THR Went to sea in a bowl: And if the bowl had been stronger, My song would have been longer. DOCT In a shower of rain; He stepped in a puddle, up to his middle, And never went there again. R OBIN the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben, He ate more meat than fourscore men; He ate a cow, he ate a calf, He ate a butcher and a half; He ate a church, he ate a steeple, He ate the priest and all the people! A cow and a calf, An ox and a half, A church and a steeple, And all the good people, And yet he complained that his stomach wasn't full. R OBIN and Richard were two pretty men; They laid in bed till the clock struck ten; Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky, Oh! brother Richard, the sun's very high: The bull's in the barn threshing the corn, The dog's in the pantry breaking his dish. |