
Trout.
NURSERY RHYME ALPHABET.
A
was the Archer who shot
B was C
Bo-peep, with her crook and her dog.
was the
D was E was F was G"
H
at a frog.
Cow
that
jumped over the moon.
the Dish that ran off with the spoon. Elizabeth, Betsey,
and Bess.
the Forest where stood the bird's-nest.
Gaffer Longlegs; downstairs he'd a
Humpty Dumpty
1 was
that
that sat on the wall.
"/" who was going
to St. Ives.
J
Jacky Horner, on plum-pie he
K.
was King Cole with
J__i
Little
fall.
thrives.
his fiddlers three.
Gold- Hair, peeping, you
see.
M.
Mother Hubbard who thought her dog dead.
N
Little Netticoat, xvith a red head. 226
NURSERY RHYME ALPHABET.
O
the old
.P was
Woman
"
" the " Pedlar
227
upon market day
who
" ;
passed by that way.
Q,
was the Queen of Hearts,
Ix
was Red Riding Hood carrying the
S
Simple Simon, the pieman beside.
T
Tommy
U
was the Unicorn, "beat round the town;"
V
was Victoria
\V
Tucker, for supper
he fought
Whittington,
Over great London
X Y Z
is
"
is
a
letter that
who as
Yankee Doodle," the
who
cakes.
cried.
for her crown.
turned again,
Lord Mayor
here
she makes.
tartlets
we that
Zany who laughed
to reign.
can spare.
went to the at
him
fair
there.
152
;
228
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. Swan, swan, over the sea
;
Swim, swan, swim. Swan, swan, back again
;
Well, swan, swam.
One
misty moisty morning,
When I
cloudy was the weather,
met a
little
old man,
Clothed
all
in leather,
Clothed
all
in leather,
With a
How
strap below his chin.
do you do
you do
?
and how do
?
And how do you do
Deedle, deedle, dumpling,
He
went
One shoe
to
bed with
off,
my
son John,
his stockings
on;
and one shoe on,
Deedle, deedle, dumpling,
my
son John.
again
?
THE OLD WOMAN MUST STAND AT 2HE
woman must
The
old
The
dirty clothes to rub, rub, rub;
But when they are I
'11
TUB.
stand at the tub, tub, tub,
clean,
and
fit
to be seen,
dress like a lady, and dance on the green.
229
"HICKETY, PICKETY, MY BLACK HEN. 230
MY
HICKETY, PICKETY, Rickety, pickety,
She
my
BLACK HEN.
black hen,
lays eggs for gentlemen
;
Gentlemen come every day
To
see what
I
'11
tell
my
black hen doth
you a
story,
About John-a-Nory
And now my I'll
tell
lay.
:
story 's begun.
you another,
About Jack and
his brother:
And now my
story's done.
231
I
I
LOVE sixpence, pretty I
I
spent a penny of
Oh, I
my
I
little
I
my
my
What
took twopence
little
I
it,
took nothing
little
will
nothing,
home
I
little
my
to
fourpence,
life;
my
pretty
my
wife.
little
life
my
to
my
;
wife.
pretty
little
my
wife
for
spend nothing,
love nothing better than 232
twopence,
spent another,
home
nothing buy I
wife.
spent another,
my
twopence,
have nothing, I
I
it,
life;
my
to
love twopence better than
And
I
home
fourpence, pretty
spent a penny of
Oh,
my
love fourpence better than
And
I
sixpence,
spent another,
I
it,
took fourpence
spent a penny of
Oh,
little
love sixpence better than
And
I
LOVE SIXPENCE.
my
wife.
nothing, ?
THERE WAS A FAT MAN OF BOMBAY.
233
r;
There was a
Who When
fat
man
of
Bombay,
was smoking one sunshiny day,
a bird called a Snipe flew away with his pipe,
Which vexed
the fat
man
of
Bombay.
'WHEN THE
PIE
WAS OPENED, THE BIRDS BEGAN TO 234
SING."
SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE. Moderate*.
a
mf Sing
song
When
the
pie
Was
not
that
of
was
a
-
six
o
-
dain
pence,
pen'd,
-
ty
A
The
dish
bag
.
birds be
To
set
.
-
of rye
full
gan
be
-
to
fore
;
sing,
the
king
?
236
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
The King was
in his counting-house,
Counting out his money
;
SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE.
The Queen was
in the parlour,
Eating bread and honey;
237
238
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
The maid was
in the garden, out the clothes; Hanging came a little bird, By
And
snapt off her nose.
LITTLE POLLY FLINDERS.
Little Polly Flinders
among the cinders Warming her pretty little toes! Her mother came and caught her, Sate
And whipped
her
little
daughter,
For
spoiling her nice
new
clothes.
Great A,
little A,
Bouncing B,
The
cat
And
in the cupboard, she can't see.
