THE

HEART OF OAK BOOKS

EDITED BY

CHARLES ELIOT NORTON

AND

KATE STEPHENS

First Book

BOSTON, U.S.A.
D. C. HEATH & CO., PUBLISHERS

1894

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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.... Jane Taylor

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The Alphabet ........

A, B, C, tumble down D...

Great A, little a...

One, two.........

We may be as good as we please

1, 2, 3, 4, 5..

Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat.

Some Little Mice ........

I like little pussy ......

What are eyes for ?

Brow bender ..

Knock at the door.

Song set to Five Fingers.

Here am I ...

Do you guess it is I ? . ................. Eliza Lee Follen

Hey! Diddle, Diddle......

Cushey cow bonny...

- Little Miss Muffet .......

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.

There was an old man..

If all the world were apple-pie .......

Ride a Cock-Horse......

Is John Smith within ? ........

Pat-a-Cake.....

Lady bird ! lady bird ! .........

There were two blackbirds........

Buzz, quoth the blue fly

........ Ben Jonson

Ding Dong! Ding Dong! ...

....... Eliza Lee Follen

Pussy Cat Mew..

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Good night.........

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The Star .................cccre

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I see the moon .........

The Burial of Poor Cock Robin

Hickory, dickory, dock.

A diller, a dollar...............

Early to bed ...

Hark! hark! the dogs do bark...

How many days ......

The North Wind doth blow.

Three children sliding on the ice

Once I saw a little bird.

In April's sweet month.

A Swarm of Bees..

Elizabeth, Elspeth ..

Little Boy Blue.....................

Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep ..

Ba-a, ba-a, black sheep.....

Come, my children..

Mistress Mary...........

Willy boy, Willy boy ..

Curly Locks.....

Hush-a-bye baby.

Rain, rain .......

Tales of Simple Simon

Baby Bunting ...

Sing a song of sixpence .....

Pease porridge hot........

There was a man within our town ..

The Story of Bold Yankee Doodle .....

Little Jack Horner..

There was a crooked man .......

One misty, moisty morning..........

There was an old woman tossed in a blanket ...

Four and Twenty Tailors......

Old Mother Twichett. .

O look at the moon .............

................ Eliza Lee Follen

A Fine Thing ...............

Ann Taylor

The Sun and the North Wind...

Arthur O'Bower..

Three wise men of Gotham ...

I saw a ship a-sailing ...,

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Bow, wow, wow .......

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Hark! hark ! bow, wow .................... William Shakespeare 35

The Dog and the Bit of Meat........

The Dog in the Manger......

Mother Hubbard and her Dog .....

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Mary's Lamb

Sarah Josepha Hale

Little lamb, who made thee?.

.......... William Blake

The Wolf and the Lamb..

The Boy and the Wolf....

The Three Bears.

The House that Jack built..

Little Red Riding Hood ........

There was a little girl .

. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Ding, Dong, Bell ......

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Three Little Kittens..

Dame Wiggins of Lee ..........

The Mice, the Cat, and the Bell.

The Field Mouse and the Town Mouse......

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The Cat, the Ape, and the Nuts. .......

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The Fox, the Ape, and the Humble-bee...... William

The Fox and the Grapes.........

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The Mouse and the Lion...

The Hare and the Tortoise....

Hercules and the Wagoner.......

The Goose and the Golden Eggs.

The Lark and her Young Ones ...

London Bridge

The Bells of London ..

The History of Tom Thumb

Little General Monk

A great while ago ....

.... William Shakespeare

The Golden Rule in Verse..........

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