John was lost and never was found;

And there was an end of the three sons,

Jerry, and James, and John.

The sow came in with the saddle;

The little pig rock’d the cradle;

The dish jump’d up on the table,

To see the pot swallow the ladle.

The spit that stood behind the door,

Threw the pudding-stick on the floor.

Oh! said the gridiron, can’t you agree?