MOTHER GOOSE.

Jack rode to his mother,

The news for to tell,

She called him a good boy,

And said it was well.

Jack sold his gold egg

To a rogue of a Jew,

Who cheated him out of

The half of his due.

Then Jack went a-courting

A lady so gay,

As fair as the lily,

And sweet as the May.

The Jew and the Squire

Came close at his back,

And began to belabour

The sides of poor Jack.

And then the gold egg

Was thrown into the sea,

But Jack he jump'd in,

And got it back presently.

The Jew got the goose,

Which he vow'd he would kill,

Resolving at once

His pockets to fill.