"Oh, there's none so rare as can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three."

Rowley Powley, pudding and pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry;
When the girls come out to play
Rowley Powley runs away.

[Illustration]

=F= for a fig,

=I= for a jig, and

=N= for knuckle-bones,

=I= for John the waterman, and

=S= for sack of stones.

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Transcriber's Notes:

Page vi, "porgey" changed to "Porgey" (Georgey Porgey, pudding)

Page vi, "Dickory Sackory" changed to "Dickory, sackory" (Dickory,
sackory down)

Page x, "Riddle me, riddle me, ree" changed to "Riddle-me, riddle-me,
riddle-me-ree".

Page xi, "sacradown, sacradown" changed to "sacaradown, sacaradown".

Page 35, "pickleem" changed to "pickeleem" ("Pickeleem, pickeleem)

Page 49, "fed" changed to "feed" (nor yet feed)

Page 68, end quote added to (Mary so," the eager)

Page 76, final two letters added to "wedding" (when your wedding)

Page 195, final period added to the line "Is never long dry."

Page 165, "cubboard" changed to "cupboard" (cat's in the cupboard)

Page 184, opening quote added to ("That Froggy and I)

One instance each of treetop, tree top and tree-top were retained.

Varied capitalization on the riddle answers was retained.

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