| WAS ever heard such noise and clamor! |
| The hatchet's jealous of the hammer! |
| [Mind your Punctuation] |
| I SAW a peacock with a fiery tail, |
| I saw a blazing comet drop down hail, |
| I saw a cloud wrapped with ivy round, |
| I saw an oak creep on the ground, |
| I saw a snail swallow up a whale, |
| I saw the sea brimful of ale, |
| I saw a Venice glass full fifteen feet deep, |
| I saw a well full of men's tears that weep, |
| I saw red eyes all of a flaming fire, |
| I saw a house bigger than the moon and higher, |
| I saw the sun at twelve o'clock at night, |
| I saw the man that saw this wondrous sight. |
| HERE am I, little jumping Joan, When nobody's with me, I'm always alone. THERE was a rat, for want of stairs, Went down a rope to say his prayers. OH dear, what can the matter be Johnny's so long at the fair, He promised to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons To tie up my bonny brown hair. |
| THERE was a man in our town, |
| And he was wondrous wise; |
| He jumped into a bramble bush, |
| And scratch'd out both his eyes; |
And when he saw his eyes were out, |
| With all his might and main, |
| He jump'd into another bush, |
| And scratch'd them in again. |
| ELIZABETH, Elspeth, Betsy and Bess, |
| They all went together to seek a bird's nest. |
| They found a bird's nest with five eggs in, |
| They all took one, and left four in. |
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| THREE Blind Mice, See how they run! They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife; Did ever you hear such a thing in your life As three blind mice? | |
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