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... Pussy - Cat , And down went he ; Down came Pussy - Cat , Away Robin ran , Says little Robin Redbreast- Catch me if you can . Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a spade , Pussy - Cat jumped after him , and then he was afraid . Little ...
... Pussy - Cat , And down went he ; Down came Pussy - Cat , Away Robin ran , Says little Robin Redbreast- Catch me if you can . Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a spade , Pussy - Cat jumped after him , and then he was afraid . Little ...
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... cat's in the well , Who put her in ? little Johnny Green . Who pulled her out ? great Johnny Stout . What a naughty boy was that , To drown poor pussy cat ; Who never did him any harm , And killed the mice in his father's barn . Lazy ...
... cat's in the well , Who put her in ? little Johnny Green . Who pulled her out ? great Johnny Stout . What a naughty boy was that , To drown poor pussy cat ; Who never did him any harm , And killed the mice in his father's barn . Lazy ...
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... pussy - cat Tied to one side ; And he shall have little dog Tied to the other , And Johnny shall ride To see his grandmother . Hush - a - bye , baby , lie still with thy daddy , Thy mammy is gone to the mill , To get some meal to bake a ...
... pussy - cat Tied to one side ; And he shall have little dog Tied to the other , And Johnny shall ride To see his grandmother . Hush - a - bye , baby , lie still with thy daddy , Thy mammy is gone to the mill , To get some meal to bake a ...
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... Pussy cat , pussy cat , where have you been. Bow , wow , wow , whose dog are thou ? Little Tom Tinker's dog , bow , wow , wow . What's the news of the day , Good neighbour ,. 63.
... Pussy cat , pussy cat , where have you been. Bow , wow , wow , whose dog are thou ? Little Tom Tinker's dog , bow , wow , wow . What's the news of the day , Good neighbour ,. 63.
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Ann's baby bells of St bend and break bird Bobby Shaftoe's bonny bread Bridge is broken cart and six Charley loves cock horse Cotton Mather cradle Dance dead Diddle ding Fal de ralal Fleet flew gay ladye girls gone Gravel and stone Hiccory hire seven cooks Jack Jemmy Jed Jill Johnny Pringle Johnny shall ride jolly red Nose king Lady Lee little boy little dog Little Robin Redbreast London Bridge love Johnny marry moon Mother Goose Mother Goose's Melodies mouse MUNROE & FRANCIS Old Bailey old woman Pease porridge penny Pibroch of Donnel pounce printed Pudding lane pumpkin eater pussy cat Pussy-Cat Queen ralal de ral-laddy Richard to Robin Ride a cock Robin to Bobin Say the bells says John says Richard says Robin shoe sing six horses song Street sung Taffy tell Thomas Fleet whipt wife
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Page 29 - Before the Barn-door crowing. The Cock by Hens attended, His Eyes around him throwing, Stands for a while suspended. Then One he singles from the Crew, And cheers the happy Hen; With how do you do, and how do you do, And how do you do again.
Page 31 - THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW he north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor Robin do then, Poor thing? He'll sit in a barn, And keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing.
Page 15 - 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 75 - PETER, Peter, pumpkin eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her; He put her in a pumpkin shell And there he kept her very well.
Page 64 - Pussy cat, pussy cat. Where have you been? I've been to London To look at the queen. Pussy cat, pussy cat. What did you there?
Page 96 - 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 33 - And here we go backwards and forwards, And here we go round, round, roundy.
Page 93 - 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 44 - When the wind blows the cradle will rock; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle, and all.
Page 36 - The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown : The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town. Some gave them white bread and some gave them brown ; Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town.