Extraordinary nursery rhymes and tales, new yet old, tr. into comic verse, by one who was once a child himself |
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... Topsy 61 The Beggars Little Goody Twoshoes Unlicensed Victualler Little Boy Blue . 39 Naughty Puss • 62 39 When I was a Bachelor 62 40 Tom the Tinker's Son 62 40 The Queen of Hearts 63 iii PAGE 86 86 87 88 89 89 89 89 ii CONTENTS .
... Topsy 61 The Beggars Little Goody Twoshoes Unlicensed Victualler Little Boy Blue . 39 Naughty Puss • 62 39 When I was a Bachelor 62 40 Tom the Tinker's Son 62 40 The Queen of Hearts 63 iii PAGE 86 86 87 88 89 89 89 89 ii CONTENTS .
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... Puss in Boots 74 Old Mother Hubbard Stokey Jokey 83 A was an Archer Rain , Rain ! 84 Bow , wow , wow ! The House that Fack built 84 Roaming Puss Tweedledum and Tweedledee 85 Fack and the Beanstalk The Little Bird 85 Charlie Cinderella ...
... Puss in Boots 74 Old Mother Hubbard Stokey Jokey 83 A was an Archer Rain , Rain ! 84 Bow , wow , wow ! The House that Fack built 84 Roaming Puss Tweedledum and Tweedledee 85 Fack and the Beanstalk The Little Bird 85 Charlie Cinderella ...
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... Puss came by and puss peeped in- ' May I come and help you to wind up your threads ? ' ' Oh , no , Mistress Pussy , you'd bite off our heads ! ' ' Now , surely , you're joking ! ' the Cat replied , ' On my word and my honour you may ...
... Puss came by and puss peeped in- ' May I come and help you to wind up your threads ? ' ' Oh , no , Mistress Pussy , you'd bite off our heads ! ' ' Now , surely , you're joking ! ' the Cat replied , ' On my word and my honour you may ...
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... Puss . O , naughty puss ! go far. ( 61 ) 61 ) Robin and Richard 38 The Hedgehog Rolly-Polly, Gammon and Spinach 38 Spot and Topsy.
... Puss . O , naughty puss ! go far. ( 61 ) 61 ) Robin and Richard 38 The Hedgehog Rolly-Polly, Gammon and Spinach 38 Spot and Topsy.
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Extraordinary nursery rhymes. Naughty Puss . O , naughty puss ! go far from me , Go Or I shall catch another flea : For nurse declares , and ' tis no jest , That vermin often cats infest . When I was a Bachelor . HEN I was a bachelor - a ...
Extraordinary nursery rhymes. Naughty Puss . O , naughty puss ! go far from me , Go Or I shall catch another flea : For nurse declares , and ' tis no jest , That vermin often cats infest . When I was a Bachelor . HEN I was a bachelor - a ...
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Annie baby bear bird Blue Beard bride Bruin Carrion Crow castle caught cook cried dame dance dear descending Dickory dine Doctor Foster door dressed drink ev'ry eyes fairy Fatima feels Flora friendly Hedgehog funny Giant gipsy Golden Pheasant gone Goody Twoshoes guest happy Hark head hear heart Heigho hide horse ITTLE Jack Jack's jolly King King Arthur kissed lady Little Jack Horner LITTLE Polly Flinders looks marry miss monster morn mother mouse ne'er never nice nigh night noose o'er Ogre pieman Polly poor pretty maid Puss pussy cat queer ride rope round rushes Samuel Morgan scarcely shoe Silverlocks Simple Simon sing smell smile soon surprise sweet teetotum There's thing thought three blind mice Tom Tucker tree Twas Whilst wife Young Reynard
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Page 130 - 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 96 - 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 30 - 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 19 - When the bough breaks the era-die will fall, And down will come ba-by, era -die and all. V)T& W '^B — Pi EE±3z=S2=5r ^r*-fc m P v ir " Rock-a-bye, baby, in the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock ; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall. And down will come baby, cradle and all.
Page 95 - Hey, Diddle, Diddle, the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon.
Page 91 - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.
Page 31 - All on a summer's day, As it fell out, they all fell in, — The rest they ran away.
Page 8 - The north wind doth blow, and we shall have snow; And what will the 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 65 - TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef.
Page 19 - Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down. Hickory dickory dock.