THE THREE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM,

WHO WENT TO SEA IN A BOWL.

Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl,
And if the bowl had been stronger,
My song had been longer.

SONG OF SIXPENCE.

Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye,
Four-and-twenty blackbirds bak'd in a pye;
And when the pye was open'd the birds began to sing,
And was not this a pretty dish to set before a king?

The king was in the parlour counting o'er his money,
The queen was in the kitchen, eating bread and honey;
The maid was in the garden laying out the clothes,
Up came a magpie and bit off her nose.[B]

[B] Quoted in Beaumont and Fletcher's Bonduca, act v. sc. ii.