's
239
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
240
Poor old Robinson Crusoe! poor old Robinson Crusoe!
They made him a coat of an old Nanny I wonder how they could do so
goat,
!
With a
ring-a-ting-tang,
and a ring-a-ting-tang,
Poor old Robinson Crusoe
!
COME UNDER
BAT, BAT,
Bat, bat,
come under
And I And when If I am
'11
bake
?
Poor thing!
He will hop to a barn, And to keep himself warm, Will
hide
his
hat,
of bacon, give you a cake, not mistaken. I
The North Wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor Robin do then
my
give you a
MY HAT.
head under
his wing,
Poor thing
!
I
'11
slice
241
THE OLD WOMAN BUYING HER
242
PIG AT MARKET.
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER AN little
old
woman was sweeping "
crooked sixpence.
this little sixpence
pig."
As
?
I
She went a the
go
she,
to market,
"
shall
little farther,
I
do with
and buy a
she was coming home, she came to a
piggy would not go over the
to
her house, and she found a
What," said
will
PIG.
stile
little
:
the
stile.
and she met a dog. So she said
dog 243
Ifi
2
244
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. "
bite pig
Dog, dog,
;
Piggy won't get over the
And
I
shan't get
But the dog would
She went a
little
home
stile-;
to-night."
not.
and she met a
farther,
stick.
So she
said "
Stick, stick, beat
Dog
dog
won't bite pig
;
;
Piggy won't get over the
And But the
would
stick
She went a
shan't get
I
little
home
stile
,
to-night."
not.
farther,
and she met a
fire.
So she
said "
Fire,
fire,
burn stick
;
Stick won't beat dog
Dog
;
won't bite pig;
Piggy won't get over the
And But the
fire
She went a she said
I
shan't get
would little
home
stile
;
to-night."
not.
farther,
and she met some water.
So
7HE
OLD WOMAN AND HER
FIRE, FIRE,
BURN
PIG.
STICK.
Water, water, quench
fire;
Fire won't burn stick;
245
246
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
Stick won't beat dog;
Dog
won't bite pig;
Piggy won't get over the
And
shan't get
I
home
stile
;
to-night."
But the water would not
She went a
little
farther,
and she met an
ox.
So she
said "
Ox, ox, drink water
;
Water won't quench
fire;
Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog;
Dog
won't bite pig;
Piggy won't get over the
And
I
shan't get
home
stile
;
to-night"
But the ox would not
She went a
little
farther,
and she met a butcher.
said "
Butcher, butcher,
Ox
ox
kill
won't drink water
Water won't quench
;
fire
Fire won't burn stick
;
;
;
So she
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER
"
BUTCHER, BUTCHER, KILL OX
Stick won't beat dog;
Dog
won't bite pig;
PIG.
247
248
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
Piggy won't get over the
And
But the butcher would
She went a
home
shan't get
I
little
stile
;
to night."
not.
farther,
and she met a
rope.
So she
said "
Rope, rope, hang butcher Butcher won't
Ox
ox
kill
;
;
won't drink water;
Water won't quench
fire;
Fire won't burn stick
;
Stick won't beat dog;
Dog
won't bite pig;
Piggy won't get over the
And
I
shan't get
But the rope would
She went a
little
home
Rat,
rat,
not.
farther,
and she met a
gnaw rope
Rope won't hang Butcher won't
Ox
;
to night."
said "
stile
kill
;
butcher;
ox
;
won't drink water;
rat.
So she
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER
"
RAT, RAT,
GNAW
ROPE."
Water won't quench
fire
Fire won't burn stick
;
;
PIG.
249
250
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. Stick won't beat dog;
Dog
won't bite pig;
Piggy won't get over the
And But the
rat
She went a
I
shan't get
would little
home
stile
;
to-night"
not.
and she met a
farther,
cat.
So she
said "
Cat, cat, kill rat
;
Rat won't gnaw rope
;
Rope won't hang butcher; Butcher won't
Ox
ox
kill
;
won't drink water;
Water won't quench
fire;
Fire won't burn stick
;
Stick won't beat dog;
Dog
won't bite pig;
Piggy won't get over the
And
I
shan't get
But the cat said to
and
fetch
me
" her,
a saucer of milk,
went the old woman
home If
you
I
to the cow,
stile
;
to-night." will
go
to
yonder cow,
will kill the rat."
and
said
So away
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER
PIG.
251
"COW, COW, GIVE ME A SAUCER OF MILK."
