CCCCXXVIII.

TWEEDLE-dum and tweedle-dee
Resolved to have a battle,
For tweedle-dum said tweedle-dee
Had spoiled his nice new rattle.
Just then flew by a monstrous crow,
As big as a tar-barrel,

Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.

CCCCXXIX.

COME dance a jig
To my Granny's pig,
With a raudy, rowdy, dowdy;
Come dance a jig

To my Granny's pig,
And pussy-cat shall crowdy.

CCCCXXX.

PUSSICAT, wussicat, with a white foot, When is your wedding? for I'll come to't. The beer's to brew, the bread's to bake, Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, don't be too late.

CCCCXXXI.

DING, dong, darrow,

The cat and the sparrow;

The little dog has burnt his tail,
And he shall be hang'd to-morrow.

CCCCXXXII.

LITTLE Dicky Dilver

Had a wife of silver,

He took a stick and broke her back,
And sold her to the miller;
The miller would'nt have her,
So he threw her in the river.

CCCCXXXIII.

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, Home again, home again, dancing a jig; Ride to the market to buy a fat hog, Home again, home again, jiggety-jog.

CCCCXXXIV.

DOODLE, doodle, doo,

The princess lost her shoe;

Her highness hopp'd,

The fidler stopped,
Not knowing what to do.

CCCCXXXV.

ROMPTY-iddity, row, row, row,

If I had a good supper, I could eat it now.

CCCCXXXVI.

[Magotty-pie is given in MS. Lands. 1033, fol. 2, as a Wiltshire word for a magpie. See also Macbeth,' act iii, sc. 4. The same term occurs in the dictionaries of Hollyband, Cotgrave, and Minsheu.]

ROUND about, round about,

Magotty-pie,

My father loves good ale,
And so do I.

CCCCXXXVII.

HIGH, ding, cockatoo-moody,

Make a bed in a barn, I will come to thee;
High, ding, straps of leather,

Two little puppy-dogs tied together;
One by the head, and one by the tail,
And over the water these puppy-dogs sail.

CCCCXXXVIII.

[Our collection of nursery songs may appropriately be concluded with the Quaker's commentary on one of the greatest favourites-Hey! diddle, diddle. We have endeavoured, as far as practicable, to remove every line from the present edition that could offend the most fastidious ear; but the following annotations on a song we cannot be induced to omit, would appear to suggest that our endeavours are scarely likely to be attended with success.]

"HEY! diddle, diddle,

The cat and the fiddle

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Yes, thee may say that, for that is non

sense.

"The cow jumped over the moon

Oh no! Mary, thee musn't say that, for that is a falsehood; thee knows a cow could never jump over the moon; but a cow may jump under it; so thee ought to say-The cow jumped under the moon." Yes,—

"The cow jumped under the moon; The little dog laughed

Oh Mary, stop. How can a little dog laugh? thee knows a little dog can't laugh.

Thee ought to say "The little dog barked-to see the sport,

And the dish ran after the spoon

Stop, Mary, stop. A dish could never run after a spoon; thee ought to know that. Thee had better say-" And the cat ran after the spoon." So,

Hey! diddle, diddle,

The cat and the fiddle,

The cow jump'd under the moon ;

The little dog bark'd,

To see the sport,

And the cat ran after the spoon!

FOURTEENTH CLASS.

LOVE AND MATRIMONY.

CCCCXXXIX.

As I was going up Pippen-hill,
Pippen-hill was dirty,

There I met a pretty miss,
And she dropt me a curtsey.

Little miss, pretty miss,
Blessings light upon you!
If I had half-a-crown a day,
I'd spend it all on you.