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Title: R. Caldecott's First Collection of Pictures and Songs

Author: Various

Illustrator: R. Caldecott

Release Date: March 8, 2007 [EBook #20777]

Language: English

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R. CALDECOTT'S
first collection of
PICTURES & SONGS

CONTAINING

THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG

THE BABES IN THE WOOD

THE THREE JOVIAL HUNSTMEN

SING A SONG FOR SIXPENCE

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS

THE FARMER'S BOY

LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO., LTD.
AND NEW YORK

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

[Illustration]

THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN:

_Showing how he went father than he intended, and came safe home again._

[Illustration: WRITTEN BY Wm. COWPER WITH DRAWINGS BY R. CALDECOTT]

John Gilpin was a citizen
Of credit and renown,
A train-band captain eke was he,
Of famous London town.

John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear,
"Though wedded we have been
These twice ten tedious years, yet we
No holiday have seen.

"To-morrow is our wedding-day,
And we will then repair
Unto the 'Bell' at Edmonton,
All in a chaise and pair.

"My sister, and my sister's child,
Myself, and children three,
Will fill the chaise; so you must ride
On horseback after we."

[Illustration: The Linendraper bold]

He soon replied, "I do admire
Of womankind but one,
And you are she, my dearest dear,
Therefore it shall be done.

"I am a linendraper bold,
As all the world doth know,
And my good friend the calender
Will lend his horse to go."

[Illustration]

Quoth Mrs. Gilpin, "That's well