Reading-literature, Book 1

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Row, Peterson, 1911
 

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Page 128 - Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.
Page 124 - Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow ; And everywhere that Mary went. The lamb was sure to go.
Page 87 - OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.
Page 16 - 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 21 - When the wind blows the cradle will rock; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle, and all.
Page 22 - 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 89 - She went to the hosier's To buy him some hose, But when she came back He was dressed in his clothes. The dame made a curtsey, The dog made a bow, The dame said, "Your servant,
Page 127 - What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day ? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away. Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger. So she rests a little longer, Then she flies away. What does little baby say, In her bed at peep of day ? Baby says, like little birdie, • Let me rise and fly away.
Page 17 - 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? I frightened a little mouse Under her chair.
Page 86 - I'll be with you by and by. CXXI. [Another version, from "Infant Institutes," 8vo. Lond. 1797, p. 15.] I SAW an old woman toss'd up in a basket, Nineteen times as high as the moon ; Where she was going I couldn't but ask it, For in her hand she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman...

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