PETER PIPER pick'd a peck of pickled pepper; A peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper pick'd; If Peter Piper pick'd a peck of pickled pepper, Where's the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper pick'd? L' 95. ITTLE boy blue, come blow up your horn, A sheep's in the meadow, a cow's in the corn; Where's the little boy that looks after the sheep? Oh, he's under the haycock fast asleep. I 96. HAD a little dog, and his name was Blue Bell; He stepp'd in the coal-scuttle up to the chin. 77 THE Came tumbling down, And ask'd his way to Norwich. He went by the south, And burnt his mouth With supping cold pease-porridge. 100. HEOPHILUS Thistlethwate Thrust three thousand thistles Through the thick of his thumb. ITTLE Bo-peep LIT Has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Let them alone, And they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them. Little Bo-peep Fell fast asleep, And dreamt she heard them bleating; But when she awoke She found it a joke, For still they all were fleeting. 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. It happened one day, As Bo-peep did stray Unto a meadow hard by, There she espied Their tails side by side, All hung on a tree to dry. WHEN good king Arthur ruled England, He was a goodly king: He took three pecks of barley meal, And what they could not eat that night, 103. IX little mice sat down to spin; SIX Pussy pass'd by, and she peep'd in; What are you at, my jolly old men? 104. SING! sing! what shall I sing? The cat's run away with the pudding bag string. THE And he woo'd a little maid, And he said, Little maid, will you wed, wed, wed? I have little more to say, Than will you, yea or nay? For least said is soonest mended-ded, ded, ded. The little maid replied, Some say a little sigh'd: But what shall we have for to eat, eat, eat? Make a fire in the kitchen, Or the little god of love turn the spit, spit, spit? 106. Song, set to Five Fingers. 1. THIS little pig went to market; THIS 2. This little pig stayed at home; 3. This little pig had a bit of bread and butter, 4. This little pig had none; 5. This little pig said, Wee, wee, wee! I can't find my way home. |