There was a horse going to the mill,
When he went on, he stood not still.

There was a butcher cut his thumb,
When it did bleed, then blood did come.

There was a lackey ran a race,
When he ran fast, he ran apace.

There was a cobbler clowting shoon, When they were mended, they were done.

There was a chandler making candle, When he them strip, he did them handle.

There was a navy went into Spain,
When it return'd it came again.

XXVII.

[The following may possibly allude to King George and the Pretender.]

JIM and George were two great lords,
They fought all in a churn;

And when that Jim got George by the nose,
Then George began to gern.

XXVIII.

LITTLE General Monk
Sat upon a trunk,
Eating a crust of bread;
There fell a hot coal

And burnt in his clothes a hole,
Now General Monk is dead.
Keep always from the fire:
If it catch your attire,

You too, like Monk, will be dead.

XXIX.

EIGHTY-EIGHT Wor Kirby feight,

When nivver a man was slain;

They yatt their meaat, an drank ther drink, An sae com merrily heaam agayn.

A, B, C, tumble down D,

The cat's in the cupboard and can't see me.

XXXII.

[Finis.]

F for fig, J for jig,

And N for knuckle bones, I for John the waterman, And S for sack of stones.

XXXIII.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5!
I caught a hare alive;
6, 7, 8, 9, 10!
I let her go again.

XXXIV.

GREAT A, little a,
Bouncing B!

The cat's in the cupboard,
And she can't see.

XXXV.

ONE's none;
Two's some;
Three's a many;

Four's a penny;

Five is a little hundred.

HICKERY, dickery, 6 and 7,
Alabone Crackabone 10 and 11,
Spin span muskidan;

Twiddle 'um twaddle 'um, 21.

XXXVIII.

APPLE-PIE, pudding, and pancake, All begins with an A.