The Nursery Rhyme BookA collection of 332 nursery rhymes grouped under such categories as "Historical," "Tales," "Proverbs," "Songs," "Games," and "Jingles." |
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Page 68
Jack found one morning , As I have been told , His goose had laid him An egg of
pure gold . Jack rode to his mother The news for to tell ; She call ' d him a good
boy , And said it was well . Jack sold his gold egg To a rogue of a Jew , Who ...
Jack found one morning , As I have been told , His goose had laid him An egg of
pure gold . Jack rode to his mother The news for to tell ; She call ' d him a good
boy , And said it was well . Jack sold his gold egg To a rogue of a Jew , Who ...
Page 69
The gold egg into the sea Was thrown then ,When Jack jump ' d in , And got the
egg back again The Jew got the goose , Which he vow ' d he would kill ,
Resolving at once His pockets to fill . Jack ' s mother came in , And caught the
goose soon ...
The gold egg into the sea Was thrown then ,When Jack jump ' d in , And got the
egg back again The Jew got the goose , Which he vow ' d he would kill ,
Resolving at once His pockets to fill . Jack ' s mother came in , And caught the
goose soon ...
Page 96
As Dolly was milking her cow one day , Tom took out his pipe and began for to
play ; So Doll and the cow danced “ the Cheshire round , Till the pail was broke ,
and the milk ran on the ground . He met old Dame Trot with a basket of eggs.
As Dolly was milking her cow one day , Tom took out his pipe and began for to
play ; So Doll and the cow danced “ the Cheshire round , Till the pail was broke ,
and the milk ran on the ground . He met old Dame Trot with a basket of eggs.
Page 97
He met old Dame Trot with a basket of eggs ; He used his pipe , and she used
her legs ; She danced about till the eggs were all broke ; She began for to fret ,
but he laughed at the joke , B He saw a cross fellow was beating an ass , Heavy ...
He met old Dame Trot with a basket of eggs ; He used his pipe , and she used
her legs ; She danced about till the eggs were all broke ; She began for to fret ,
but he laughed at the joke , B He saw a cross fellow was beating an ass , Heavy ...
Page 127
IN marble walls as white as milk , | Lined with a skin as soft as silk ; Within a
fountain crystal clear , A golden apple doth appear . No doors there are to this
stronghold . Yet things break in and steal the gold . [ An egg CLOUR of England ,
fruit of ...
IN marble walls as white as milk , | Lined with a skin as soft as silk ; Within a
fountain crystal clear , A golden apple doth appear . No doors there are to this
stronghold . Yet things break in and steal the gold . [ An egg CLOUR of England ,
fruit of ...
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Popular passages
Page 79 - A MAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 163 - OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.
Page 31 - Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he: He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Page 92 - Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them.
Page 52 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Page 116 - The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, All on a summer day: The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away!
Page 58 - Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware." Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny," Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Indeed, I have not any.
Page 67 - OLD Mother Goose, when She wanted to wander, Would ride through the air On a very fine gander. Mother Goose had a house, Twas built in a wood, Where an owl at the door For sentinel stood.
Page 253 - AN old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked sixpence. " What," said she, " shall I do with this little sixpence ? I will go to market, and buy a little pig.
Page 172 - Bull's eyes and targets, Say the bells of St. Marg'ret's. Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of St. Giles'. Half-pence and farthings, Say the bells of St. Martin's. Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St. Clement's. Pancakes and fritters, Say the bells of St. Peter's. Two sticks and an apple, Say the bells at Whitechapel.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Nursery Rhyme Book Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Opie collection of children's literature ; 019:421 |
| Editor | Andrew Lang |
| Illustrated by | Leonard Leslie Brooke |
| Publisher | Frederick Warne and Company, 1897 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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