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apples baby Beccles besom bit the cat butcher carrion crow Catskin Cock me cary cou'd dame dance daughter day of Christmas diddle ding door fair fiddle fire Four colly birds give gone hand heigh horn house that Jack Jack built JACK SPRAT JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL John Ball John Block John Crowder Johnny jump'd Kind sir king Kitty lady lee legs little dog little girl little pig LITTLE Robin Redbreast lol de riddle looby lord malt That lay married merry milk mother mouse ne'er night NURSERY RHYMES oh poor Colly old woman pear tree Pemmy penny Pray pretty maid pussy-cat queen ride round Say the bells Seven swans shoe snail song stick tail tell thee thou Three French hens Thumb Titty's dead Tom Thumb took town true love sent turtle doves wife
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Page 270 - the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tatter'd and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That kill'd the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. ACCUMULATIVE STORIES.
Page 79 - 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. Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep, And dreamt she heard them bleating ; But when she awoke, she found it a joke, For they still were all fleeting.
Page 270 - This is the maiden all forlorn, That milk'd the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That kill'd the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the man all tatter'd and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That
Page 270 - and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milk'd the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That kill'd the rat, That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tatter'd and torn, That
Page 56 - A MAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds ; And when the weeds begin to grow, It's like a garden full of snow ; And when the snow begins to fall, It's like a bird upon the wall ; And when the bird away does fly, It's like an eagle in the sky;
Page 3 - 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? Thirteen, fourteen, Maids a courting; Fifteen, sixteen, Maids a kissing; Seventeen, eighteen, Maids a waiting; Nineteen, twenty, My stomach's empty.
Page 76 - the pie is made. This may be the original subject of the following •ong.] SING a song of sixpence, A bag full of rye ; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie ; When the pie was open'd, The birds began to sing ; Was not that a dainty dish, To
Page 126 - an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many children she didn't know what to do ; She gave them some broth without any bread, She whipped them all well and put them to bed.
Page 58 - Is worth a silver spoon ; A swarm of bees in July Is not worth a fly. xcv. THEY that wash on Monday Have all the week to dry ; They that wash on Tuesday Are not so much awry ; They that wash on Wednesday Are not so much to blame ; They that
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| Title | The Nursery Rhymes of England Opie collection of children's literature ; 019:350 |
| Author | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps |
| Editor | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps |
| Edition | 5 |
| Publisher | F. Warne and Company, 1886 |
| Length | 333 pages |
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