Build it up with stone so strong, Dance over, my Lady Lee; Huzza! 't will last for ages long, My gay lady. OLD Mother Goose, when She wanted to wander, Would ride through the air On a very fine gander. Mother Goose had a house, Where an owl at the door For sentinel stood. This is her son Jack, She sent him to market, A live goose he bought: "Here! mother,” says he, "It will not go for naught." Jack's goose and her gander They'd both eat together, Jack found one morning, Jack rode to his mother, The news for to tell. SIMPLE SIMON met a pieman, Says Simple Simon to the pieman, Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny." Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Indeed I have not any." Simple Simon went a-fishing All the water he could find Simple Simon went to look If plums grew on a thistle; He pricked his fingers very much, Which made poor Simon whistle. He went to catch a dicky bird, To put upon its tail. He went for water with a sieve, And now poor Simple Simon SEE a pin and pick it up, All the day you 'll have good luck; Bad luck you'll have all the day. THE man in the wilderness asked me How many strawberries grew in the sea. I answered him, as I thought good, As many as red herrings grew in the wood. JACK be nimble, Jack be quick, |