"
Cow, cow, give Cat won't
kill
me rat-
a saucer of milk
;
252
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. Rat won't gnaw rope
;
Rope won't hang butcher Butcher won't
Ox
ox
kill
;
;
won't drink water;
Water won't quench
fire
;
Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat
Dog
dog
won't bite pig
;
;
Piggy won't get over the
And
I
But the cow said to makers, and fetch
me
"If you
her,
a wisp of hay,
So away the old woman went "
home
shan't get
won't give
Cat won't
kill
me
will I
'11
me
rat
milk
;
;
;
won't hang butcher;
Butcher won't
Ox
to-night."
go
to
yonder hay-
give you the milk."
a wisp of hay
Rat won't gnaw rope
Rope
;
to the haymakers,
Haymakers, give
Cow
stile
kill
ox
won't drink water
Water won't quench
;
;
fire
;
and said
;
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER
PIG.
"HAYMAKERS, GIVE ME A WISP OF HAY.
Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog;
Dog* won't bite piV
;
253
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
254
Piggy won't get over the
And
shan't get
I
But the haymakers said to
home
stile
;
to-night." "
her,
If
der stream, and fetch us a bucket of water,
So away
the hay."
to the stream, she
the old
woman went
will
you
full
'11
bucket with water, and away she went back with
As
filled it
So the
to the
and they gave her a wisp of hay.
soon as the cow had eaten the hay, she gave the old
woman the
;
give you
of holes.
she covered the bottom with pebbles, and then
haymakers
to yon-
when she got
but
;
found the bucket was
we
go
cat.
the milk
As
;
and away she went with
it
a saucer to
in
soon as the cat had lapped up the milk
The
cat
began
to kill the rat;
The
rat
began
to
The
rope began to hang the butcher;
The
butcher began to
The ox began
gnaw
the rope;
kill
the ox;
to drink the water;
The water began to quench the fire The fire began to burn the stick; The
stick
began to beat the dog;
The dog began
to bite the pig;
;
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER
''THE CAT BEGAN TO KILL
The
little
And
so the old
PIG.
THE RAT."
pig in a fright jumped over the
woman
got
255
home
stile;
that night.
DICKERY, DICKERY, DOCK.
mouse
ran
>
clock
the
up
The
;
>
mi
F clock
struck
down
and
one,
N
N
the
mouse
ran,
^
N
;r:
JEE^
Dick
-
e
dick
i
-
e
-
ft 2-C,
-
ry,
dck I
!
A DILLAR, A DOLLAR, A TEN O'CLOCK SCHOLAR.
A
a
diller,
a ten o'clock scholar,
dollar,
What makes you come so soon You used to come at ten o'clock, But now you come at noon.
?
come give me thy fiddle, mean to thrive.
Jacky,
If ever thou I
Nay,
'11
not give
To any man If
I
my
fiddle
alive.
should give my fiddle, think that I 'm gone a joyful day
They '11 For many
My
fiddle
and
I
mad
;
have had. 17
257
:
TOMMY KEPT A CHANDLER'S
SHOP."
TOMMY KEPT A CHANDLERS Tommy
SHOP.
kept a chandler's shop,
Richard went to buy a mop,
Tommy
gave him such a whop,
That sent him out of
See a pin and pick
his chandler's shop.
it
up,
All the day you'll have
See a pin and
good
luck.
let it lay,
Bad luck you 11 have
all
the day.
172
259
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
260
Please to remember the
I
Should ever be
A
fifth
of November,
The Gunpowder treason plot; see no reason why Gunpowder
stick
and a stake
Hollo, boys
!
hollo,
treason,
forgot.
for Victoria's sake,
boys
!
God
save the Queen.
LEG OVER LEG. Leg over leg, As the dog went
When
to Dover,
he came, to a
Jump he went
261
stile,
over.
Ladybird, Ladybird,
Fly away home, Your house is on
Your
fire,
children will burn.
2,
i,
3, 4, 5,
I
caught a hare alive
I
let
6,
7,
8,
9,
;
10,
her go again.
This
is
the
way
the ladies
This
is
the
way
the gentlemen go
go Nim, nim, nim.
Trot, trot,
This
is
the
way
trot.
the hunters go Gallop, gallop, gallop.
"THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF TOBAGO."
THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF TOBAGO. There was an old man of Tobago, Who lived on rice, gruel, and sago Till,
"
Little
She
To
much
to his bliss,
His physician said this a leg, sir, of mutton you may
Miss Muffett
sat
on a
tuffett,
Eating of curds and whey
There came a
Who And
sat
down
little
;
spider,
beside her,
frightened Miss Muffett
away.
;
,-
r^
go.
264
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks,
Were walking
Sun-
out one
day,
Says
Tommy
Snooks
to Bessy
Brooks,
Wilt marry
The
cat sat asleep
of the
The
me on Monday?
by the side
fire,
mistress snored loud as a Pig>
took
Jack
up his
fiddle
by
Jenny's desire,
And
struck
Here am Little
When I
up a
bit of
a
jig.
