L Large A, little a. ARGE A, little a, bouncing B, the cat's in the cupboard and she can't see. But though she can't see, she can taste, smell, and feel, A Song of Sixpence. ING a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye, SING Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie; When the pie was opened the birds began to singWas not that a dainty dish to set before a king? The king was in the counting-house, counting out his money; The maid who made the pastry should be last to show surprise, Hey, diddle diddle. EY, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. A dog's fancy tickled at seeing such pranks, And a dish making off with a spoon? Now, Miss Catherine Sly-puss is the cat in the riddle, Who oft strikes the guitar, which Young Tom calls her fiddle; That young comical dog who will quiz every tune, And declares, like a dish, she's attached to a spoon. But the wedding's next week, when the bride and her spouse Charity Fones. HARITY JONES, whom nobody owns, CF Broke his bones jumping over tombstones : What discretion omits. |