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Page 29 - Before the Barn-door crowing. The Cock by Hens attended, His Eyes around him throwing, Stands for a while suspended. Then One he singles from the Crew, And cheers the happy Hen; With how do you do, and how do you do, And how do you do again.
Page 31 - THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW he north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor Robin do then, Poor thing? He'll sit in a barn, And keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing.
Page 15 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king!
Page 75 - PETER, Peter, pumpkin eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her; He put her in a pumpkin shell And there he kept her very well.
Page 64 - Pussy cat, pussy cat. Where have you been? I've been to London To look at the queen. Pussy cat, pussy cat. What did you there?
Page 96 - I like little Pussy, Her coat is so warm; And if I don't hurt her She'll do me no harm. So I'll not pull her tail, Nor drive her away, But Pussy and I Very gently will play...
Page 33 - And here we go backwards and forwards, And here we go round, round, roundy.
Page 93 - I HAD a little husband, No bigger than my thumb, I put him in a pint pot, And there I bid him drum. I bought a little horse, That galloped up and down; I bridled him, and saddled him, And sent him out of town. I gave him some garters, To garter up his hose, And a little handkerchief, To wipe his pretty nose.
Page 44 - When the wind blows the cradle will rock; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle, and all.
Page 36 - The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown : The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town. Some gave them white bread and some gave them brown ; Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Only True Mother Goose Melodies: An Exact Reproduction of the Text and Illustrations of the Original Edition |
| Contributor | Edward Everett Hale |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Lee and Shepard, 1905 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jul 18, 2007 |
| Length | 103 pages |
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