I,
jumping Joan,
nobody's with me,
'm always alone.
GOOD DOBBIN. OH
!
And You
thank you, good Dobbin,
have carried papa
all
have some nice
shall
3-011
the
And
the thick
mud
it
And papa
was
Dobbin, indeed,
to his darling with speed.
has covered his legs and his
has brought papa
The sun
;
blew, and the pelting rain beat,
But yet on he galloped
And
a long track,
way on your back
oats, faithful
For you've brought papa home
The howling wind
Ve been
in spite of
home
feet,
the rain,
to his darling again.
setting a long while ago,
could not see the road where he should go,
But Dobbin kept on through the desolate
And
has brought papa
Now
go
home
again safe to his child.
to the stable, the night
Go, Dobbin, and
rest
wild,
is
so raw,
your old bones on the straw
Don't stand any longer out here
For you've brought papa home '
265
;
in the rain,
to his darling again.
WENT
GILPIN,
AND AWAY WKNT POSTBOY AT
HIS HEELS.
THE DIVERTING
HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED,
AND CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN.
JOHN GILPIN was a
Of
A
credit
citizen
and renown,
train-band captain eke was he,
Of famous London
town.
John Gilpin's spouse said to her " Though wedded we have been
These twice ten tedious
No "
years, yet
holiday have seen.
To-morrow
And we
is
our wedding-day,
will
then repair
Unto the "Bell"
at
dear,
Edmonton,
All in a chaise and pair.
we
268
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. "
My
sister,
and
my
sister's child,
Myself, and children three,
Will
He
horseback after we."
soon replied,
Of
so you must ride
the chaise;
fill
On
"
do admire
I
womankind but one,
And you
are she,
Therefore
it
my
dearest dear,
be done.
shall
am a linendraper bold, As all the world doth And my good friend the
I
know, calender
Will lend his horse to go."
Quoth Mrs.
And
We
Gilpin,
for that
will
Which
"That's well said;
wine
is
dear,
be furnished with our own, is
both bright and clear."
John Gilpin kissed his loving wife; O'erjoyed was he to
find,
That though on pleasure she was
She had a
frugal mind.
bent,
THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN
The morning came,
the chaise
GILPIN. 269
was brought,
But yet was not allowed
To
drive up to the door, lest
all
Should say that she was proud.
So
three doors off the chaise
Where they
did
all
get
in;
was
stayed,
270
MOTHER
NURSERY RHYMES.
GOOSE'S
Six precious souls, and
To
Smack went
As
agog thin.
the whip, round went the wheels,
Were never The
all
dash through thick and
folks so glad
!
stones did rattle underneath,
Cheapside were mad.
if
his horse's side
John Gilpin at Seized
And up
fast
the flowing mane,
he got,
in haste to ride,
But soon came down
again.
For saddletree scarce reached had
he,
His journey to begin.
When, turning round his Three customers come So down he came Although
Yet
it
;
head, he
for loss of time,
grieved him sore,
loss of pence, full well
Would
Twas
trouble
he knew,
him much more,
long before the customers
Were
saw
in.
suited to their mind,
THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN
When "
"
Betty screaming came downstairs,
The wine
Good
My
lack
When
"
quoth
!
bear
I
do
I
" !
"
he,
it
yet bring
my
trusty
me,
sword
exercise."
Mistress Gilpin (careful soul
Had two
bottle
!)
stone bottles found,
To hold the And keep Each
behind
is left
leathern belt likewise,
In which
Now
GILPIN. 271
liquor that she loved, it
safe
and sound.
had a curling
ear,
Through which the belt he drew,
And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over
all,
that he might be
Equipped from top
to toe,
His long red cloak, well brushed and neat,
He
Now
manfully did throw.
see
Upon
him mounted once again his nimble steed,
272
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
Full slowly pacing o'er the stones,
With
caution and good heed.
But finding soon a smoother road Beneath
The
snorting beast began to
Which
"So,
his well-shod feet,
fair
galled him
and
softly!"
John he
But John he cried
That
trot
in vain
cried,
;
became a gallop soon,
In spite of curb and
So stooping down,
Who
trot,
in his seat.
cannot
sit
rein.
as needs he upright,
He grasped the mane with both And eke with all his might. His
horse,
Had What
must
who never
his hands,
in that sort
handled been before,
thing upon his back had got,
Did wonder more and more.
Away went Gilpin, neck or Away went hat and wig;
nought;
THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN
He
little
dreamt,
when he
Of running such a
The wind
GILPfN. 273
set out,
rig.
did blow, the cloak did
fly
Like streamer long and gay, Till,
At
loop and button failing both, last
it
flew away. is
274
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
Then might all people well The bottles he had slung
A
discern ;
bottle swinging at each side,
As
hath been said or sung.
