The poems by Frank Dempster Sherman are used by permission
of, and by arrangement with, Houghton, Mifflin & Co., authorized
publishers of his works.

FIRST YEAR FIRST HALF

MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES1

PUBLISHED IN BOSTON IN 1719 BY THOMAS FLEET

Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

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 went to market;

This pig stayed at home;
This pig had a bit of meat;
And this pig had none;
This pig said, "Wee, wee, wee!
I can't find my way 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.

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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
Mistress Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row.

Baa Baa Black Sheep!

Baa! baa! black sheep!
Have you any wool?
Yes, marry, have I,

Three bags full.

One for my master,

And one for my dame,

But none for the little boy
Who cries in the lane.

MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES

Little Boy Blue

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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?
He's under the hay-cock, fast asleep.
Go wake him, go wake him.
Oh! no,

not I;

For if I awake him, he'll certainly cry.

Sing a Song of Sixpence

Sing a song of sixpence,
A pocket full of rye:
Four-and-twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie;

When the pie was opened,
The birds began to sing;
Was not that a dainty 'dish
To set before the king?

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The king was in his counting-house, 15
Counting out his money;

The queen was in the parlor,
Eating bread and honey;

The maid was in the garden,
Hanging out the clothes;
When up came a blackbird
And snapt off her nose.

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I saw a Ship a-sailing

I saw a ship a-sailing,
A-sailing on the sea;
And, oh! it was all laden

With pretty things for thee!

There were comfits in the cabin,
And apples in the hold;

The sails were made of silk,

And the masts were made of gold.

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The four-and-twenty sailors

That stood between the decks

Were four-and-twenty white mice,

With chains about their necks.