POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON

E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Lindy Walsh, Linda Cantoni,
and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
(http://www.pgdp.net).
Music transcribed by Linda Cantoni.

Transcriber’s Notes

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The front cover of the edition used to prepare this e-book was too damaged to scan. The front cover image below is from an 1899 reprint.

THE
BABY’S BOUQUÊT

A
FRESH BUNCH
OF
OLD RHYMES & TUNES

A
COMPANION
TO THE
“BABY’S OPERA”

ARRANGED & DECORATED BY
WALTER CRANE

THE
TUNES
COLLECTED
&
ARRANGED BY
L.C.

CUT & PRINTED IN COLOURS
BY EDMUND EVANS

LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE & CO.
AND NEW YORK

To
THE FRIENDS OF BABIES,
AND OF—“BABY’S OPERA,”
IN ENGLAND, AMERICA, & ELSEWHERE.

CONTENTS

Page
[9]. Polly put the Kettle on.
[10], [11]. Hot Cross Buns.
[12], [13]. The Little Woman and the Pedlar.
[14], [15]. The Little Disaster.
[16]. The Old Woman of Norwich.
[17]. The Old Woman Tossed up in a Blanket.
[18], [19]. Buy a Broom.
[20], [21]. Hausegesinde.
[21]. Schlaf, Kindlein, Schlaf.
[22], [23]. Little Man and Maid.
[24]. The Jolly Tester.
[25]. Lucy Locket.
[26]. If all the World were Paper.
[27]. Y^e Fairy Ship.
[28], [29]. The Little Cock Sparrow.
[30]. The Carrion Crow.
[31]. The Scarecrow.
[32], [33]. The North Wind & the Robin.
[34]. A.B.C.
[35]. Et moi de m’en Courir.
[36], [37]. The Old Man in Leather.
[38]. Aiken Drum.
[39]. Billy Pringle.
[40], [41]. Sur le Pont d’Avignon.
[42]. London Bridge.
[43]. Charley Over the Water.
[44], [45]. The Four Presents.
[46]. The Three Little Kittens.
[47]. Pussy Cat.
[48]. Zwei Hasen.
[49]. Ringel Tanz.
[50]. La Bergère.
[51]. Le Petit Chasseur.
[52], [53]. Gefunden.
[54]. Looby Light.
[55]. Margery Daw.
[56]. The Fly & the Humble Bee.