CXXVIII. There was a mad man and he had a mad wife, And they had children three at a birth, The father was mad, the mother was mad, And the children mad beside; And they all got on a mad horse, And madly they did ride. They rode by night and they rode by day, Yet never a one of them fell; They rode so madly all the way, Old Nick was glad to see them so mad, And gladly let them in : But he soon grew sorry to see them so merry, And let them out again. CXXIX. There was an old man, and he liv'd in a wood; With a bill and a stump for making of brooms. One morn in a passion, and sore with vexation, If he did not get up and go to his work, And fall to the cutting of brooms, green brooms, &e. Then Jack arose and slipt on his clothes, And away to the woods very soon, Where he made up his pack, and put it on his back, Crying, Maids, do you want any brooms? green brooms, &c. CXXX. Jack Sprat Had a cat, It had but one ear; It went to buy butter, When butter was dear. 97 THIRD CLASS—JINGLES. CXXXI. Hub a dub dub, Three men in a tub; And how do you think they got there? The butcher, the baker, The candlestick-maker, They all jump'd out of a rotten potato— 'Twas enough to make a man stare! mmm CXXXII. Handy Spandy, Jack-a-dandy, |