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. T/ie Mulberry Bush.

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. Oranges and Lemons.

13 . St. Paul’s Steeple.

14 . 15 . My Lady's Garden.

16 . Natural LListory.

17 . Lavender’s Blue.

18. 19 . L saw Three Ships-

20. Ding Dong Bell.

21 . Puss at Court.

22. Three Blind Mice.

23 . Dickory Dock.

24. 25 . The Prog’s Wooing.

26, 27 . The Frog and the

Crow.

28, 29 . Mrs. Bond.

30 . Xmas Day in y" Morn-ing.

31 . Little Jack LLorner,

32 . 33 Kmg Arthur.

34 . Jolly ALiller.

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35 - Song oj Sixpence.

3 ^, 31 - Bo-Peep.

38 , Baa ! Baa f BlackSheep.

39 . Tom, the Pipe^^’s Son.

40 , 41 . There was a Lady.

42 . Over the LLills faraway.

43 . Cock Rohm 6^ Jen?iy

Wren.

44 ) 45 - L had a little NitTree.

46 Dr. Faustus.

47 . Three Children

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48 , 49 . My Pretty Maid.

50 . The Ploughboy in Luck

51 . Warm LLands.

52 . 33- Jack Jill.

54 . Dance a Baby.

55 . LLtish-a-by Baby,

56 . King Cole

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Come with a whoop, and

Up the lad-der and

moon doth shine as bright as day ;

Come to your playfellows in the street

Come with a good will or not at all

pen - ny loaf will serve you all

come with a call,

down the wall

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Oran-ges anti le-mons, says the bells of St. Clemen'’s; You owe me five farthings, says the

D. C. When will that be ? says the bells of Step - ney;

I do not know, says the

bells of St. Mar -tin’s

great bell of Bow.When will you pay me, says the bells of Old Bai - ley

When I grow rich, says the bells of Shore - ditch

And here comes a

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Up - on Paul’s stee - pie stands a tree As full of ap - pies as may be, The

lit - tie boys of Lon - don town They run with hooks to pull them down;And

then they run from hedge to hedge Un - til they come to Lon - don Bridge,

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mademade

1. What2. What

Frogs and snails and

Su - gar and spice andare lit - tie boys made of?

are lit - tie girls made of ?

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doer’s tails. And that are lit - tie boys made

that’s nice. And that are lit - tie girls made

4. What are young women made of?

What are young women made of?

Ribbons and laces, and sweet pretty faces*

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What are young men made of?

What are young men made of?

Sighs and leers, and crocodile tears

^ And that are younsr men made of.

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Three pretty girls were in them then.

In them then, in them then.

Three pretty girls were in them then.

On New-year’s Day in the morning

4. And one could whistle, and one could sing,

The other play on the violin

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Such joy there was at my wedding.

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Pus - sy “ cat, pus - sy - cat, where have you been ?” “ I’ve been to

Lon -don to look at the Queen.”

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The frog he would a-wooing ride, Heigh-ho, &c.

Sword and buckler at his side, With a, &c.

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When upon his high horse set, Heigh-ho, &c.

His boots they shone as black as jet. With a, &c.

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When he came to the merry mill-pin. Heigh-ho, &c.“ Lady Mouse, are you within ?” With a, &c.

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Then came out the dusty mouse, Heigh-ho, &o“ I am the lady of this house,” With a, &c.

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“ Hast thou any mind of me ?” Heigh-ho, &c.

“ I have e’en great mind of thee,” With a, &c.

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“ Who shall this marriage make ?” Heigh-ho, &c.“ Our lord, which is the rat,” With a, &c.

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“ What shall we have to our supper ? ” Heigh-ho, &o.“ Three beans in a pound of butter,” With a, &c.

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But when the supper they were at, Heigh-ho, &c.

The frog, the mouse, and e’en the rat. With a, &c.

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Then came in Tib, our cat. Heigh-ho, &c.

And caught the mouse e’en by the back. With a, &c

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Then did they separate, Heigh-ho, &c.

The frog leaped on the floor so flat, With a, &c.

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Then came in Dick, our drake. Heigh-ho, &c.

And drew the frog e’en to the lake, With a, &c.

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The rat he ran up the wall. Heigh-ho, &c.

And so the company parted all, With a, ^'o

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2- “ O ! there is sweet music on yonder greenbill, O !

And you shall be a dancer, a dancer in

yellow.

All in yellow, all in yellow.”

Said the crow to the frog, and then, O

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“All in yellow, all in yellow,”

Said the frog to the crow again, O !

