GOOSEY, goosey, gander, Up stairs, down stairs, Who would not say his prayers; I took him by his left leg And threw him down the stairs. BAA, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, sir; yes, sir, three bags full. One for my master, one for my dame, And one for the little boy that lives in the lane. BYE, baby bunting, Daddy's gone a-hunting To get a little rabbit-skin To wrap the baby bunting in. OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler, he had a fiddle, and a very fine fiddle had he; Twee tweedle dee, tweedle dec, went the fiddlers. Oh, there's none so rare, as can compare With King Cole and his fiddlers three! RIDE a cock-horse to Banbury Cross, HECTOR Protector was dressed all in green; The Queen did not like him, no more did the King; Mother Goose's Melodies 35 PETER PIPER picked a peck of pickled peppers; JACK SPRAT could eat no fat, They licked the platter clean. THE lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown; As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks BETTY PRINGLE had a little pig, Betty Pringle she, SIX little mice sat down to spin, Pussy passed by, and she peeped in. "What are you at, my little men?" "Making coats for gentlemen." "Shall I come in and bite off your threads?" "No, no, Miss Pussy, you'll snip off our heads." "Oh, no, I'll not, I'll help you to spin." "That may be so, but you don't come in!" BOBBY SHAFTOE's gone to sea, Silver buckles at his knee; When he comes back, he'll marry me, Bonny Bobby Shaftoe. Bobby Shaftoe's fat and fair, ROCK-A-BYE, baby, thy cradle is green; Hush-a-bye, baby, on the tree-top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock; To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, Little Bo-peep 37 JACK AND JILL JACK and Jill went up the hill, Jack fell down and broke his crown Up Jack got and home did trot THE QUEEN OF HEARTS THE Queen of Hearts All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts He stole those tarts, And with them ran away. The King of Hearts Called for the tarts, Brought back the tarts, And vowed he'd steal no more! LITTLE BO-PEEP LITTLE BO-peep, she lost her sheep, Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep, And dreamed she heard them bleating; But when she awoke, she found it a joke, For they still were all fleeting. Then up she took her little crook, Determined for to find them; She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed, For they'd left their tails behind them! It happened one day, as Bo-peep did stray, There she espied their tails side by side, She heaved a sigh, and wiped her eye, And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should, MARY'S LAMB MARY had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow; He followed her to school one day, It made the children laugh and play And so the teacher turned him out, And waited patiently about Then he ran to her, and laid His head upon her arm, You'll keep me from all harm." "What makes the lamb love Mary so?" "Oh, Mary loves the lamb, you know," |