It happen'd one day, as Bo-peep did stray,
Unto a meadow hard by;
There she espy'd their tails side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.
She heav'd a sigh, and wip'd her eye,
And over the hillocks went stump-o,
And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,
To tack each again to its rump-o.
WATER SKIMMING.
A duck and a drake,
A nice barley cake,
With a penny to pay the old baker,
A hop and a scotch,
Is another notch,
Slitherum, slatherum, take her.
THE JOLLY TESTER.
I love sixpence, a jolly, jolly sixpence,
I love sixpence as my life;
I spent a penny of it, I spent a penny of it,
I took a penny home to my wife.
I love fourpence, a jolly, jolly fourpence,
I love fourpence as my life;
I spent twopence of it, I spent twopence of it,
I took twopence home to my wife.
I love nothing, a jolly, jolly nothing,
I love nothing as my life,
I spent nothing of it, I spent nothing of it.
I took nothing home to my wife.