WHE

HERE have you been all the day,
My boy Willy?"

"I've been all the day

Courting of a lady gay:

But, oh! she's too young
To be taken from her mammy."

"What work can she do,

My boy Willy?

Can she bake and can she brew,
My boy Willy?"

"She can brew and she can bake,

And she can make our wedding-cake:

But, oh! she's too young

To be taken from her mammy.'

"What age may she be? What age may she be?

My boy Willy?"

"Twice two, twice seven.

Twice ten, twice eleven :

But, oh! she's too young

To be taken from her mammy."

I

HAD a little dog, and they called him Buff;

I sent him to the shop for a hap'orth of snuff;

But he lost the bag, and spill'd the snuff:

"So take that cuff-and that's enough."

B

URNIE bee, burnie bee,

Tell me when your wedding be?

If it be to-morrow day,

Take your wings and fly away.

OME little mice sat in a barn to spin;

SON

Pussy came by, and popped her head in;

"Shall I come in and cut your threads off?"

"Oh no, kind sir, you will snap our heads off?"

G

REY goose and gander,

Waft your wings together,

And carry the good king's daughter
Over the one strand river.