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Page 70 - ... the priest all shaven and shorn That married the man all tattered and torn 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.
Page 12 - SEE a pin and pick it up, All the day you'll have good luck ; See a pin and let it lay, Bad luck you'll have all the day ! CLX.
Page 48 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king!
Page 16 - SIMPLE Simon met a pieman Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware." Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny"; Says Simple Simon to the pieman. "Indeed I have not any.
Page 70 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, 20 That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn...
Page 30 - WHEN good King Arthur ruled this land He was a goodly king ; He stole three pecks of barley-meal, To make a bag-pudding. A bag-pudding the king did make, And stuff'd 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 eat that night, The queen next morning fried.
Page 34 - Goosey goosey gander, / Whither shall I wander? / Upstairs and downstairs, / And in my lady's chamber. / There I met an old man / Who would not say his prayers; / I took him by the left leg, / And threw him down the stairs.
Page 96 - The Man in the Wilderness The Man in the Wilderness asked of me, "How many strawberries grow in the sea?" I answered him, as I thought good, "As many red herrings as grow in the wood.
Page 92 - There was a fat man of Bombay, Who was smoking one sunshiny day, When a bird, called a snipe, Flew away with his pipe, Which vexed the fat man of Bombay. There was a girl in our town,119 Silk an' satin was her gown, Silk an' satin, gold an' velvet, Guess her name, three times I've telled it.
Page 30 - WHEN good King Arthur ruled this land, He was a 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.