Can you spell that with four letters?

Yes, I can — T H A T.

[There was a man in our town,] And he was wond’rous wise, He jump’d 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.
[As I was going to sell my eggs,] I met a thief with bandy legs, Bandy legs and crooked toes, I tript up his heels and he fell on his nose.
[Old mistress McShuttle] Lived in a coal-scuttle, Along with her dog and her cat; What they ate I can’t tell, But ’tis known very well, That none of the party were fat.
Hen.

[Cock,cock, cock, cock,]

I’ve laid an egg,

Am I to gang ba-are-foot?

Cock.

Hen, hen, hen, hen,

I’ve been up and down,

To every shop in town,

And cannot find a shoe

To fit your foot,

If I’d crow my hea-art out.

[To be said very quickly, except the last two words in each verse, which are to be “screamed” out.]

[Pussy sits behind the log,] How can she be fair? Then comes in the little dog, Pussy, are you there? So, so, dear mistress Pussy, Pray tell me how you do? I thank you, little dog, I’m very well just now.