CURLY locks! curly locks! wilt thou be mine?

Thou shalt not wash dishes, nor yet feed the swine, But sit on a cushion and sew a fine seam, And feed upon strawberries, sugar, and cream!

[Ill.u.s.tration: Decoration]

GEORGEY PORGEY, pudding and pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry; When the girls come out to play, Georgey Porgey runs away.

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THERE was a lady loved a swine: "Honey," quoth she, "Pig-hog, wilt thou be mine?"

"Grunt," quoth he.

"I'll build thee a silver stye, Honey," quoth she; "And in it thou shall lie;"

"Grunt," quoth he.

"Pinned with a silver pin, Honey," quoth she, "That you may go out and in;"

"Grunt," quoth he.

"Wilt thou now have me, Honey," quoth she; "Grunt, grunt, grunt," quoth he, And went his way.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Decoration]

"WHERE have you been all the day, My boy w.i.l.l.y?"

"I've been all the day Courting of a lady gay: But, oh! she's too young To be taken from her mammy."

"What work can she do, My boy w.i.l.l.y?

Can she bake and can she brew, My boy w.i.l.l.y?"

"She can brew and she can bake, And she can make our wedding-cake: But, oh! she's too young To be taken from her mammy."

"What age may she be? What age may she be?

My boy w.i.l.l.y?"

"Twice two, twice seven, Twice ten, twice eleven: But, oh! she's too young To be taken from her mammy."

[Ill.u.s.tration: NATURAL HISTORY]

[Ill.u.s.tration: I had a little dog]

I HAD a little dog, and they called him Buff; I sent him to the shop for a hap'orth of snuff; But he lost the bag, and spill'd the snuff: "So take that cuff--and that's enough."

[Ill.u.s.tration: Decoration]

BURNIE bee, burnie bee, Tell me when your wedding be?

If it be to-morrow day, Take your wings and fly away.

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SOME little mice sat in a barn to spin; p.u.s.s.y came by, and popped her head in; "Shall I come in and cut your threads off?"

"Oh no, kind sir, you will snap our heads off?"

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ALL of a row, Bend the bow, Shot at a pigeon, And killed a crow.

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GREY goose and gander, Waft your wings together, And carry the good king's daughter Over the one strand river.

[Ill.u.s.tration: p.u.s.s.y-cat, p.u.s.s.y-cat, where have you been?]

p.u.s.s.y-CAT, p.u.s.s.y-cat, where have you been?

I've been to London to look at the queen.

p.u.s.s.y-cat, p.u.s.s.y-cat, what did you there?

I frighten'd a little mouse under the chair.

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CUCKOO, Cuckoo, What do you do?

"In April I open my bill; In May I sing night and day; In June I change my tune; In July Away I fly; In August Away I must."

[Ill.u.s.tration: Decoration]

HICKETY, pickety, my black hen, She lays eggs for gentlemen; Gentlemen come every day To see what my black hen doth lay.

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THE c.o.c.k doth crow, To let you know, If you be wise, 'Tis time to rise.

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ROBERT BARNES, fellow fine, Can you shoe this horse of mine?

"Yes, good sir, that I can, As well as any other man: There's a nail, and there's a prod, And now, good sir, your horse is shod."

[Ill.u.s.tration: Decoration]

[_Bird boy's song._]

EAT, birds, eat, and make no waste; I lie here and make no haste: If my master chance to come, You must fly, and I must run.

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"HIE, hie," says Anthony, "Puss in the pantry, Gnawing, gnawing A mutton mutton-bone; See now she tumbles it, See now she mumbles it, See how she tosses The mutton mutton-bone."

[Ill.u.s.tration: Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail]

FOUR and twenty tailors went to kill a snail; The best man among them durst not touch her tail.