T was a Tinker, and mended a pot. V was a Vintner, who drank all himself. was a Youth, that did not love school, Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool. C cut it; D dealt it; E ate it; F fought for it; G got it; H had it; J joined it; K kept it; L longed for it; M mourned for it; N nodded at it; O opened it; P peeped in it; R ran for it; S stole it; T took it; V viewed it W wanted it: X, Y, Z, and amperse-and, All wish'd for a piece in hand. PAT AT-A-CAKE, pat-a-cake, baker's man! (So I will, master), as fast as I can : Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T, Put in the oven for Tommy and me MUL ULTIPLICATION is vexation, The Rule of Three doth puzzle me, And Practice drives me mad. D OCTOR FAUSTUS was a good man, When he whipp'd them he made them dance, Out of France into Spain, And then he whipp'd them back again! A DILLER, a dollar, A ten o'clock scholar, What makes you come so soon? But now you come at noon. M HEN V and I together meet, They make the number Six compleat. When I with V doth meet once more, Then 'tis they Two can make but Four. gone, Alas! poor I can make but One. TH HIRTY days hath September February has twenty-eight alone, When February's days are twenty-nine. |