The dogs
did bark, the children screamed,
flew the
Up
windows
all
;
" soul cried out,
And every As loud
Well done
as he could bawl.
Away went
who but he
Gilpin
His fame soon spread around "
He
carries weight
'T
And
is
for a
!
'Twas wonderful
How
in
a
trice the
:
he rides a race
thousand pound
drew
as fast as he
still
?
to
!
" !
near,
view
turnpike-men
Their gates wide open threw.
And
now, as he went bowing down
His reeking head
The
full
low,
bottles twain behind his back
Were
shattered at a blow.
" !
THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN
Down
ran the wine into the road,
Most
piteous to be seen,
Which made
As
But
smoke
the horses flanks to
they had basted been.
he seemed to carry weight,
still
With For
GILF1N. 275
leathern girdle braced
Still
Thus
;
might see the bottle-necks
all
dangling at his waist.
all
through merry Islington
These gambols he did play, Until he came unto the Wash
Of Edmonton
And there On both
so gay
;
he threw the wash about sides of the way,
Just like unto a trundling mop,
Or
a wild goose at play.
At Edmonton
From Her
his loving wife
the balcony spied
tender husband, wondering
To
see
how he
much
did ride. is
2
MOTHER
276
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES. Here's the house!
"Stop, stop, John Gilpin!
They all at once did cry The dinner, waits, and we are ;
"
"
Said Gilpin
But yet
So am
his horse
I
?-
like
!
;
owner had a house
his
Full ten miles
So
" ;
was not a whit
Inclined to tarry there
For why
tired
"
at
off,
Ware.
an arrow swift he
flew,
Shot by an archer strong; So did he fly which brings me
The middle
of
my
to
song.
Away went Gilpin out of breatb And sore against his will, Till at his friend the calender's,
His horse
The
at last stood
calender,
amazed
His neighbour Laid down his
And
in
still.
to see
such trim,
pipe, flew to the gate,
thus accosted him
:
1
IHE DIVERTING HISTORY OF
"
What news Tell
?
what news
me you must and
?
JOHN
your tidings shall
Say why bareheaded you are come,
Or why you come
Now
at all ?"
Gilp'm had a pleasant wit,
And
GILPIN. 277
loved a timely joke
;
tell
;
MOTHER
2;S
And
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
thus unto the calender
In merry guise he spoke "
I
:
came because your horse would come And,
My
:
well forebode,
I
hat and wig will soon be here,
They
The
if
upon the road."
are
calender, right glad to find
His friend
in
merry
pin,
Returned him not a single word,
But to the house went
Whence
A A
wig that flowed behind,
much
Each comely
head
They "
But
the worse for wear,
in its kind.
held them up, and in his turn
Thus showed
"My
;
he came with hat and wig,
straight
hat not
He
in
let
is
his
ready
therefore needs
me
wit,
twice as big as yours,
must
fit
scrape the dirt away,
That hangs upon your
face
;
THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN
And Be
stop and eat, for well you
Said John, "It all
is
my
I
wedding-day,
the world would stare
If wife should dine at
And
may
a hungry case."
in
And
GILPIN. 279
Edmonton,
should dine at Ware."
2 So
MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES. So turning "
am
I
'Twas
for
You
Ah
shall
go back
;
for mine."
and bootless boast
For which he paid
For while he
Did
full
dear;
spake, a braying ass
sing most loud and
Whereat
said,
your pleasure you came here,
luckless speech,
!
he
to his horse,
in haste to dine
clear;
his horse did snort, as
Had heard And galloped
a lion
roar,
off with all
As he had done
his might,
before.
Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig
He
lost
them sooner than
For why
Now
he
at
:
first,
they were too big.
Mistress Gilpin,
Her husband
when she saw
posting
Into the country
far
down
away,
She pulled out half-a-crown
;
!
THE DIVERTING HISTORY
And
JOHN
GILPIN. 281
thus unto the youth she said
That drove them This
OF.
shall
My
be yours when you bring back
husband
The youth
to the "Bell,"
safe
and
well."
did ride, and soon did meet
John coming back amain
;
282
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Whom
in
a
trice
he tried to
catching at his rein
By
stop,
;
But not performing what he meant,
And The
gladly would have done,
frighted steed he frighted more,
And made him
faster run.
Away went Gilpin, and away Went postboy at his heels. The
postboy's horse .right glad to miss
The lumbering
of the wheels.
Six gentlemen upon the road,
Thus seeing
W ith 7
They "
raised the
Stop thief
!
Not one
And
Gilpin
fly,
postboy scampering in the
all
Did
hue and
stop thief of
!
rear,
cry.
a highwayman
them was mute
' !
;
and each that passed that way
join in the pursuit.
And now
the turnpike-gates again
Flew open
in short
space;
IHE
DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN G1LPIN.
