One day, as I am certified,
He took a whim and fairly died;
And, as I'm told by men of sense,
He never has been living since.
CCCLXXIV.
[Mind your punctuation !]
I SAW a peacock with a fiery tail,
I saw a blazing comet drop down hail,
I saw a cloud wrapped with ivy round,
I saw an oak creep upon the ground,
I saw a pismire swallow up a whale,
I saw the sea brimful of ale,
I saw a Venice glass full fifteen feet deep, I saw a well full of men's tears that weep, I saw red eyes all of a flaming fire,
I saw a house bigger than the moon and higher,
I saw the sun at twelve o'clock at night,
I saw the man that saw this wondrous sight.
My true love lives far from me,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie. Many a rich present he sends to me, Petrum, Partrum, Paradise, Temporie, Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.
He sent me a goose, without a bone;
He sent me a cherry, without a stone.
Petrum, &c.
He sent me a Bible, no man could read;
He sent me a blanket, without a thread.
Petrum, &c.
How could there be a goose without a bone How could there be a cherry without
When the goose is in the egg-shell, there is no bone;
When the cherry is in the blossom, there is
When ye Bible is in ye press no man it can
When ye wool is on ye sheep's back, there is no thread.
THERE was a man and he was mad,
And he jump'd into a pea-swad;
The pea-swad was over-full,
So he jump'd into a roaring bull;
The roaring bull was over-fat,
So he jump'd into a gentleman's hat;
e gentleman's hat was over-fine,
So he jump'd into a bottle of wine;
The bottle of wine was over-dear,
So he jump'd into a bottle of beer;
The bottle of beer was over-thick,
So he jump'd into a club-stick;
The club-stick was over-narrow,
So he jump'd into a wheel-barrow;
The wheel-barrow began to crack,
So he jump'd on to a hay-stack;
The hay-stack began to blaze,
So he did nothing but cough and sneeze!
I SAW a ship a-sailing,
A-sailing on the sea;
And, oh! it was all laden
With pretty things for thee!
*The pod or shell of a pea.
There were comfits in the cabin,
And apples in the hold;
The sails were made of silk,
And the masts were made of gold:
The four-and-twenty sailors,
That stood between the decks,
Were four-and-twenty white mice,
With chains about their necks.
The captain was a duck,
With a packet on his back;
And when the ship began to move,
The captain said, “Quack! quack!”
BARNEY BODKIN broke his nose,
Without feet we can't have toes;
Crazy folks are always mad,
Want of money makes us sad.
Ir a man who turnips cries
Cries not when his father dies,
It is a proof that he would rather
Have a turnip than his father.
USHY baby, my doll, I pray you don't
And I'll give you some bread and some milk by and bye;
Or, perhaps you like custard, or may-be a
Then to either you're welcome, with all my whole heart.
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