The farmer's wife she jump'd out of bed,

And out of the window she popped her head!
"Oh, husband! oh, husband! the geese are all dead,
For the fox has been through the town, e-oh!"

The farmer he loaded his pistol with lead,

And shot the old rogue of a fox through the head;
"Ah, ah!" said the farmer, "I think you're quite dead;

And no more you'll trouble the town, e-oh!"

My Lady Wind

Y lady Wind, my lady Wind,

MY

Went round about the house to find

A chink to get her foot in;

She tried the keyhole in the door,

She tried the crevice in the floor,

And drove the chimney soot in.

And then one night, when it was dark,

She blew up such a tiny spark,
That all the house was pothered;

From it she raised up such a flame,
As flamed away to belting lane,

And White Cross folks were smothered.

And thus when once, my little dears,

A whisper reaches itching ears,

The same will come, you'll find;

Take my advice, restrain the tongue,
Remember what old nurse has sung
Of busy lady Wind.

A

Little Jack Horner

L

ITTLE Jack Horner sat in a corner,
Eating a Christmas pie;

He put in his thumb, and took out a plum,

And said, "What a brave boy am I!"3

I

HAD a little husband,

No bigger than my thumb;
I put him in a pint pot,

And then I bade him drum;
I bridled him, and saddled him,

And sent him out of town:

I gave him a pair of garters
To tie up his hose;

And a little silk handkerchief,

To wipe his little nose."

TH

Lived on the river Dee:

He worked and sung from morn till night,

No lark so blithe as he.

And this the burden of his song

Forever used to be,

"I jump me jerrime jee!

I care for nobody,- no! not I,

Since nobody cares for me."

R

Robin the Bobbin

OBIN the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben,

He eat more meat than fourscore men;

He eat a cow, he eat a calf,

He eat a butcher and a half,

He eat a church, he eat a steeple,

He eat a priest and all the people.

"Wilt thou have me now,

Honey?" quoth she;

"Hoogh, hough, hough," quoth he,

And went his way.

Tommy Trot

OMMY TROT, a man of law,
Sold his bed and lay upon straw;
Sold the straw and slept on grass,

To buy his wife a looking-glass.

Three Blind Mice

HREE blind mice, the three blind mice,

TH

They all ran after the farmer's wife,

Who cut off their tails with the carving-knife.