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OLD MOTHER HUBBARD.

She took a clean dish,

To buy him some tripe;
And when she came back,
He was smoking his pipe.
She went to the fishmonger's,
To get him some fish;
And when she came back,
He was licking the dish.
She went to the ale-house,
To get him some beer;
And when she came back,
The dog sat in a chair.

She went to the tavern,

For white wine and red; And when she came back,

The dog stood on his head.

She went to the hatter's,
To get him a hat;
And when she came back,

He was feeding the cat.

She went to the barber's,

To get him a wig;

And when she came back,

He was dancing a jig.

OLD MOTHER HUBBARD.

II

She went to the fruiterer's,

To get him some fruit; And when she came back, He was playing the flute.

She went to the tailor's,

To get him a coat;
And when she came back,
He was riding a goat.
She went to the cobbler's,
To buy him some shoes;
And when she came back,

He was reading the news.
She went to the sempstress',

To buy him some linen; And when she came back, The dog was spinning.

She went to the hosier's,

To buy him some hose;

And when she came back,

He was dressed in his clothes.

The dame made a curtsey,

The dog made a bow;

The dame said, "Your servant!"

The dog said, "Bow wow!"

HEN good King Arthur ruled this land

He was a goodly king

He stole three pecks of barley meal
To make a bag pudding.

A bag pudding the Queen did make,
And stuffed it well with plums,
And in it put great lumps of fat
As big as my two thumbs.

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THE OLD WOMAN UNDER A HILL.

The King and Queen did eat thereof,

And noblemen beside :

And what they could not eat that night,
The Queen next morning fried.