[There was a mad man,] And he had a mad wife, And they lived all in a mad lane! They had three children all at a birth, And they too were mad every one. The father was mad, The mother was mad, The children all mad beside; And upon a mad horse they all of them got, And madly away did ride.
[Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?] Yes, marry have I, three bags full, One for my master, and one for my dame, And one for the little boy that lives in the lane.

[To market, to market, to buy a penny bun,]

Home again, home again, market is done.

[The man in the wilderness,] Asked me, How many strawberries Grew in the sea? I answered him as I thought good, As many red herrings As grew in the wood.

[Little Robin Redbreast]

Sat upon a tree,

Up went the Pussy-Cat,

And down went he;

Down came Pussy-Cat,

Away Robin ran,

Says little Robin Redbreast—

Catch me if you can.

Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a spade,

Pussy-Cat jumped after him, and then he wasafraid.

Little Robin chirped and sung, and what did pussy say?

Pussy-Cat said Mew, mew mew,—and Robin flew away.

[Sing a song of sixpence, a bag full of rye,] Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie: When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing; And wasn’t this a dainty dish to set before the king? The king was in the parlour, counting out his money; The queen was in the kitchen, eating bread and honey; The maid was in the garden, hanging out the clothes, There came a little blackbird and nipt off her nose.