 Cat, cat, kill rat! Rat won't gnaw rope; Rope won't hang butcher; Butcher won't kill ox; Ox won't drink water; Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Pig won't get over the stile, And I shan't get home...  The Sprague Classic Readers: Book 1-5 - Page 133by Sarah E. Sprague - 1902Full view - About this book
 | Charles Raikes - British - 1852 - 288 pages
...nursery myth, in which the prominent characters are an old woman and a pig. " Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over gate, and I shan't get home to my supper to-night." Thank Heaven, we have got rid of most... | |
 | Charles Raikes - British - 1852 - 286 pages
...nursery myth, in which the prominent characters are an old woman and a pig. " Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over gate, and I shan't get home to my supper to-night." Thank Heaven, we have got rid of most... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - Nursery rhymes, English - 1871 - 244 pages
...a little further, and she met an ox. So she said, " Ox ! ox ! drink water. Water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the ox would not. She went a little further,... | |
 | Nursery rhymes, English - 1883 - 75 pages
..." Rope ! rope ! hang butcher. Butcher won't kill ox, ox won't drink water, water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, pig won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the rope would not. She went a little further,... | |
 | Joseph Jacobs - Children's stories - 1890 - 296 pages
...rope won't hang butcher ; butcher won't kill ox ; ox won't drink water ; water won't quench fire ; fire won't burn stick ; stick won't beat dog ; dog won't bite pig ; piggy won't get over the stile ; and I shan't get home to-night." But the rat wouldn't. She went... | |
 | Clifton Johnson - Folklore - 1896 - 280 pages
...and she saw an ox standing in a field. And she said, " Ox, ox, drink water, water won't quench fire, fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig, piggy won't jump over the stile ; I see by the moonlight 'tis halfpast midnight, time pig and I were... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Animals - 1897 - 320 pages
...Rope, rope, hang butcher ! Butcher won't kill ox ; Ox won't drink water ; Water won't quench fire ; Fire won't burn stick ; Stick won't beat dog ; Dog won't bite pig ; Pig won't get over the stile, And I shan't get home to-night." But the rope would not. She went a little farther,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Animals - 1897 - 296 pages
...But the stick would not. She went a little farther, and she met a fire. So she said — " Fire, fire, burn stick ! Stick won't beat dog ; Dog won't bite pig ; Pig won't get over the stile, And I shan't get home to-night." But the fire would not. She went a little farther,... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton - Readers - 1899 - 120 pages
...that was standing near, and said, — 84 THE OLD WOX AS AXD II EB PIG. " Water, water, quench fire ; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Pig won't get over the stile, And I sha'n't get home to-night." But the water would not. Then the old woman saw... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - Caricatures and cartoons - 1902 - 482 pages
...inactivity. She went a little further, and she met a See. So she said, " TEMPI E, TEMPLE! quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the Clause, and I shan't get home to-night." And the See surged and swelled, but... | |
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