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Tom with his pipe did play with such skill, That those who heard him could never keep still;

Whenever they heard they began for to dance; Even pigs on their hind legs would after him

prance.

As Dolly was milking her cow one day,
Tom took out his pipe and began to play;

So Doll and the cow danced the Cheshire

Round

Till the pail was broke, and the milk ran on the ground.

He met old Dame Trot with a basket of eggs,
He used his pipe, and she used her legs;
She danced about till the eggs were all broke,
She began for to fret, but he laughed at her
joke.

He saw a cross fellow was beating an ass,
Heavy laden with pots, pans, dishes, and glass;
He took out a pipe and played them a tune,
And the jackass's load was lightened full soon.

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RIDDLES IN RHYME.
Little Anne Etticoat,
In a white petticoat,

And a red nose;

The longer she stands,

The shorter she grows.

(A candle.)

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Old Mother Twitchet had but one eye,
And a long tail which she let fly;
And every time she went over a gap,
She left a bit of her tail in a trap.

(A needle and thread.)

33

As round as an apple, as deep as a cup,
And all the king's horses can't pull it up.

[blocks in formation]

(A well.)

(A pair of tongs)

35

As I went through the garden gap,
Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap?

A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat,

If you'll tell me this riddle I'll give you a groat. (A cherry.)

36

What shoemaker makes shoes without leather,
With all the four elements put together-
Fire and water, earth and air?

Every customer has two pair.

(A horse shoe.)

37

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;

Not all the king's horses, nor all the king's

men,

Could set up poor Humpty Dumpty again.

38

PEASE PORRIDGE.

(An egg.)

Pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot nine days old,
Can you spell that in four letters.
Yes, I can-That.

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We are little fairy creatures,
All of different voice and features;

One of us in glass is set,
One of us you'll find in jet,
One is always cased in tin,

The fourth a shining box within ;
And the fifth if you pursue,

It will never fly from you.

(The five vowels.)

40

BA BA.

Ba, ba, black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full:

One for my master, and one for my dame,
But none for the little boy who cries in the
lane.

41

DING DONG.

Ding dong, bell,
Pussy's in the well.
Who put her in?
Little Tommy Thin;
Who pulled her out?
Little Johnny Stout.

What a naughty boy was that,

To try and drown poor pussy cat,
Who never did him any harm,

But killed the mice in his father's barn.

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Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?
I've been to London to look at the Queen;
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there?
I frightened a little mouse under the chair.

43

Hiccory diccory dock,

The mouse ran up the clock,

The clock struck one, the mouse ran down, Hiccory, diccory dock.

44

Hi diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle; The cow jumped over the moon;

The little dog laughed to see such sport, While the dish ran away with the spoon.

45

Wash on Friday, wash in need;
Wash on Saturday, slut indeed.

46

A CAT.

A cat came fiddling out of a barn,
With a pair of bagpipes under her arm;

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