Goosey, Goosey Gander.

GOOSEY, Goosey Gander, where did you wander?
Ꮐ Upstairs and downstairs, and in the lady's chamber.

Upstairs he wandered, and there to eat found nothing;
Downstairs he wandered, and there he found sage stuffing.
Up again he wandered, but then 'twas in a dish,

As nicely dressed by our old cook as any one could wish.

R

The Cat up the Plum-tree.

IDDLE-ME, riddle-me, rumty,

There's a black cat a-top of our plum-tree;

I'll bet you a crown that I'll soon fetch her down,

Riddle-me, riddle-me, rumty.

See, here is a stone; and now it is thrown,

Riddle-me, riddle-me, rumty.

Oh, it's just missed her head, smashed a window instead, And the cat's still a-top of our plum-tree.

Nebuchadnezzar.

NEBUCHADNEZZAR, I find from the News,*

Has sold his young wife for a pair of old shoes: Now, p'raps you'll consider the bargain dirt-cheap, If you do, at conclusions you take a sad leap;—

For I've learnt from the man who concluded the barter, She was dear at the price, for he'd purchased a tartar.

*The Matrimonial News, 3d. weekly.

The Ride.

NE day I went out riding, and had a jolly trot;

That day I had a hiding, but this I relished not. Now where had I gone riding? To this I answered not: I shirked another hiding upon a tender spot.

THE

The Lion and the Unicorn.

HE Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown; The Lion knocked the Unicorn twice upside down. Some gave him white bread, and some gave him brown, For they were sympathising folk in that small county-town. 'Now, really,' said the Unicorn, 'I've had so many rolls, I'd rather get a jug of beer from you, kind, gen'rous souls.'

H

Hush-a-bye, Baby.

USH-A-BYE, baby, on the tree-top;

When the wind blows the cradle will rock;
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall,
And down will come cradle, and baby, and all.
The dear little babe was a black little crow,
One of three, newly-hatched, lying all in a row,
In a snug little nest at the top of a tree;
And the wind, let it blow, there no danger can be.

Dickory Dock.

ICKORY, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock;

DICH

The clock struck one, and down he run,

Dickory, dickory, dock.

But a little black kitten came strolling by,

Dickory, dickory, dock;

And she snapped up the mouse and she glanced at the clock,

Dickory, dickory, dock.

Ah, this is the time of day!' quoth she;

'It is dinner-time now both with you and for me.'

SEE

Margery Daw.

EE, saw! Margery Daw sold her bed and lay in the straw; Wasn't she a dirty slut, to sell her bed and lie in the dirt?

MORAL.

From this very sad tale all young folks may relie on it,
As they make up their couch they are certain to lie on it,

OLD

Yea, a merry old soul was he;

And he called for his pipe,

And he called for his glass,

And he called for his fiddlers three.

Old Queen Cole was a very queer soul,
And as grumpy as a soul could be;

For she quarrell'd with each maid
So got no attention paid,

Though she rang the bells from dinner-time to tea.

And go to the fair as a matter of course;

For there's a grand circus, and many a show;
And the girls ring their fingers, tie bells to each toe,
Ride and dance, and make music wherever they go.