Little Bo-peep 37 JACK AND JILL JACK and Jill went up the hill, Jack fell down and broke his crown Up Jack got and home did trot And went to bed to mend his head THE QUEEN OF HEARTS THE Queen of Hearts All on a summer's day; He stole those tarts, And with them ran away. The King of Hearts Called for the tarts, Brought back the tarts, And vowed he'd steal no more! LITTLE BO-PEEP LITTLE BO-peep, she lost her sheep, Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep, And dreamed she heard them bleating; But when she awoke, she found it a joke, For they still were all fleeting. Then up she took her little crook, Determined for to find them; She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed, For they'd left their tails behind them! It happened one day, as Bo-peep did stray, There she espied their tails side by side, She heaved a sigh, and wiped her eye, And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should, MARY'S LAMB MARY had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow; He followed her to school one day, And so the teacher turned him out, And waited patiently about Then he ran to her, and laid You'll keep me from all harm.” "What makes the lamb love Mary so?" "Oh, Mary loves the lamb, you know," In confidence may bind, And make them follow at your will, 39 THE STAR TWINKLE, twinkle, little star, When the blazing sun is set, Then the traveler in the dark In the dark blue sky you keep, As your bright and tiny spark Lights the traveler in the dark, Though I know not what you are, Twinkle, twinkle, little star. Jane Taylor [1783-1824] "SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE” SING a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four-and-twenty blackbirds When the pie was opened The King was in his parlor, The maid was in the garden SIMPLE SIMON SIMPLE Simon met a pieman Says Simple Simon to the pieman, Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny"; Says Simple Simon to the pieman. "Indeed I have not any." Simple Simon went a-fishing For to catch a whale; Simple Simon went to look If plums grew on a thistle; "I LOVE SIXPENCE" I LOVE Sixpence, pretty little sixpence, "When I Was a Bachelor" Oh, my little fourpence, pretty little fourpence, I spent a penny of it, I gave a penny of it, Oh, my little twopence, pretty little twopence, Oh, my little nothing, pretty little nothing, I have nothing, I spend nothing, I love nothing better than my wife. "I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND " I HAD a little husband No bigger than my thumb; I put him in a pint pot, And there I bade him drum. I bought him a little horse, I gave him some garters, To garter up his hose, And a little handkerchief, To wipe his pretty nose. "WHEN I WAS A BACHELOR" WHEN I was a bachelor I lived by myself; And all the bread and cheese I got The rats and the mice They made such a strife, I was forced to go to London 4I |