A was an apple-pie; B bit it; C cut it; D dealt it; E eat it; F fought for it; G got it; H had it; I inspected it; J joined it; K kept it; L longed for it; M mourned for it; N nodded at it; R ran for it; S stole it; T took it; U upset it; V viewed it; W wanted it; 33. X, Y, Z, and &, all wish'd for a piece in hand 34. MISS one, two, and three could never agree, While they gossipped round a tea-caddy. ONE, two, 35. Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; A good fat hen; Maids a waiting; My stomach's empty. 36. PAT-A-CAKE, pat-a-cake, baker's man! Put in the oven for Tommy and me. 37. A, B, C, and D, Well, so it shall be. In peace we will dwell. To play let us go. Love may we possess. I hope will agree. W, X, and Y, Will not quarrel or lie. Z, and &, Go to school at command. 38. APPLE-PIE, pudding, and pancake, All begins with an A. [The following stanzas are founded on the well-known Scotch tale.] BESSY BELL and Mary Gray, They were two bonny lasses: They built their house upon the lea, Bessy kept the garden gate, C * (29) 40. THERE was a lady all skin and bone, And when she came to the church stile, When she came to the church door, On looking up, on looking down, She saw a dead man on the ground: And from his nose unto his chin, The worms crawl'd out, the worms crawl'd in.* Then she unto the parson said, *This line, slightly altered, has been adopted in Lewis's ballad of "Alonzo the Brave and fair Imogine." The version given above was obtained from Lincolnshire, and differs slightly from the one in "Gammer Gurton's Garland," 8vo., Lond. 1810, pp. 29-30. |