"Butcher, butcher, kill ox!
Ox won't drink water;
Water won't quench fire;
Fire won't burn stick;
Stick won't beat dog;

Dog won't bite pig;

Pig won't get over the stile,

And I shan't get home to-night."

But the butcher would not.

She went a little further, and she met a rope.

But the rope would not.

She went a little further, and she met a rat.

she said

"Rat, rat, gnaw rope!

Rope won't hang butcher;

Butcher won't kill ox;

Ox won't drink water;

So

So

Water won't quench fire;

Fire won't burn stick;
Stick won't beat dog;

Dog won't bite pig;

Pig won't get over the stile,

And I shan't get home to-night."

But the rat would not.

She went a little further, and she met a cat. So she said

"Cat, cat, kill rat;

Rat won't gnaw rope;
Rope won't hang butcher;
Butcher won't kill ox;
Ox won't drink water;
Water won't quench fire;
Fire won't burn stick ;
Stick won't beat dog;

Dog won't bite pig;

Pig won't get over the stile,

And I shan't get home to-night."

The cat said, "If you will give me a saucer of milk, I will kill the rat."

So the old woman gave the cat the milk, and when she had lapped up the milk

The cat began to kill the rat;

The rat began to gnaw the rope;

The rope began to hang the butcher;
The butcher began to kill the ox;
The ox began to drink the water;
The water began to quench the fire;
The fire began to burn the stick ;
The stick began to beat the dog;
The dog began to bite the pig;
The pig jumped over the stile,

And so the old woman got home that night.

I

LOVE sixpence, pretty little sixpence,
I love sixpence better than my life;

I spent a penny of it, I spent another,
And took fourpence home to my wife.

Oh, my little fourpence, pretty little fourpence,
I love fourpence better than my life;
I spent a penny of it, I spent another,
And I took twopence home to my wife.

Oh, my little twopence, my pretty little twopence,
I love twopence better than my life;
I spent a penny of it, I spent another,
And I took nothing home to my wife.

Oh, my little nothing, my pretty little nothing,
What will nothing buy for my
wife?

I have nothing, I spend nothing,
I love nothing better than my wife.