Robin the Bobbin, the big-bellied Ben,
He ate more meat than fourscore men;
He ate a cow, he ate a calf,
He ate a butcher and a half;
He ate a church, he ate a steeple,
He ate the priest and all the people!
| Tom, Tom, the piper’s son, Stole a pig and away he ran. The pig was eat, and Tom was beat, And Tom ran crying down the street. |
Shoe the horse, shoe the colt,
Shoe the wild mare;
Here a nail, there a nail,
Yet she goes bare.
Goosey goosey gander,
Whither dost thou wander?
Up stairs, down stairs,
In my lady’s chamber:
There I met an old man
Who would not say his prayers;
I took him by the left leg,
And threw him down the stairs.
There was an old woman went up in a basket,
Seventy times as high as the moon;
What she did there I could not but ask it,
For in her hand she carried a broom.
“Old woman, old woman, old woman,” said I,
“Whither, oh whither, oh whither, so high?”
“To sweep the cobwebs from the sky,
And I shall be back again by and by.”
Pease-pudding hot,
Pease-pudding cold,
Pease-pudding in the pot,
Nine days old.
Some like it hot,
Some like it cold,
Some like it in the pot,
Nine days old.
| Little Nan Etticoat, In a white petticoat, And a red nose; The longer she stands The shorter she grows. |
Little Jack Jingle,
He used to live single:
But when he got tired of this kind of life,
He left off being single, and got him a wife.
Little Robin Red-breast sat upon a tree,
Up went Pussy-cat, and down went he;
Down came Pussy-cat, and away Robin ran:
Says little Robin Red-breast, “Catch me if you can.”
Little Robin Red-breast hopp’d upon a wall,
Pussy-cat jump’d after him, and almost got a fall.
Little Robin chirp’d and sang, and what did Pussy say?
Pussy-cat said, “Mew,” and Robin flew away.