lls,
And pretty maids all of a row.

BESSY BELL AND MARY GRAY

Bessy Bell and Mary Gray,
They were two bonny lasses;
They built their house upon the lea,
And covered it with rushes.

Bessy kept the garden gate,
And Mary kept the pantry;
Bessy always had to wait,
While Mary lived in plenty.

NEEDLES AND PINS

Needles and pins, needles and pins,
When a man marries his trouble begins.

PUSSY-CAT AND THE DUMPLINGS

Pussy-cat ate the dumplings, the dumplings,
Pussy-cat ate the dumplings.
Mamma stood by, and cried, "Oh, fie!
Why did you eat the dumplings?"

DANCE, THUMBKIN DANCE

Dance, Thumbkin, dance;
(_keep the thumb in motion_
Dance, ye merrymen, everyone.
(_all the fingers in motion_
For Thumbkin, he can dance alone,
(_the thumb alone moving_
Thumbkin, he can dance alone.
(_the thumb alone moving_
Dance, Foreman, dance,
(_the first finger moving_
Dance, ye merrymen, everyone.
(_all moving_
But Foreman, he can dance alone,
(_the first finger moving_
Foreman, he can dance alone.
(_the first finger moving_
Dance, Longman, dance,
(_the second finger moving_
Dance, ye merrymen, everyone.
(_all moving_
For Longman, he can dance alone,
(_the second finger moving_
Longman, he can dance alone.
(_the second finger moving_
Dance, Ringman, dance,
(_the third finger moving_
Dance, ye merrymen, dance.
(_all moving_
But Ringman cannot dance alone,
(_the third finger moving_
Ringman, he cannot dance alone.
(_the third finger moving_
Dance, Littleman, dance,
(_the fourth finger moving_
Dance, ye merrymen, dance.
(_all moving_
But Littleman, he can dance alone,
(_the fourth finger moving_
Littleman, he can dance alone.
(_the fourth finger moving_

MARY'S CANARY

Mary had a pretty bird,
Feathers bright and yellow,
Slender legs--upon my word
He was a pretty fellow!

The sweetest note he always sung,
Which much delighted Mary.
She often, where the cage was hung,
Sat hearing her canary.

THE LITTLE BIRD

Once I saw a little bird
Come hop, hop, hop;
So I cried, "Little bird,
Will you stop, stop, stop?"

And was going to the window
To say, "How do you do?"
But he shook his little tail,
And far away he flew.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Birds of a feather flock together,
And so will pigs and swine;
Rats and mice will