The sweetest notes he always sung,
Which much delighted Mary;
And near the cage she'd ever sit,
To hear her own canary.

BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP.

Baa, baa, black sheep,

Have you any

wool ?

Yes, marry, have I,

Three bags full:

One for my master,

One for my dame;
But none for the little girl
That cries in the lane.

HUMPTY DUMPTY.

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall ;

All the king's horses and all the king's men

Could not set Humpty Dumpty up again.

SIMPLE SIMON.

Simple Simon met a pieman
Going to the fair;

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
Let me taste your ware.'

Says the pieman unto Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny."

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
Indeed I have not any."

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Simple Simon went to look

If plums grew on a thistle;
He pricked his fingers very much,
Which made poor Simon whistle.

He went to catch a dicky bird,
And thought he could not fail
Because he'd got a little salt
To put upon his tail.

IIe went to shoot a wild duck,
But wild duck flew away.

Says Simon, "I can't hit him,

Because he will not stay."

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