IF

F all the world was apple-pie,
And all the sea was ink,

And all the trees were bread and cheese,

What should we have for drink?

ETER WHITE will ne'er go right.

PET

Would you know the reason why? He follows his nose where'er he goes, And that stands all awry.

TH

HERE was a little Guinea-pig,
Who, being little, was not big;
He always walked upon his feet,
And never fasted when he eat.

When from a place he ran away,
He never at that place did stay;
And while he ran, as I am told,
He ne'er stood still for young or old.

He often squeak'd and sometimes vi'lent,
And when he squeak'd he ne'er was silent;
Though ne'er instructed by a cat,
He knew a mouse was not a rat.

One day, as I am certified,

He took a whim and fairly died;
And, as I'm told by men of sense,
He never has been living since.

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HE man in the wilderness asked me

TH

How many strawberries grew in the sea.

I answered him as I thought good,

As many as red herrings grew in the wood.

Y true love lives far from me,

MY

Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.
Many a rich present he sends to me,

Petrum, Partrum, Paradise, Temporie,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.

He sent me a goose without a bone;
He sent me a cherry without a stone.
Petrum, &c.

He sent me a Bible no man could read;
He sent me a blanket without a thread.
Petrum, &c.

How could there be a goose without a bone?
How could there be a cherry without a stone?
Petrum, &c.

How could there be a Bible no man could read?
How could there be a blanket without a thread?
Petrum, &c.

When the goose is in the egg-shell, there is no bone; When the cherry is in the blossom, there is no stone. Petrum, &c.

When the Bible is in the press no man it can read; When the wool is on the sheep's back, there is no

thread.

Petrum, &c.

I

SAW a ship a-sailing,

A-sailing on the sea;

And, oh! it was all laden

With pretty things for thee!

There were comfits in the cabin,
And apples in the hold

The sails were made of silk,

And the masts were made of gold.

The four-and-twenty sailors

That stood between the decks,

Were four-and-twenty white mice

With chains about their necks.

The captain was a duck,

With a packet on his back;
And when the ship began to move,

The captain said, "Quack! quack!"