ine seam,
And feed upon strawberries, sugar and cream!

A cat came fiddling out of a barn.
With a pair of bag-pipes under her arm:
She could sing nothing but fiddle cum fee,
The mouse has married the bumble-bee;
Pipe, cat--dance, mouse,
We'll have a wedding at our good house.

I won't be my father's Jack,
I won't be my mother's Jill,
I will be the fiddler's wife,
And have music when I will.
T'other little tune,
T'other little tune,
Prythee, love, play me
T'other little tune.

Little maid, little maid,
Whither goest thou?
Down in the meadow
To milk my cow.

As the days grow longer
The storms grow stronger.

Hickory, dickory, sackory down
How many miles to Richmond town?
Turn to the left and turn to the right,
And you may get there by Saturday night.

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One, two, buckle my shoe;
Three, four, shut the door;
Five, six, pick up sticks;
Seven, eight, lay them straight;
Nine, ten, a good fat hen;
Eleven, twelve, who will delve;
Thirteen, fourteen, maids a-courting;
Fifteen, sixteen, maids a-kissing;
Seventeen, eighteen, maids a-waiting;
Nineteen, twenty, my stomach's empty.

Wear you a hat, or wear you a crown,
All that goes up must surely come down.

[Illustration]

There were two blackbirds
Sitting on a hill.
The one named Jack,
And the other named Jill.
Fly away, Jack!
Fly away, Jill!
Come again, Jack!
Come again, Jill!

Bat, bat, come under my hat,
And I'll give you a slice of bacon;
And when I bake, I'll give you a cake,
If I am not mistaken.

What God never sees,
What the King seldom sees,
What we see every day:
Read my riddle, I pray.
[An Equal]

Lazy Tom, with jacket blue,
Stole his father's gouty shoe;
The worst of harm we can wish him,
Is, his gouty shoe may fit him.

Burnie bee, burnie bee,
Tell me when your wedding be?
If it be to-morrow day,
Take your wings and fly away.

A water there is, I must pass,
A broader water never was;
And yet of all waters I ever did see,
To pass over with less jeopardy.
[The Dew]

Draw a pail of water
For my lady's daughter;
My father's a king, and my mother's a queen,
My two little sisters are dressed in green,
Slumping grass and parsley,
Marigold leaves and daisies.
One rush!