The
toll-men thinking, as before,
That Gilpin rode a
And
so he did, and
For he got
Nor stopped
He
Now
first till
race.
won
to
it
town
too, ;
where he had got
up,
did again get down.
us sing,
let
And
live the
King,
Gilpin, long live he;
And when
May
Long
I
he next doth ride abroad,
be there to
see.
283
284
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Twinkle, twinkle,
How Up
I
little
star,
wonder what you are
!
above the world so high.
Like a diamond
in the sky.
TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR,
When When
the blazing sun
Then you show your
If
all
little
light,
the night.
the traveller in the dark
Thanks you
How
gone,
he nothing shines upon,
Twinkle, twinkle,
Then
is
285
for
your tiny spark
:
could he see where to go,
you did not twinkle so
?
In the dark blue sky you keep,
Often through
my
curtains peep,
For you never shut your
eye,
Till the
sun
As your
bright and tiny spark
is
in the sky.
Lights the traveller in the dark,
Though
I
know
Twinkle, twinkle,
not what you are, little
star.
Charley, Charley, stole the barley
Out
of the baker's shop
'
;
The baker came out, and gave him And made poor Charley hop.
a
clout,
286
MOTHER GOOSE NURSERY RHYMES.
A, B, C, tumble down D, The cat's in the cupboard and can't see me.
Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy,
and Bess,
They all went together to seek a bird's They found a bird's nest with five eggs They all took one, and left four in.
nest, in ;
UP HILL AND
Up
hill
Butter
And Is
if
and down is
made
in
DALE.
dale,
every vale;
Nancy Cook
a good
She
DOWN
shall
And make
girl,
have a spouse, butter anon,
Before her old grandmother
Grows a young man.
287
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
288
To market, to market, To buy some meat to
a gallop, a trot, put in the pot; Threepence a quarter, fourpence a side, If it hadn't been killed it must have died.
Apple-pie, pudding, and pancake, All begins with A.
My
little
I
fell
I '11 tell
all I
old
man and
out;
you what
't
was
about,
had money and he had none,
And
that 's the way the noise begun.
GEORGIE PORGIE. Allegro moderate.
Geor
-
gie
For
-
pud
gie,
-
ding
and
pie,
g=q=g -
9-
Kiss'd
the
girls
.
.
When
the
girls
.
.
and
made
them
cry.
&=!==*
Geor
-
gie
For
-
came
gie
289
out
to
ran
a
play,
-
way.
19
MOTHER
290 I
love
And
if
little
I
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
Pussy, her coat
is
so warm,
don't hurt her, she'll do I
'11
sit
me
by the
no harm.
fire,
and give
her some food,
And Pussy cause
will love I
am
me, be-
good.
n\\
TAFfY WAS A WELSHMAN.
291
Taffy was a Welsh-
man, Taffy was a
Taffy
came
thief,
my
to
house,
And
stole a leg of III
beef.
I
went
to
III
W
III
Taffy's
house,
Taffy was
home Taffy
not
at
;
came
my
to
house
And
a mar-
stole
row-bone.
I
went
to
Taffy's
house,
Taffy was
in I
bed
;
took the marrow-bone,
And
broke Taffy's head.
192
9
II
"A FARMER WENT TROTTING UPON 292
HIS GREY MARE."
A FARMER WENT TROTTING.
293
A
farmer went trotting upon his grey mare, Bumpety, bumpety, bump With his daughter behind him so rosy and fair, Lumpety, lumpety, lump
!
!
A
and they all tumbled down, Bumpety, bumpety, bump The mare broke her knees, and the farmer his crown, Lumpety, lumpety, lump raven cried croak
!
!
!
294
MOTHER
GOOSE'S NUJtSERY RHYMES.
The mischievous raven
flew laughing away,
Bumpety, bumpety, bump he would serve them the same the next day, !
And vowed
Lumpety, lumpety, lump
Little Betty
!
Blue
Lost her holiday shoe, What can little Betty do
?
Give her another
To match And then
the other,
she
may walk
in two.
Hush-a-bye, baby, lie with thy daddy,
Thy mammy is gone to the mill, To get some meal to bake a cake, So
pray,
You You You
my
dear baby,
lie
still.
shall
have an apple, have a plum,
shall
have a
shall
When
rattle-basket,
papa comes home.
still
A MAN OF WORDS AND NOT OF DEEDS. A
MAN
of words and not of deeds
Is like a
garden
And when It's like
a garden
And when It
's
And when
It
like
of weeds
full
the bird in
away does
fly,
the sky begins to roar, ;
the door begins to crack,
your back;
your back begins to smart,
It's like a penknife in
And when
fall,
;
the sky;
It's like a stick across
And when
to
upon the wall
a lion at the door
And when
;
of snow;
snow begins
an eagle
And when 's
the
like a bird
It's like
full
the weeds begin to grow,
your heart;
your heart begins to bleed,
You're dead, and dead, and dead indeed.
