Merry have we met, and merry have we been; H OT-CROSS Buns! Hot-cross Buns! One a penny, two a penny, Hot-cross Buns! Hot-cross Buns! Hot-cross Buns! If ye have no daughters, Give them to your sons. HREE blind mice, see how they run! THR They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with the carving-knife; Did you ever see such fools in your life? Three blind mice. There was a frog liv'd in a well, This frog he would a-wooing ride, Kitty alone, &c.; This frog he would a-wooing ride, And on a snail he got astride, Cock me cary, &c. 1 Merry. Quoth he, "Miss Mouse, I'm come to thee," Kitty alone, &c.; Quoth he, "Miss Mouse, I'm come to thee, To see if thou canst fancy me;" Cock me cary, &c. Quoth she, "Answer I'll give you none," Quoth she, "Answer I'll give you none, Until my uncle Rat come home;" Cock me cary, &c. And when her uncle Rat came home, Kitty alone, &c.; And when her uncle Rat came home, "Who's been here since I've been gone?" Cock me cary, &c. "Sir, there's been a worthy gentleman," Kitty alone, &c. ; "Sir, there's been a worthy gentleman, That's been here since you've been gone;" Cock me cary, &c. |