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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... wife , And tl ey lived all in a mad lane ! They had three children all at a birth And they too were mad every one . The father was mad , The mother was mad , The children all mad beside ; And upon a mad horse they all of them got , And ...
... wife , And tl ey lived all in a mad lane ! They had three children all at a birth And they too were mad every one . The father was mad , The mother was mad , The children all mad beside ; And upon a mad horse they all of them got , And ...
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... wife , And ti ey lived all in a mad lane ! They had three children all at a birth And they too were mad every one . The father was mad , The mother was mad , The children.all mad beside ; And upon a mad horse they all of them got , And ...
... wife , And ti ey lived all in a mad lane ! They had three children all at a birth And they too were mad every one . The father was mad , The mother was mad , The children.all mad beside ; And upon a mad horse they all of them got , And ...
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... wife . The streets were so broad , and the lanes were so narrow , I was forced to bring my wife home in a wheelbarrow ; The wheelbarrow broke , and my wife had a fall , And down came the wheelbarrow , wife and all . Charley Wag , Ate ...
... wife . The streets were so broad , and the lanes were so narrow , I was forced to bring my wife home in a wheelbarrow ; The wheelbarrow broke , and my wife had a fall , And down came the wheelbarrow , wife and all . Charley Wag , Ate ...
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... wife . The streets were so broad , and the lanes were so narrow , I was forced to bring my wife home in a wheelbarrow ; The wheelbarrow broke , and my wife had a fall , And down came the wheelbarrow , wife and all . Charley Wag , Ate ...
... wife . The streets were so broad , and the lanes were so narrow , I was forced to bring my wife home in a wheelbarrow ; The wheelbarrow broke , and my wife had a fall , And down came the wheelbarrow , wife and all . Charley Wag , Ate ...
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... wife , And. Kettles and pans , Say the bells of St. Ann's . Brickbats and tiles , Say the beils of S. Giles . Old shoes and slippers , Say the bells of St. Peter's . Pokers and tongs , Say the bells of St. John's . You owe me five ...
... wife , And. Kettles and pans , Say the bells of St. Ann's . Brickbats and tiles , Say the beils of S. Giles . Old shoes and slippers , Say the bells of St. Peter's . Pokers and tongs , Say the bells of St. John's . You owe me five ...
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.