296
MOTHER
GOOSE'S
foor Dog
Ran
NURSERY RHYMES.
Bright,
off with all his might,
Because the cat was
Poor
Dog
after him,
Bright.
Poor Cat Fright,
Ran
off with all
her might,
Because the dog was alter her
Poor Cat Fright.
;
AS 1 WAS GOING UP PIPPIN HILL.
As
I was going up Pippin Pippin Hill was dirty,
There
And
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Hill,
met a pretty miss, she dropped me a curtsey.
I
Early to bed, and early to rise, Is the way to be healthy, wealthy, and wise.
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MOTHER
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
Old woman, old woman,
shall
Speak a little louder, sir, Old woman, old woman,
I
Thank
you, kind
sir,
I
we go
am
shall
I
kiss
hear very
The Cuckoo's a bonny She sings as she She brings us good
And
tells
She sucks
us no
little
a-shearing
very thick
o'
?
hearing.
you dearly
clearly.
bird,
flies,
tidings,
lies.
birds' eggs,
To make her voice clear, And never cries "Cuckoo!" Till spring-time of the year.
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PAT-A-CAKE, PAT-A-CAKE, MAKER'S MAN.
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Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man,
Bake me a cake as Prick
And
and pat
it
put
it
it,
in the
fast as
you can;
and mark
oven
for
it
with
G
;
Teddy and me.
Pussy-cat ate the dumplings, the dumplings Pussy-cat ate the dumplings.
Mamma
Why
stood by, and cried, "Oh,
fie!
did you eat the dumplings?"
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MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Needles and pins, needles and pins, a man marries his trouble begins.
When
For every evil under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none. be one, try and find If there be none, never mind If there
it; it.
THREE CHILDREN SLIDING ON THE
Three children
sliding
on the
ICE.
ice,
All on a summer's day,
As
fell
it
The
Now Or
out they
all
had these children been sliding
They had
parents
And If
in,
rest they ran away.
at
home,
on dry ground,
Ten thousand pounds
You
fell
not
all
all
to
one penny
been drowned.
that children have,
you, too, that have none,
you would have them safe abroad, Pray keep them safe at home.
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THE WONDERFUL DERBY RAM. As
was going
I
I
met the
I
met the
finest
Upon
to
ram,
hay,
fat
sir,
sir,
behind,
sir,
fat
before
;
indeed he was no more
sir;
more, no more, no more sir
;
ram was
this
;
was fed upon hay.
that ever
This ram was ten yards round,
The
was fed upon hay
that ever
This ram was ten yards round,
No
on a market day,
upon hay, upon hay
finest ram,
This ram was
all
Derby
;
;
indeed he was no more.
;
horns that grew on his head,
sir,
they were so won-
drous high,
As
I
Ve been
The As
I
The
an
And
it
that
ell
it
plainly told,
grew from
they reached up to the sky
sir,
bell,
was sent
to
they reached up to the sky.
his back,
the to
Derby bell,
sir,
to toll the
the bell
Derby
was
six yards
market
bell;
;
to toll the 302
;
;
;
was sent
The
And
sir,
sky, the sky, the sky
Ve been
tail
plainly told,
market
bell.
and
MY LADY
My
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Lady Wind, my Lady Wind,
Went round
A
WIND.
about the house, to find
chink to get her foot in;
She
tried the keyhole in the door,
She
tried the crevice in the floor,
And And
drove the chimney soot
then one night when
it
in.
was
dark,
She blew up such a tiny spark, That all the house was pothered;
From it she raised up such a flame As flamed away to Belting Lane, And White Cross folks were smothered.
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MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES. And
A
thus
when
once,
my
little
dears,
whisper reaches itching ears,
The same
will
Take my advice, Remember what
come, you restrain
find
'11
;
your tongue,
old Nurse has sung
Of busy Lady Wind.
Bow-wow-wow
Whose dog Little
Tom
!
art thou
?
Tucker's dog.
BOW -WOW-WOW T
!
Let us go to the woods, says this pig.
What
to
do there
?
says this
Pig-
To
seek
mamma,
says this
pig-
What
to
do with her
?
says
this pig.
To
kiss her, to kiss her, says
this pig.
JENNY SHALL HAVE A NEW BONNET. shall
JEXXY
have a new bonnet,
And Jenny And Jenny
To
tie
shall
shall
And why may
not Jenny love
not
?
me
?
love Jenny,
I
body?
here's a leg for a stocking,
here
is
a leg
for
a shoe,
she has a kiss for her daddy,
And two
for her
And why may
not
And why may And why may As
hair.
love Jenny
I
well as another
And
And
have a blue ribbon
not
And why may
And
fair,
up her bonny brown
And why may
As
go to the
mammy, I
I
trow.
love Jenny?
not Jenny love
not
I
well as another 305
me
?
love Jenny,
body? 20
MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Nievie, nievie, nicknack,
Which hand
will
ye
tak'
?
