XV. THE king of France went up the hill, With twenty thousand men ; The King of France came down the hill, And ne'er went up again. Second Class.—Tales. XVI THERE was an old woman had three sons, Jerry, and James, and John: Jerry was hung, James was drowned, John was lost and never was found, And there was an end of her three sons, Jerry, and James, and John! XVII. THERE was a man in Thessaly, XVIII. WHEN I was a bachelor, I lived by myself, I was forced to go to London to buy me a wife; XIX. RowsTY dowt, my fire's all out, I'll saddle my cock and bridle my hen, And fetch my little dame home again! She asked for the furmety she left in the pot; Some she eat and some she shod, And some she gave to the truckler's dog; ΧΧ ROBIN and Richard Were two pretty men; They laid in bed Till the clock struck ten; Then up starts Robin And looks at the sky, Oh! brother Richard, You The sun's very high. go before with the bottle and bag, And I will come after on little Jack Nag. You go first, and open the gate, And I'll come after, and break your pate. XXI. [From MS. Bib. Reg. 8 a. v. fol. 52, of the time of Henry VIII.] WE make no spare Of John Hunkes' mare; And now I Think she will die: He thought it good To put her in the wood, To seek where she might ly dry; If the mare should chance to fale, Then the crownes would for her sale. XXII. I HAD a little dog, and his name was Blue Bell, I gave him some work, and he did it very I sent him up stairs to pick up a pin, well; He stepped in the coal-scuttle up to the chin. I sent him to the cellar, to draw a pot of beer, XXIII. THERE was a little man, And he woo'd a little maid, And he said, little maid, will you wed, wed, wed? I have little more to say, Than will you, yea or nay, For least said is soonest mended-ded, ded, ded. The little maid replied, Some say a little sighed, But what shall we have for to eat, eat, eat? Make a fire in the kitchen? Or the little god of Love turn the spit-spit, spit? |