'But if it be I, as I do hope it be,
I've a little dog at home, and he'll know me;
If it be I, he'll wag his little tail,
And if it be not I, he'll loudly bark and wail!'
Home went the little woman all in the dark,
Up got the little dog, and he began to bark;
He began to bark, so she began to cry,
'Lauk-a-mercy on me, this is none of I!'
4
If all the world was apple-pie,
And all the sea was ink,
And all the trees were bread and cheese,
What should we have to drink?
5
There was a little boy and a little girl
Lived in an alley;
Says the little boy to the little girl,
'Shall I, oh! shall I?'
Says the little girl to the little boy,
'What shall we do?'
Says the little boy to the little girl,
'I will kiss you!'
CLXXI
THE AGE OF CHILDREN HAPPIEST
if they had still wit to understand it