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... lumps of fat , As big as my two thumbs . The king and queen did eat thereof , And noblemen beside ; And what they could not eat at night , The queen next morning fried . W HEN the wind is in the east , ". 2 Nursery Songs .
... lumps of fat , As big as my two thumbs . The king and queen did eat thereof , And noblemen beside ; And what they could not eat at night , The queen next morning fried . W HEN the wind is in the east , ". 2 Nursery Songs .
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... , grumble , grum- ble ; while Cheery worked and sung as blithe as a skylark . One bright morning , Cheery and Grumble set off to Reading market , to buy a horse . As they walked , they passed by a turn of 8 Nursery Stories .
... , grumble , grum- ble ; while Cheery worked and sung as blithe as a skylark . One bright morning , Cheery and Grumble set off to Reading market , to buy a horse . As they walked , they passed by a turn of 8 Nursery Stories .
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... morning , when Cheery went to feed the pony in the manger , there lay the twenty gold pieces in the bin ; the very same Cheery had paid the day before . From that day all went well at the mill . The flour was always the ear- liest in ...
... morning , when Cheery went to feed the pony in the manger , there lay the twenty gold pieces in the bin ; the very same Cheery had paid the day before . From that day all went well at the mill . The flour was always the ear- liest in ...
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... morning Grumble could not be found , and as the pony was missing also some old dame said she thought she had seen Grumble riding through the village the night before . Days passed , weeks passed , months passed , and sometimes a tale ...
... morning Grumble could not be found , and as the pony was missing also some old dame said she thought she had seen Grumble riding through the village the night before . Days passed , weeks passed , months passed , and sometimes a tale ...
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... morning , when the stranger went away , she gave Nell her stick , and bade her take care of it till she saw her again . Soon after she was gone , Kate , who was vexed with her work , began to scold and grumble at Nell for letting in ...
... morning , when the stranger went away , she gave Nell her stick , and bade her take care of it till she saw her again . Soon after she was gone , Kate , who was vexed with her work , began to scold and grumble at Nell for letting in ...
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baby beautiful bells of St Bethnal Green birds blind beggar bold Robin Hood bright carrion crow Cheery Chevy Chase cradle will rock dame Dance o'er Dick Whittington door doth Earl Douglas Earl Percy fairy father Fol de rol Fretillon gallant gay lady girl gold gown Grumble hand heart heigh horse house that Jack ITTLE Jack built Joe Dobson jump'd Kate kill'd the rat Lady Lee laughed Little John Little Robin Redbreast lived Lord maiden maids malt That lay marry master merry mice mother never night noble o'er my Lady old witch old woman Parsley Peacocks pearl pony poor pray pretty Bessie prince Princess Rosetta pussy Pussy-cat queen quoth Robin Goodfellow Rose round Say the bells sing sister slain song stick sweet tell thee thou shalt told toss'd the dog tree unto wife worried the cat
Popular passages
Page 6 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 3 - GOD prosper long our noble king, Our lives and safeties all ; A woful hunting once there did In Chevy-Chase befall. To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way ; The child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day.
Page 32 - Star. TWINKLE, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are ! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.
Page 1 - 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 20 - OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Page 24 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Page 23 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
Page 10 - They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground.
Page 27 - THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD Now ponder well, you parents dear, These words which I shall write ; A doleful story you shall hear, In time brought forth to light. A gentleman of good account In Norfolk dwelt of late, Who did in honour far surmount Most men of his estate.
Page 13 - With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart — A deep and deadly blow : Who never spoke more words than these — " Fight on, my merry men all; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.