TH

HERE was a piper, he'd a cow.
And he'd no hay to give her;

He took his pipes and played a tune: "Consider, old cow, consider!"

The cow considered very well,

For she gave the piper a penny, That he might play the tune again,

Of "Corn rigs are bonnie."

99

A

PIE sate on a pear-tree,

A pie sate on a pear-tree,
A pie sate on a pear-tree.
Heigh O, heigh O, heigh O!
Once so merrily hopp'd she,
Twice so merrily hopp'd she,
Thrice so merrily hopp'd she.
Heigh O, heigh O, heigh O!

He sang Cock Robin's love

To the pretty Jenny Wren;

And when he got unto the end, Then he began again.

ETTY PRINGLE had a little pig,

BB Not

Not very little and not very big;

When he was alive he lived in clover;

But now he's dead, and that's all over.
So Billy Pringle he laid down and cried,
And Betty Pringle she laid down and died;
So there was an end of one, two, and three :
Billy Pringle he,

Betty Pringle she,

And the piggy wiggy.

LLB

A

LONG-TAIL'D pig, or a short-tail'd pig,

Or a pig without e'er a tail,

A sow-pig, or a boar-pig,

Or a pig with a curly tail.

A

LITTLE cock-sparrow sat on a green tree (tris),

And he cherruped, he cherruped, so merry was he

(tris);

A little cock-sparrow sat on a green tree,

And he cherruped, he cherruped, so merry was he.

A naughty boy came with his wee bow and arrow (tris),

Determined to shoot this little cock-sparrow (tris);
A naughty, &c.
Determined, &c.

"This little cock-sparrow shall make me a stew (tris), And his giblets shall make me a little pie too" (tris); "Oh, no," said the sparrow, "I won't make a

So he flapped his wings, and away he flew.