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“ Farewell, ye little fishes, that in the river

swim, O !

Tm going to be a dancer, a dancer in yel-

low.”

“O beware! O beware!”Said the fish to the frog, and then, O !

“ I’ll take care. I’ll take care,”

Said the frog to the fish again, O !

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4, llie frog began a swimming, a swimmingto land, O !

And the crow began jumping to give himhis hand, O

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“ Sir, you’re welcome. Sir, you’re welcome,”Said the crow to the frog, and then, O

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“Sir, I thank you. Sir, 1 thank you,”Said the frog to the crow, again, O !

5. “ But where is the sweet music on yondergreen hill, O ?

And where are all the dancers, the dancersin yellow?

All in yellow, all in yellow?”Said the frog to the crow, and then, O

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“ Sir, they’re here, Sir, they’re here.”

Said the crow to the frog—

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Oh, what have you got for din-ner, Mrs. Bond ?”“ There’s beef in the

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2 . “ John Ostler, go fetch me a duckling or two,

John Ostler go fetch me a duckling or two

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Cry dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come and be killed,

For you must be stuffed, and my customers filled !”

“ I have been to the ducks that are swimming in the pond.And they won’t come to be killed, Mrs. Bond ;

I cried dilly, dilly, dilly, dilly, come and be killed.

For you must be stuffed, and the customers filled !”

Mrs. Bond she went down to the pond in a rage.With plenty of onions, and plenty of sage ;

She cried, “ Come, little wag-tails, come, and be killed

For you shall be stuffed, and my customers filled!”

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4. Their wings are cut, they cannot fly.

Cannot fly, cannot fly

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Their wings are cut, they cannot fly.

On Christmas-day in the morning.

Dame, what makes your ducks to die.

Ducks to die, ducks to die?

Dame, what makes your ducks to die.

On Christmas-day in the morning ?

bake your pies. On Christ - mas -day in the morn - - ing.

maid - ens lie, On Christ - mas - day in the morn - - ing ?

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What a good boy am I !pulled out a plum. And said.

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And stulfed it well with plums,

An-d in it put great lumps of fat

As big as my two thumbs.

3. The King and Queen did eat thereof.

And noblemen beside.

And what they could not eat that night

The Queen next morning fried.

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Four and twentyI. Sing a song of six - pence, a pocket full of rye

When the- pie was o - pen theblack - birds

The king was in his counting-house counting out his money

The queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey;

The maid was in the garden hanging out her clothes,

When up came a blackbird and pecked off her nose.

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all come home And

4. It happened one day as Bo-Peep did stray

Into a meadow hard by.

There she espied their tails side by side.

All hung on a tree to dry.

5. She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye.

Then went o’er hill and dale,

-And tried what she could, as a shep-

herdess should,

To tack to each sheep its tail-

2. Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep.

And dreamt she heard them bleating

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But when she awoke, she found it a joke,

For they were still a-fleeting.

3. Then up she took her little crook.

Determined for to find them.

She found them indeed, but it made her

heart bleed

For they’d left their tails behind them.

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Baa! Baa! Black sheep, have you a-ny wool? mar

for my dame. But none for the lit- tie boy that lives down the lane! ”

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pig was eat, and Tom was beat. And Tom went roar-ing down the street.

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“ Pigf -• hogf, wilt thou be mine?” “ Hunc!” said

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“ Pinned with a silver pin, 4* “ Will thou have me now.

Honey !” said she ;

Honey ? ” said she ;

“ That thou mayest go out and in,” “ Speak, or my heart will break,

“ Hunc !” said he. “ Hunc !

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Tom with his pipe made such a noise

That he pleased both the girls and boys.

And they stopped to hear him play,

“ Over the hills and far away.”

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Twas on a mer-ry time. When Jenny Wren was young". So neat-ly as she“ My dearest Jen-ny Wren, If you will but be mine. You shall dineon cher-ry

Rob-in Redbreast lost his heartI’ll dress you like a pfold-fi

danced. And so sweet-ly as she sung,

pie. And drink nice currant wine

was a gallant bird,

like a peacock gay.

He doffed his cap to Jenny Wren, Requesting to be heardSo if you’ll have me, Jenny, dear. Let us appoint the day.”

4. Robin Redbreast got up earl}’.

All at the break of day.He flew to Jenny Wren’s house.^And sang a roundelay :

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And when he came unto the endHe then began ag:ain.

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in - to Franee :made them dance Out of Eng-landWhen he whipt he

in - to Spain, And then he whipt them back a - gain.Out of France

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