DICKORY DOCK

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Hickory, dickory dock!
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory dock!

Ye FROG’S WOOING

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1.
It was the frog lived in the well,
Heigh-ho! says Rowley;
And the merry mouse under the mill,
With a Rowley, Powley, Gammon, and Spinach,
Heigh-ho! says Anthony Rowley.
2.
The frog he would a-wooing ride, Heigh-ho, &c.
Sword and buckler at his side, With a, &c.
3.
When upon his high horse set, Heigh-ho, &c.
His boots they shone as black as jet, With a, &c.
4.
When he came to the merry mill-pin, Heigh-ho, &c.
“Lady Mouse, are you within?” With a, &c.
5.
Then came out the dusty mouse, Heigh-ho, &c.
“I am the lady of this house,” With a, &c.
6.
“Hast thou any mind of me?” Heigh-ho, &c.
“I have e’en great mind of thee,” With a, &c.
7.
“Who shall this marriage make?” Heigh-ho, &c.
“Our lord, which is the rat,” With a, &c.
8.
“What shall we have to our supper?” Heigh-ho, &c.
“Three beans in a pound of butter,” With a, &c.
9.
But when the supper they were at, Heigh-ho, &c.
The frog, the mouse, and e’en the rat, With a, &c.
10.
Then came in Tib, our cat, Heigh-ho, &c.
And caught the mouse e’en by the back, With a, &c.
11.
Then did they separate, Heigh-ho, &c.
The frog leaped on the floor so flat, With a, &c.
12.
Then came in Dick, our drake, Heigh-ho, &c.
And drew the frog e’en to the lake, With a, &c.
13.
The rat he ran up the wall, Heigh-ho, &c.
And so the company parted all, With a, &c.

Ye FROG & Ye CROW

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1. A jolly fat frog lived in the river swim, O!
A comely black crow lived on the river brim, O!
“Come on shore, come on shore,”
Said the crow to the frog, and then, O!
“No, you’ll bite me, no, you’ll bite me,”
Said the frog to the crow again, O!
2. “O! there is sweet music on yonder green hill, O!
And you shall be a dancer, a dancer in yellow,
All in yellow, all in yellow.”
Said the crow to the frog, and then, O!
“All in yellow, all in yellow,”
Said the frog to the crow again, O!
3. “Farewell, ye little fishes, that in the river swim, O!
I’m going to be a dancer, a dancer in yellow.”
“O beware! O beware!”
Said the fish to the frog, and then, O!
“I’ll take care, I’ll take care,”
Said the frog to the fish again, O!
4. The frog began a swimming, a swimming to land, O!
And the crow began jumping to give him his hand, O!
“Sir, you’re welcome, Sir, you’re welcome,”
Said the crow to the frog, and then, O!
“Sir, I thank you, Sir, I thank you.”
Said the frog to the crow, again, O!
5. “But where is the sweet music on yonder green hill, O?
And where are all the dancers, the dancers in yellow?
All in yellow, all in yellow?”
Said the frog to the crow, and then, O!
“Sir, they’re here, Sir, they’re here.”
Said the crow to the frog—[*]

[*] Here the crow swallows the frog.