There was an old wo-man who liv-ed in a shoe, She had so ma-ny chil-dren, she didn't know what to do; She gave them some broth, with-out any bread, She whip-ped them all round, and sent them to bed.

There was an old woman Lived under a hill, And if she's not gone She lives there still.

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We are all in the dumps, For diamonds are trumps, The kittens are gone to St. Paul's; The babies are bit, The moon's in a fit, And the houses are built without walls.

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Hot cross buns, hot cross buns, One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns.

If your daughters don't like them, Give them to your sons, One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns.

See, saw, Mar-ge-ry Daw, Jen-ny shall have a new mas-ter; She shall have but a pen-ny a day, Be-cause she can't work any fast-er.

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Ro-bin and Rich-ard are two pret-ty men, They laid in bed till the clock struck ten; Then up starts Ro-bin and looks in the sky, "Oh; bro-ther Rich-ard, the sun's very high!

You go on with the bot-tle and bag, And I'll come af-ter with jol-ly Jack Nag."

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Little Nancy Etticote, In a white petticoat, With a red nose; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows.

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See saw, sacradown, sacradown, Which is the way to Boston town?

One foot up, the other foot down, That is the way to Boston town.

Boston town's changed into a city, But I've no room to change my ditty.

There was a Piper had a Cow, And he had naught to give her, He pull'd out his pipes and play'd her a tune, And bade the cow consider.

The cow considered very well, And gave the piper a penny, And bade him play the other tune, "Corn rigs are bonny."

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Sing a song of six-pence, a pock-et full of Rye, Four and twen-ty Black-birds baked in a Pie; When the Pie was o-pen-ed, the Birds be-gan to sing; Was not that a dain-ty dish to set before a King?

The King was in the Count-ing-house, count-ing out his mo-ney; The Queen was in the Par-lour, eat-ing bread and ho-ney; The Maid was in the Gar-den, hang-ing out the clothes.

By came a Black-bird, and snap-ped off her nose.

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A diller, a dollar, A ten o'clock scholar, What makes you come so soon?

You used to come at ten o'clock, But now you come at noon.

Bye, baby b.u.mpkin, Where's Tony Lumpkin?

My lady's on her death-bed, With eating half a pumpkin.

As I was going to sell my eggs, I met a man with bandy legs, Bandy legs and crooked toes, I tripp'd up his heels and he fell on his nose.

Once I saw a little bird come hop, hop, hop; So I cried, little bird, will you stop, stop, stop?

And was going to the window to say how do you do?

But he shook his little tail, and far away he flew.

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w.i.l.l.y boy, w.i.l.l.y boy, where are you going?