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HEN I was a batchelor, I liv'd by myself,

And all the bread and cheese I laid upon the shelf,

The rats and the mice they made such a strife,

I was forced to go to London to buy me a wife;

The roads were so bad and the lanes were so narrow,
I was forced to bring my wife home in a wheelbarrow.
The wheelbarrow broke, and my wife had a fall;
Deuce take wheelbarrow, wife, and all.

But when he got tired of that kind of life,
He left off being single, and liv'd with his wife.

I

I Had a Little Dog

HAD a little dog, and his name was Blue Bell,

I gave him some work, and he did it very well;
I sent him upstairs to pick up a pin,

He stepped in the coal-scuttle up to his chin;
I sent him to the garden to pick up some sage,
He tumbled down and fell in a rage;

I sent him to the cellar to draw a pot of beer,
He came up again, and said there was none there.

OUR and twenty tailors went to kill a snail,

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The best man among them durst not touch her tail;

She put out her horns like a little kyloe cow,

Run, tailors, run, or she'll kill you all e'en now.

HE rose is red, the grass is green,

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Serve Queen Bess our noble Queen!

Kitty the spinner

Will sit down to dinner,

And eat the legs of a frog:

All good people

Look over the steeple,

And see the cat play with the dog.

My Daddy Is Dead

Y daddy is dead, but I can't tell you how;

MY

But he left me six horses to follow the plow:

With my whim wham waddle ho!

Strim stram straddle ho!

Bubble ho! pretty boy,

Over the brow.

I sold my six horses to buy me a cow,

And wasn't that a pretty thing to follow the plow? With my, &c.

I sold my cow to buy me a calf,

For I never made a bargain, but I lost the best half. With my, &c.

I sold my calf to buy me a cat,

To sit by the fire to warm her little back.

With my, &c.

I sold my cat to buy me a mouse,

But she took fire in her tail, so burnt up my house.

With my, &c.

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The Old Woman and Her Pig

N old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked sixpence. What," said she, "shall I do with this little sixpence? I will go the market, and buy a little pig." As she was coming home, she came to a stile: but piggy would not go over the stile.

She went a little further, and she met a dog. So she said to the dog: "Dog! bite pig; piggy won't go over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the dog would not.

She went a little further, and met a stick. So she said: "Stick stick! beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't go over the stile; and I can't get home to-night." But the stick would not.

She went a little further, and she met a fire. So she said, "Fire! fire! burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig," etc. But the fire would not.

"She went a little further, and she met some water. So she said, "Water! water! quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig," etc. But the water would not.

She went a little further, and she met an ox. So she said, "Ox! ox! drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn stick," etc. But the ox would not.

"The cat began to kill the rat; the rat began to gnaw the rope; the rope began to hang the butcher; the butcher began to kill the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the water began to quench the fire: the fire began to burn the stick; the stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig; the little pig in a fright jumped over the stile; and so the old woman got home that night."