IN A CHILD’S ALBUM.
Small service is true service while it lasts;
Of humblest friends, bright creature! scorn not one;
The Daisy, by the shadow that it casts,
Protects the lingering dew-drop from the sun.
—William Wordsworth.
Mistress Mary.
Mistress Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With cockle-shells, and silver bells,
And pretty maids all in a row.
Handy Spandy.
Handy Spandy, Jack-a-dandy,
Loved plum cake and sugar candy;
He bought some at a grocer’s shop,
And out he came, hop, hop, hop.
About the Bush, Willy.
About the bush, Willy,
About the bee-hive,
About the bush, Willy,
I’ll meet thee alive.
Then to my ten shillings
Add you but a groat,
I’ll go to Newcastle,
And buy a new coat.
Five and five shillings
Five and a crown;
Five and five shillings,
Will buy a new gown.
Five and five shillings,
Five and a groat;
Five and five shillings
Will buy a new coat.
Little Jack Horner.
Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner,
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb,
And he took out a plum,
And said, “What a good boy am I!”
If I’d as Much Money.
If I’d as much money as I could spend,
I never would cry old chairs to mend;
Old chairs to mend, old chairs to mend;
I never would cry old chairs to mend.
If I’d as much money as I could tell,
I never would cry old clothes to sell;
Old clothes to sell, old clothes to sell;
I never would cry old clothes to sell.
Pretty John Watts.
Pretty John Watts,
We are troubled with rats,
Will you drive them out of the house?
We have mice too, in plenty,
That feast in the pantry;
But let them stay
And nibble away
What harm in a little brown mouse?
This Pig Went to Market.
1. This pig went to market;
2. This pig stayed at home;
3. This pig had a bit of meat;
4. And this pig had none;
5. This pig said, “Wee, wee, wee!
I can’t find my way home.”
The Rose is Red.
The rose is red, the grass is green;
And in this book my name is seen.