Jack Sprat could eat no fat;
His wife could eat no lean;

So 'twixt them both they cleared the cloth,
And lick'd the platter clean.

There was a little boy went into a barn,
And lay down on some hay;
A calf came out and smelt about,

And the little boy ran away.

The sow came in with the saddle, The little pig rock'd the cradle, The dish jump'd up on the table To see the pot swallow the ladle. The spit that stood behind the door Threw the pudding-stick on the floor. Odsplut! said the gridiron, Can't you agree?

I'm the head constable,

Bring them to me.

Little Tommy Tucker,

Sing for your supper :

What shall I sing?

White bread and butter.

How shall I cut it

Without any knife?

How shall I marry

Without any wife?

I would, if I could; if I couldn't, how could I?

I couldn't without I could, could I?

Could you without you could, could ye? could ye? could ye? You couldn't without you could, could ye?

Oh that I were where 1 would be!
Then should I be where I am not;
But where I am, there I must be,

And where I would be I can not.

Hiccory, diccory, dock,

The mouse run up the clock:

The clock struck one, and down he run, Hiccory, diccory, dock.

If I should give my fiddle,

They'll think that I'm gone mad,

For many a joyful day

My fiddle and I have had.