Tak' the I'll
right, or tak' the wrang, beguile ye, if I can.
Oh, mother, I 'm to be married to Mr. Punchinello To Mr. Pun, to Mr. Chin, to Mr. Nel, to Mr. Lo, Mr. Pun, Mr. Chin, Mr. Nel, Mr. Lo, to Mr. Punchinello. ;
RAIN, RAIN,
GO TO
SPAIN.
Rain, rain, go to Spain,
And
Up
never come back again.
hill
spare me,
Down hill 'ware me, On level ground spare me not, And in the stable forget me not.
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MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES. When
Fred went
little
to
bed,
He
always
prayers
He
said
his
;
mamma, and
kissed
then papa,
And
straightway went
upstairs.
Bless you, bless you,
bee
your wedding be
Say,
when
If
be to-morrow day,
it
will
Take your wings and
Jack Sprat's
Nor
?
away.
fly
He
bonny
:
pig,
was not very
little,
yet very big;
He was not very lean, He was not very fat, He do well for a grunt, '11
Says
little
Jack Sprat.
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY.
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Rain, rain,
Go Come
away, again April day;
Little
Johnny
Wants
A
little
a
to play.
cock sparrow sat on
tree,
Looking as happy as happy could be, Till a
Says
boy came by with
he,
His body
And
I
his
bow and
will shoot the little will
arrow,
cock sparrow.
make me a nice little stew, make me a little pie,
his giblets will
Says the little cock sparrow, I '11 be shot So he clapped his wings, and flew away.
too. if
I
stay,
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MOTHER
The The
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
rose
is
red, the violet
pink
is
sweet,
"We'll go " We '11 go "We'll go "We'll go
a-shooting," a-shooting," a-shooting," a-shooting,"
's
blue
;
and so are you.
says says says says
Robin
to Bobbin,
Richard to John John,
all
alone;
every one.
;
VALENTINE, OH, VALENTINE. \\r
Valentine, oh, Valentine,
Curl your locks as I do mine before and two behind
Two
;
;
Good morrow
to you, Valentine.
Isbister, and Betsy his sister, Resolve upon giving a treat
Mr.
;
So
letters
they write,
Their friends to
To
their
house
in
invite
Great Camomile
Street.
LITTLE BO-PEEP HAS LOST
HER SHEEP, AND CAN'T TELL WHERE
TO FIND THEM."
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LITTLE BO-PEEP. Andante. -ft
i
Lit
Bo
- tie
-
has
peep
her
lost
r
can
-
-
not
tell
where
to
find
sheep,
.^T^=
them
& Leave them
bring
a
-
and
lone,
their
tails
come home,
they'll
be
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-
hind
And
the
;
^
And
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MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
Little
And
Bo-peep
fell fast
asleep,
dreamt she heard them bleating;
But when she awoke she found
For
still
they
all
were
it
fleeting.
a joke,
LITTLE BO-PEEP.
Then up she took her Determined
for to find
She found 'em For they'd
little
315
crook,
them;
indeed, but
it
left their tails
made
her heart bleed,
behind 'em.
1
6
MOTHER
It
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
happened one day, as Bo-peep did stray
Unto a meadow hard There she espied All
hung on a
by,
their tails, side
tree to dry.
by
side,
LITTLE BO-PEEP.
Then she heaved
And
And To
ran o'er
tried
317
a sigh, and wiped her eye,
hill
what she
and
dale-o,
could, as a shepherdess should,
tack to each sheep
its
tail-o.
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MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
As I
I
was going
to St. Ives,
met a man with seven wives,
Every wife had seven Every sack had seven Every
cat
had seven
Kits, cats, sacks,
How many Go Go Go
sacks, cats,
kits.
and wives,
were there going
to St. Ives
to
bed
to
bed second, a golden pheasant; bed third, a golden bird.
to
first,
a golden purse;
?
THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN.
There was an old woman, and what do you think
She
upon nothing but Victuals and drink were the lived
victuals
and drink;
chief of her diet,
Yet the plaguey old woman would never be
quiet.
?
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MOTHER
She went
And when
GOOSE'S
NURSERY RHYMES.
to the baker's to
she came
home
buy some bread
She went to the clerk, to toll the great bell And when she came back, her husband was
Some
little
mice sat
in
;
her husband was dead. ;
well.
a barn to spin,
Pussy came by, and she popped her head in. "Shall I come in and cut your threads off?" "Oh, no, kind sir, you will snap our heads off."
