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... girl , As sweet as sugar - candy . 16 . [ The following is partly quoted in an old song in MS . Ashmole , 36 , fol . 113. ] As I was going by Charing Cross , I saw a black man upon a black horse ; They told me it was King Charles the ...
... girl , As sweet as sugar - candy . 16 . [ The following is partly quoted in an old song in MS . Ashmole , 36 , fol . 113. ] As I was going by Charing Cross , I saw a black man upon a black horse ; They told me it was King Charles the ...
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... girl at twelve o'clock at night . CRY , baby , cry , 83 . Put your finger in your eye , And tell your mother it wasn't I. 84 . Instead of " muscles " in the last line , other copies have columbines , and some cowslips . ] MISTRESS MARY ...
... girl at twelve o'clock at night . CRY , baby , cry , 83 . Put your finger in your eye , And tell your mother it wasn't I. 84 . Instead of " muscles " in the last line , other copies have columbines , and some cowslips . ] MISTRESS MARY ...
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... girl in a round - eared cap I met in the streets t'other day ; She gave me such a thump , That my heart it went bump ; I thought I should have fainted away ! I thought I should have fainted away 103 . [ The following lines are part of ...
... girl in a round - eared cap I met in the streets t'other day ; She gave me such a thump , That my heart it went bump ; I thought I should have fainted away ! I thought I should have fainted away 103 . [ The following lines are part of ...
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... knot off . Now Tom with his pipe made such a noise , That he pleas'd both the girls and boys , And they stopp'd to hear him play , " Over the hills and far away . " Tom with his pipe did play with such skill ,. 72 NURSERY RHYMES .
... knot off . Now Tom with his pipe made such a noise , That he pleas'd both the girls and boys , And they stopp'd to hear him play , " Over the hills and far away . " Tom with his pipe did play with such skill ,. 72 NURSERY RHYMES .
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... , There came a little blackbird , And snapt off her nose . Jenny was so mad , She didn't know what to do ; She put her finger in her ear , And crack'd it right in two . 122 . THERE was a girl in our towne , 84 NURSERY RHYMES .
... , There came a little blackbird , And snapt off her nose . Jenny was so mad , She didn't know what to do ; She put her finger in her ear , And crack'd it right in two . 122 . THERE was a girl in our towne , 84 NURSERY RHYMES .
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Page 88 - 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 13 - 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 175 - ... the house that Jack built. THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT 31 This is the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, 5 That killed the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 76 - As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits— Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
Page 178 - That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid, That my father bought For two pieces of money : A kid, a kid.
Page 140 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 69 - Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them, Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them.
Page 132 - Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all.
Page 42 - A SWARM of bees in May Is worth a load of hay; A swarm of bees in June Is worth a silver spoon; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly.
Page 29 - THERE was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile : He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a little crooked house.