The Only True Mother Goose Melodies: Without Addition Or Abridgement : Embracing Also a Reliable Life of the Goose Family, Never Before Published : Numerous Illustrations |
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Page 31
... , in velvet sheen , And I took up a stick to pound her , She jumped over a barberry - bush , And I jump'd over a timber , I showed her a gay gold ring , And she showed me her finger . Ride a cock horse to Charing - Cross , So 3 ;
... , in velvet sheen , And I took up a stick to pound her , She jumped over a barberry - bush , And I jump'd over a timber , I showed her a gay gold ring , And she showed me her finger . Ride a cock horse to Charing - Cross , So 3 ;
Page 32
... cock horse to Charing - Cross , So see a young woman Jump on a white horse , With rings on her fingers . And bells on her toes , And she shall have music Wherever she goes . Johnny shall have a new bonnet , And Johnny shall go to the ...
... cock horse to Charing - Cross , So see a young woman Jump on a white horse , With rings on her fingers . And bells on her toes , And she shall have music Wherever she goes . Johnny shall have a new bonnet , And Johnny shall go to the ...
Page 57
... with a good will , or not at all . Up the ladder and down the wall , A halfpenny roll will serve us all . You find milk and I'll find flour , And we'll have pudding in half an hour . Ride a cock horse to Banbury - cross To see 57.
... with a good will , or not at all . Up the ladder and down the wall , A halfpenny roll will serve us all . You find milk and I'll find flour , And we'll have pudding in half an hour . Ride a cock horse to Banbury - cross To see 57.
Page 58
... cock horse to Banbury - cross To see what Tommy can buy ; A penny white loaf , a penny white cake , And a two penny apple pie . AVERY " Ride a cock horse to Shrewsbury - cross , To buy little Johnny a galloping horse : It trots behind ...
... cock horse to Banbury - cross To see what Tommy can buy ; A penny white loaf , a penny white cake , And a two penny apple pie . AVERY " Ride a cock horse to Shrewsbury - cross , To buy little Johnny a galloping horse : It trots behind ...
Page 91
... Cock - horse to ride , Sword and scabbard by his side , Saddle , leaden spurs and switches , His pocket tight With cents all bright , Marbles , tops , puzzles props , Now he's put in jacket and breeches . There were two blackbirds ...
... Cock - horse to ride , Sword and scabbard by his side , Saddle , leaden spurs and switches , His pocket tight With cents all bright , Marbles , tops , puzzles props , Now he's put in jacket and breeches . There were two blackbirds ...
Common terms and phrases
baby bells of St Bobby Shaftoe bonny Boston bread Bristol cart and six cock Cotton Mather Dance dead dear ding Eliot Norton Elizabeth Gaskell Fal de ral-al family of Goose gay ladye gone GOOSE FAMILY Granary Burying Ground HARVARD COLLEGE HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY hire seven cooks horse Isaiah Thomas Jill Johnny shall ride jump'd king Lady Lee little boy Little Robin Little Robin Redbreast marry MATHER AND MOTHER mee-ow mi-ow mittens Mother Goose Mother Goose's Melodies mouse NORTON NOVEMBER 16 Nose Nursery office in Pudding old woman penny pounce pretty printing office Pudding lane pumpkin eater purr-r pussy cat Pussy-Cat queen ral-al de ral-laddy Richard to Robin Robin to Bobin Say the bells says John says Richard says Robin shoe sing songs and ditties stole oranges street Taffy Thomas Fleet three little kittens washed wealthy family wheelbarrow wife wren
Popular passages
Page 38 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Page 54 - I like little Pussy, Her coat is so warm; And if I don't hurt her She'll do me no harm. So I'll not pull her tail, Nor drive her away, But Pussy and I Very gently will play...
Page 53 - I HAD a little husband, No bigger than my thumb, I put him in a pint pot, And there I bid him drum. I bought a little horse, That galloped up and down; I bridled him, and saddled him, And sent him out of town. I gave him some garters, To garter up his hose, And a little handkerchief, To wipe his pretty nose.
Page 53 - As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits — Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
Page 4 - There was an old woman who lived in a shoe; She had so many children she didn't know what to do.