THREE CHILDREN SLIDING ON THE ICE.

Three children sliding on the ice,

Upon a summer's day;

As it fell out, they all fell in,

The rest they ran away.

Now had these children been at home,

Or sliding on dry ground,

Ten thousand pounds to one penny,
They had not all been drown'd.

You parents all that children have,
And you that have got none,

If you would keep them safe abroad,
Pray keep them safe at home.

LITTLE KING BOGGEN.

Little King Boggen he built a fine hall,

Pie crust and pastry crust that was the wall,

The windows were made of black puddings and

white,

And slated with pancakes, you ne'er saw the like.

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SIMPLE SIMON.

SIMPLE SIMON.

Simple Simon met a pieman
Going to the fair;

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
"Pray 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."

Simple Simon went a-fishing
For to catch a whale;

All the water he had got
Was in his mother's pail.

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 its tail.

I HAD A LITTLE PONY.

I had a little pony,

His name was Dapple-grey,
I lent him to a lady,

To ride a mile away;

She whipp'd him, she slash'd him,
She rode him through the mire;
I would not lend my pony now
For all the lady's hire.

TWELVE PEARS HANGING HIGH.

Twelve pears hanging high,

Twelve knights riding by;

Each knight took a pear,

And left eleven hanging there.

HINX, MINX! THE OLD WITCH WINKS.

Hinx, minx! the old witch winks,

The fat begins to fry;

There's nobody at home but jumping Joan,

Father, mother, and I!

HE that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith.

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AS ROUND AS AN APPLE.

THE MAN IN THE WILDERNESS ASKED ME.

The man in the wilderness asked me,
How many strawberries grew in the sea?
I answered him, as I thought good,

As many as red herrings grew in the wood.

THIRTY WHITE HORSES ON A RED HILL.

Thirty white horses on a red hill,

Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still.

HERE AM I.

Here am I, little jumping Joan;
When nobody's with me,
I'm always alone.

AS ROUND AS AN APPLE.

As round as an apple,

As deep as a cup;

And all the King's horses

Can not pull it up.

THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN.

There was a little man,

And he wooed a little maid,

And he said, "Little maid, will you wed, wed, wed?

I have little more to say,

Then 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? Will the love that you're so rich in

Make a fire in the kitchen?

Or the little god of Love turn the spit spit, spit?"

LITTLE NANNY ETTICOAT.

Little Nanny Etticoat,

In a white petticoat,

And a red nose;

The longer she stands,

The shorter she grows.