CONTENTS
1. Girls and boys come out to play, The moon doth shine as bright as day; Leave your supper, and leave your sleep; Come to your playfellows in the street; 2. Come with a whoop, and come with a call. Come with a good will or not at all. Up the ladder and down the wall, A penny loaf will serve you all. |
THE MVLBERRY BVSH
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Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush; Here we go round the mulberry bush, All on a frosty morning. This is the way we clap our hands, This is the way we clap our hands, This is the way we clap our hands, All on a frosty morning. |
ORANGES & LEMONS
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Oranges and lemons, says the bells of St. Clemen’s; You owe me five farthings, says the bells of St. Martin’s; When will you pay me, says the bells of Old Bailey; When I grow rich, says the bells of Shoreditch; When will that be? says the bells of Stepney; I do not know, says the great bell of Bow. Here comes a candle to light you to bed, And here comes a chopper to chop off your head. |
ST PAVL’S STEEPLE
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Upon Paul’s steeple stands a tree As full of apples as may be, The little boys of London town They run with hooks to pull them down; And then they run from hedge to hedge Until they come to London Bridge. |
MY LADY’S GARDEN
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How does my lady’s garden grow? How does my lady’s garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row! |
NATURAL HISTORY
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1. What are little boys made of? What are little boys made of? Frogs and snails and puppy-dog’s tails, And that are little boys made of. 2. What are little girls made of? What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice and all that’s nice, And that are little girls made of. 3. What are young men made of? What are young men made of? Sighs and leers, and crocodile tears, And that are young men made of. 4. What are young women made of? What are young women made of? Ribbons and laces, and sweet pretty faces, And that are young women made of. |
LAVENDER’S BLUE
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1. Lavender’s blue, diddle, diddle! Lavender’s green; When I am king, diddle, diddle! You shall be queen. 2. Call up your men, diddle, diddle! Set them to work; Some to the plough, diddle, diddle! Some to the cart. 3. Some to make hay, diddle, diddle! Some to cut corn; While you and I, diddle, diddle! Keep ourselves warm. |
I SAW THREE SHIPS
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1. I saw three ships come sailing by, Sailing by, sailing by, I saw three ships come sailing by, On New-year’s Day in the morning. 2. And what do you think was in them then, In them then, in them then, And what do you think was in them then, On New-year’s Day in the morning? 3. Three pretty girls were in them then, In them then, in them then, Three pretty girls were in them then, On New-year’s Day in the morning. 4. And one could whistle, and one could sing, The other play on the violin; Such joy there was at my wedding, On New-year’s Day in the morning. |
DING DONG BELL
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Ding dong bell! Pussy’s in the well! Who put her in? Little Tommy Lin. Who pulled her out? Little Tommy Stout. What a naughty boy was that To drown poor pussy-cat, Who ne’er did any harm, But killed all the mice in father’s barn. |
PUSS AT COURT
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“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?” “I caught a little mouse under the chair.” |
THREE BLIND MICE
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Three blind mice, See how they run! They all ran after the farmer’s wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife; Did ever you hear such a thing in your life? Three blind mice. |
DICKORY DOCK
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Hickory, dickory dock! The mouse ran up the clock; The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory dock! |
Ye FROG’S WOOING
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It was the frog lived in the well, Heigh-ho! says Rowley; And the merry mouse under the mill, With a Rowley, Powley, Gammon, and Spinach, Heigh-ho! says Anthony Rowley. |
2. |
The frog he would a-wooing ride, Heigh-ho, &c. Sword and buckler at his side, With a, &c. |
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When upon his high horse set, Heigh-ho, &c. His boots they shone as black as jet, With a, &c. |
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When he came to the merry mill-pin, Heigh-ho,
&c. “Lady Mouse, are you within?” With a, &c. |
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Then came out the dusty mouse, Heigh-ho, &c. “I am the lady of this house,” With a, &c. |
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“Hast thou any mind of me?” Heigh-ho, &c. “I have e’en great mind of thee,” With a, &c. |
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“Who shall this marriage make?” Heigh-ho, &c. “Our lord, which is the rat,” With a, &c. |
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“What shall we have to our supper?” Heigh-ho,
&c. “Three beans in a pound of butter,” With a, &c. |
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But when the supper they were at, Heigh-ho, &c. The frog, the mouse, and e’en the rat, With a, &c. |
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Then came in Tib, our cat, Heigh-ho, &c. And caught the mouse e’en by the back, With a, &c. |
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Then did they separate, Heigh-ho, &c. The frog leaped on the floor so flat, With a, &c. |
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Then came in Dick, our drake, Heigh-ho, &c. And drew the frog e’en to the lake, With a, &c. |
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The rat he ran up the wall, Heigh-ho, &c. And so the company parted all, With a, &c. |
Ye FROG & Ye CROW
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