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bell the cat big dog blackbirds Bow-wow bramble-bush butterflies cake cat's catch caught the rat child Christmas pie clock struck cold and frosty cow jumped cupboard dickory diddle diddle dry our clothes duotype process fairy Fill Folk-Lore Readers frightened frosty morning game of tag gentlemen walk gowns Gray Mouse Hickory hill house that Jack Jack and Jill Jack built Jack's dog Jill played knit ladies walk little birds Little Boy Blue little dog laughed Little Jack Horner little mouse Little Robin Redbreast look malt mamma Mary memorized mend our shoes meow Merry Christmas mouse ran name one bird nursery rhymes papa Poor Cat Fright poor stone pretty bird Primer puppy-dog queer birds Rain-fairies ride fast ring Round and round round the village run fast Santa Claus saw a little seeds to grow sf sf Sun-fairies Three blind mice tumble verse wash our clothes
Popular passages
Page 82 - Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn. Where is the boy Who looks after the sheep? He's under the haycock Fast asleep.
Page 103 - Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!
Page 88 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 56 - Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went, The lamb was sure to go.
Page 47 - 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 37 - Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle, and all.
Page 26 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Page 75 - Once I saw a little bird Come hop, hop, hop; So I cried, "Little bird, Will you stop, stop, stop?" And was going to the window To say, "How do you do?
Page 59 - Round the Mulberry Bush Here we go 'round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush. Here we go 'round the mulberry bush So early in the morning.
Page 20 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the house that Jack built. This is the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the rat That ate the malt 'That lay in the house that Jack built.