FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39  
40   41   42   43   44   45   >>  
ood luck. See a pin and let it lay, Bad luck you'll have all the day. SHALL WE GO A-SHEARING? "Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?" "Speak a little louder, sir, I am very thick of hearing." "Old woman, old woman, shall I kiss you dearly?" "Thank you, kind sir, I hear you very clearly." GOOSEY, GOOSEY, GANDER Goosey, goosey, gander, Whither dost thou wander? Upstairs and downstairs And in my lady's chamber. There I met an old man Who wouldn't say his prayers; I took him by the left leg, And threw him down the stairs. OLD MOTHER HUBBARD Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To give her poor dog a bone; But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. She went to the baker's To buy him some bread; When she came back The dog was dead. She went to the undertaker's To buy him a coffin; When she got back The dog was laughing. She took a clean dish To get him some tripe; When she came back He was smoking a pipe. She went to the alehouse To get him some beer; When she came back The dog sat in a chair. She went to the tavern For white wine and red; When she came back The dog stood on his head. She went to the hatter's To buy him a hat; When she came back He was feeding the cat. She went to the barber's To buy him a wig; When she came back He was dancing a jig. She went to the fruiterer's To buy him some fruit; When she came back He was playing the flute. She went to the tailor's To buy him a coat; When she came back He was riding a goat. She went to the cobbler's To buy him some shoes; When she came back He was reading the news. She went to the sempster's To buy him some linen; When she came back The dog was a-spinning. She went to the hosier's To buy him some hose; When she came back He was dressed in his clothes. The dame made a curtsy, The dog made a bow; The dame said, "Your servant," The dog said, "Bow-wow." THE COCK AND THE HEN "Cock, cock, cock, cock, I've laid an egg, Am I to gang ba--are-foot?" "Hen, hen, hen, hen, I've been up and down To every shop in town, And cannot find a shoe To fit your foot, If I'd crow my hea--art out." BLUE BELL BOY I had a little boy, And called him Blue Bell; Gave him a little work,-- He did it very well. I bade him go upstairs To bring me a gold pin; In coal scuttle f
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39  
40   41   42   43   44   45   >>  



Top keywords:
GOOSEY
 
cupboard
 
dressed
 

clothes

 

curtsy

 
sempster
 
dancing
 

fruiterer

 

playing


barber

 

hatter

 
feeding
 

tailor

 

spinning

 
hosier
 

reading

 

riding

 

cobbler


called

 

scuttle

 

upstairs

 

servant

 

coffin

 

Whither

 

wander

 
gander
 
goosey

GANDER

 
Goosey
 

Upstairs

 

downstairs

 

wouldn

 

chamber

 

SHEARING

 

hearing

 
dearly

shearing

 

louder

 

prayers

 

laughing

 

undertaker

 

smoking

 
tavern
 

alehouse

 

MOTHER


HUBBARD
 
Mother
 

stairs

 

Hubbard