Extraordinary nursery rhymes and tales, new yet old, tr. into comic verse, by one who was once a child himself |
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... Wife . 30 Curly Locks 50 Hark ! hark !. The Snail . Ice - sick - all Peter Piper Mary Contrary . The Little Cock - Sparrow The Carrion Crow Bad Companions 31 Hicksy , Dicksy , Daisy ! 32 33 Peter Prickett 30 Blue Beard 50 55 31 Cock - a ...
... Wife . 30 Curly Locks 50 Hark ! hark !. The Snail . Ice - sick - all Peter Piper Mary Contrary . The Little Cock - Sparrow The Carrion Crow Bad Companions 31 Hicksy , Dicksy , Daisy ! 32 33 Peter Prickett 30 Blue Beard 50 55 31 Cock - a ...
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... wife you'll guess . The Lazy Scholar . OME , you late , lazy scholar , COME I shall fine you a dollar , Beating time as you howl forth a tune . You may dance while I state How you ever are late , Whilst to - day you have slumbered till ...
... wife you'll guess . The Lazy Scholar . OME , you late , lazy scholar , COME I shall fine you a dollar , Beating time as you howl forth a tune . You may dance while I state How you ever are late , Whilst to - day you have slumbered till ...
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... Wife of the farmer , Married for years , Mourns ' cause she's childless , Often in tears ; Watches at fairy - rings ( At night they come ) , Wished for a babe , though Small as her thumb . B Her request's granted- Queer little boy ! Dad ...
... Wife of the farmer , Married for years , Mourns ' cause she's childless , Often in tears ; Watches at fairy - rings ( At night they come ) , Wished for a babe , though Small as her thumb . B Her request's granted- Queer little boy ! Dad ...
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... wife ; Right I should settle , My time of life . Find me a sweetheart , Sir , ' He asked the King : ' Your girls are too big- Some little thing . ' King Arthur promised And advertised , News matrimonial Maidens advised Girls of small ...
... wife ; Right I should settle , My time of life . Find me a sweetheart , Sir , ' He asked the King : ' Your girls are too big- Some little thing . ' King Arthur promised And advertised , News matrimonial Maidens advised Girls of small ...
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... one , away . She proved a tender And gentle wife , So Tom was happy To end of life . But she had one fault , Which cost Tom dear- She had three babies Twice ev'ry year . First they were all girls , Next each a boy ( 13 )
... one , away . She proved a tender And gentle wife , So Tom was happy To end of life . But she had one fault , Which cost Tom dear- She had three babies Twice ev'ry year . First they were all girls , Next each a boy ( 13 )
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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
Popular passages
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 EEħ3z=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.