Handy Spandy Jack-a-Dandy Loved plumcake and sugar candy; He bought some at a grocer's shop, And out he came, hop, hop, hop.

[Ill.u.s.tration: LITTLE BOY BLUE.]

Little Boy Blue, come blow up your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.

Where's the little boy that looks after the sheep?

He is under the hay-c.o.c.k fast asleep.

[Ill.u.s.tration: THIS LITTLE PIG WENT TO MARKET.]

This little pig went to market; This little pig stayed at home; This pig had a piece of bread-and-b.u.t.ter; This little pig had none; This little pig said, "Wee, wee, wee!

I can't find my way home."

NURSERY RHYMES.

Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas Pie; He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!"

[Ill.u.s.tration: LITTLE JACK HORNER.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: TO MARKET, TO MARKET.]

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig; Home again, home again, jiggetty-jig.

To market, to market, to buy a fat hog; Home again, home again, jiggetty-jog.

Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house And stole a piece of beef.

I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was from home; Taffy came to my house And stole a marrow bone.

[Ill.u.s.tration: TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP.]

Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool?

Yes, marry, have I, Three bags full: One for my master, One for my dame; But none for the little girl That cries in the lane.

[Ill.u.s.tration: PRETTY MAID, PRETTY MAID.]

Pretty maid, pretty maid, where have you been?

Gathering a posie to give to the Queen.

[Ill.u.s.tration: MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY.]

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?

Silver bells and c.o.c.kle-sh.e.l.ls, And columbines all of a row.

[Ill.u.s.tration: LITTLE BO-PEEP.]

Little Bo-Peep has lost his sheep, And cannot 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 he heard them bleating When he awoke, he found it a joke, For still they all were fleeting.

Then up he took his little crook, Determined for to find them; He found them indeed, but it made his heart bleed, For they'd left their tails behind them.

[Ill.u.s.tration: HOT CROSS BUNS.]

Hot Cross Buns!

Hot Cross Buns!

One a penny, two a penny, Hot Cross Buns.

Hot Cross Buns!

Hot Cross Buns!

If you have no daughters, give them to your sons.

[Ill.u.s.tration: THE CAT AND FIDDLE.]

Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon, The little dog laughed To see the sport, While the dish ran after the spoon.

[Ill.u.s.tration: THE QUEEN OF HEARTS.]

The Queen of Hearts, She made some tarts Upon a summer day; The Knave of Hearts, He stole those tarts, And took them quite away.

The King of Hearts, He missed those tarts, And beat the knave full sore; The Knave of Hearts Brought back those tarts, And vowed he'd steal no more.

[Ill.u.s.tration: I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND.]

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.

[Ill.u.s.tration: GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER.]

Goosey, Goosey Gander, Where shall I wander?

Up stairs, down stairs, In my lady's chamber.

There I met an old man That would not say his prayers; I took him by the left leg, And threw him down stairs.

[Ill.u.s.tration: LITTLE POLLY FLINDERS.]

Little Polly Flinders, Sat among the cinders, Warming her pretty little toes; Her mother came and caught her, And scolded her little daughter, For spoiling her nice new clothes.

[Ill.u.s.tration: DING DONG BELL.]

Ding Dong Bell, p.u.s.s.y's in the well.

Who put her in?

Little Tommy Lin.