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;
O opened it;
P peeped into it;
Q quartered 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;
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.

36.

PAT-A-CAKE, pat-a-cake, baker's man!
So I will, master, as fast as I can:
Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T,

Put in the oven for Tommy and me.

37.

A, B, C, and D,
Pray playmates agree.
E, F, and G,

Well, so it shall be.
J, K, and L,

In peace we will dwell.
M, N, and O,

To play let us go.
P, Q, R, and S,

Love may we possess.
T, U, and V,

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,
And covered it with rashes.

Bessy kept the garden gate,
And Mary kept the pantry:
Bessy always had to wait,
While Mary lived in plenty.

C

*

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40.

THERE was a lady all skin and bone,
Sure such a lady was never known:
This lady went to church one day,
She went to church all for to pray.

And when she came to the church stile,
She sat her down to rest a little while:
When she came to the churchyard,
There the bells so loud she heard.

When she came to the church door,
She stopt to rest a little more;
When she came the church within,
The parson pray'd 'gainst pride and sin.

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,
Shall I be so when I am dead?
Oh yes! oh yes! the parson said,
You will be so when you are dead.

*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.