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TALE OF A TAILOR.

JERRY, JAMES, AND JOHN.

THERE was an old woman had three sons:

Jerry, James, and John.

Jerry was hung; James was drowned;
John was lost, and never was found;
And that is the end of the three sons,
Jerry, and James, and John.

A BRIEF TALE OF A TAILOR WHO
MISSED HIS MARK.

A CARRION crow sat on an oak,
Watching a tailor shape his cloak.
"Wife," cried he, "bring me my bow,
That I may shoot yon carrion crow!"
The tailor shot, and missed his mark,
And shot his own sow through the heart.
"Wife, bring me some brandy in a spoon,
For our old sow is in a swoon."

THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED
IN A SHOE.

THERE was an old woman who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children she didn't know what

to do;

She gave them some broth without any bread,

Then whipped them all soundly, and sent them to

bed.

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.

THIS is the house that Jack built.

This is the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built. This is the rat, that ate the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the cat, that killed the rat, that ate the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the dog, that worried the cat, that killed the rat, that ate the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the cow with the crumpled horn, that tossed the dog, that worried the cat, that killed the rat, that ate the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built.

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This is the maiden all forlorn, that milked the cow with the crumpled horn, that tossed the dog, that worried the cat, that killed the rat, that ate the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built. This is the man all tattered and torn, that kissed the maiden all forlorn, that milked the cow with the crumpled horn, that tossed the dog, that worried the cat, that killed the rat, that ate the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the priest all shaven and shorn, that married the man all tattered and torn, that kissed the maiden all forlorn, that milked the cow with the crumpled horn, that tossed the dog, that worried the cat, that killed the rat, that ate the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crew in the morn, that waked the priest all shaven and shorn, that married the man all tattered and torn, that kissed the maiden all forlorn, that milked the cow with the crumpled horn, that tossed the dog, that worried the cat, that killed the rat, that ate the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built.