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... ball to be , When ladies their beauties show ; " Mrs. Cook , " said Catskin , " dear me , How much I should like to go ! " You go with your Catskin robe , You dirty impudent slut ! Among the fine ladies and lords , A very fine figure ...
... ball to be , When ladies their beauties show ; " Mrs. Cook , " said Catskin , " dear me , How much I should like to go ! " You go with your Catskin robe , You dirty impudent slut ! Among the fine ladies and lords , A very fine figure ...
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... ball - room , and put On her Catskin robe again ; And slipt in unseen by the cook , Who little thought where she had been . The young lord , the very next day , To his mother his passion betrayed ; He declared he never would rest , Till ...
... ball - room , and put On her Catskin robe again ; And slipt in unseen by the cook , Who little thought where she had been . The young lord , the very next day , To his mother his passion betrayed ; He declared he never would rest , Till ...
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... ball . My lord , at the ball - room door , Was waiting with pleasure and pain ; He longed to see nothing so much As the beautiful Catskin again . When he asked her to dance , she again Said " Yes ! " with her first smiling glance ; And ...
... ball . My lord , at the ball - room door , Was waiting with pleasure and pain ; He longed to see nothing so much As the beautiful Catskin again . When he asked her to dance , she again Said " Yes ! " with her first smiling glance ; And ...
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... ball , and put on Her Catskin robe again ; And slipt in unseen by the cook , Who little thought where she had been . My lord did again , the next day , Declare to his mother his mind , That he never more happy should be , Unless he his ...
... ball , and put on Her Catskin robe again ; And slipt in unseen by the cook , Who little thought where she had been . My lord did again , the next day , Declare to his mother his mind , That he never more happy should be , Unless he his ...
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... ball . My lord , at the ball - room door , Was waiting with pleasure and pain ; He longed to see nothing so much As the beautiful Catskin again . When he asked her to dance , she again . Said " Yes ! " with her first smiling glance ...
... ball . My lord , at the ball - room door , Was waiting with pleasure and pain ; He longed to see nothing so much As the beautiful Catskin again . When he asked her to dance , she again . Said " Yes ! " with her first smiling glance ...
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apples baby Beccles bells of St besom bit the cat butcher carrion crow Catskin Cock me cary cou'd dame dance daughter day of Christmas diddle ding door fair fiddle fire Four colly birds give gone heigh horn house that Jack Jack built JACK SPRAT John Ball John Block John Crowder Johnny jump'd Kind sir king Kitty lady lee legs little dog little girl little pig LITTLE Robin Redbreast lol de riddle looby malt That lay married merry milk mother mouse night nursery oh poor Colly old woman pear tree Pemmy penny Pray pretty maid pussy-cat rhyme ride round Say the bells Seven swans shoe Simple Simon snail song stick tail tell thee thou Three French hens Thumb Tittlemouse Titty's dead Tom Thumb took town true love sent turtle doves wife
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Page 1 - OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Page 70 - A MAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 146 - 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 17 - 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 133 - 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 93 - 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 142 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do. She gave them some broth without any bread, She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
Page 158 - Pease) Porridge Hot Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, Pease porridge in the pot nine days old ; Some like it hot, some like it cold, Some like it in the pot nine days old.
Page 72 - He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Page 42 - The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown: The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town. Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown: Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town.