The north wind doth blow,
And we shall have snow,
And what will poor Robin do then?
Poor thing!
He’ll sit in a barn,
And keep himself warm,
And hide his head under his wing.
Poor thing!
When I was a bachelor,
I lived by myself,
And all the bread and cheese I got,
I put upon the shelf.
The rats and the mice they made such a strife,
I was forced to go to London to buy me a wife:
The roads were so bad, and the lanes were so narrow,
I was forced to bring my wife home in a wheelbarrow.
The wheelbarrow broke, and my wife had a fall,
Down came wheelbarrow, wife, and all.
| A little boy and a little girl Lived in an alley. Said the little boy to the little girl, “Shall I? oh, shall I?” Said the little girl to the little boy, “What will you do?” Said the little boy to the little girl, “I will kiss you.” |
Bless you, bless you, bonnie bee:
Say, when will your wedding be?
If it be to-morrow day,
Take your wings and fly away.
Taffy was a Welshman,
Taffy was a thief,
Taffy came to my house,
And stole a piece of beef.
I went to Taffy’s house,
Taffy wasn’t at home,
Taffy came to my house,
And stole a marrow-bone.
I went to Taffy’s house,
Taffy was in bed,
I took the marrow-bone,
And beat about his head.
As I was going to sell my eggs,
I met a man with bandy legs,
Bandy legs and crooked toes,
I tripp’d up his heels, and he fell on his nose.
Tell-tale, tit!
Your tongue shall be slit,
And all the dogs in the town
Shall have a little bit!
| Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frighten’d Miss Muffet away. |
Robin and Richard were two pretty men,
They lay a-bed till the clock struck ten;
Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky,
“Oh! oh! brother Richard, the sun’s very high;
You go before with bottle and bag,
And I’ll follow after on little Jack Nag.”
“Come, let’s to bed,” says Sleepy-head;
“Let’s stay awhile,” says Slow:
“Put on the pot,” says Greedy-sot,
“We’ll sup before we go.”