XXV. [A song on King William the Third.] As I walk'd by myself, I answer'd myself, In the self-same repartee, Look to thyself, Or not look to thyself, The self-same thing will be. XXVI. [From MS. Sloane, 1489, fol. 19, written in the time of Charles I. It appears from MS. Harl. 390, fol. 85, that these verses were written in 1626, against the Duke of Buckingham.] THERE was a monkey climb'd up a tree, There was a crow sat on a stone, There was an old wife did eat an apple, There was a horse going to the mill, There was a butcher cut his thumb, There was a lackey ran a race, There was a cobbler clowting shoon, When they were mended, they were done. There was a chandler making candle, When he them strip, he did them handle. There was a navy went into Spain, XXVII. [The following may possibly allude to King George and the Pretender.] JIM and George were two great lords, And when that Jim got George by the nose, XXVIII. LITTLE General Monk And burnt in his clothes a hole, You too, like Monk, will be dead. XXIX. EIGHTY-EIGHT Wor Kirby feight, When nivver a man was slain; They yatt their meaat, an drank ther drink, An sae com merrily heaam agayn. XXXII. [Finis.] F for fig, J for jig, And N for knuckle bones, I for John the waterman, And S for sack of stones. XXXIII. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5! XXXIV. GREAT A, little a, The cat's in the cupboard, XXXV. ONE's none; Two's some; Three's a many ; Four's a penny; Five is a little hundred. |