L Large A, little a. ARGE A, little a, bouncing B, the cat's in the cupboard and she can't see. But though she can't see, she can taste, smell, and feel, A Song of Sixpence. ING a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye, SING 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 a king? The king was in the counting-house, counting out his money; (95 The maid who made the pastry should be last to show surprise, Hey, diddle diddle. EY, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, HE The cow jumped over the moon ; A dog's fancy tickled at seeing such pranks, Now, Miss Catherine Sly-puss is the cat in the riddle, Who oft strikes the guitar, which Young Tom calls her fiddle; That young comical dog who will quiz every tune, And declares, like a dish, she's attached to a spoon. But the wedding's next week, when the bride and her spouse Charity Jones. HARITY JONES, whom nobody owns, CH Broke his bones jumping over tombstones: What discretion omits. |