The poems by Frank Dempster Sherman are used by permission FIRST YEAR FIRST HALF MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES1 PUBLISHED IN BOSTON IN 1719 BY THOMAS FLEET Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back there again. This Pig went to Market This pig stayed at home; 1 The versions of the Mother Goose Rhymes are those of the oldest and most correct editions. It will be noticed that they vary in some slight particulars from the newer versions. 5 10 Little Jack Horner Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, And said, "What a brave boy am I!" Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary Baa Baa Black Sheep! Baa! baa! black sheep! Three bags full. One for my master, And one for my dame, But none for the little boy MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES Little Boy Blue 9 Little Boy Blue, come blow up your horn. The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn; Where's the little boy that tends the sheep? not I; For if I awake him, he'll certainly cry. Sing a Song of Sixpence Sing a song of sixpence, When the pie was opened, 10 The king was in his counting-house, 15 The queen was in the parlor, The maid was in the garden, 10 I saw a Ship a-sailing I saw a ship a-sailing, With pretty things for thee! There were comfits in the cabin, The sails were made of silk, And the masts were made of gold. 15 The four-and-twenty sailors That stood between the decks Were four-and-twenty white mice, With chains about their necks. |