Part 30 (2/2)

_Buy my c.o.c.kles! Fine new c.o.c.kles!

c.o.c.kles fine, and c.o.c.kles new!_

[Ill.u.s.tration: NEW c.o.c.kLES.]

c.o.c.kles fine; and c.o.c.kles new, They are as fine as any.

c.o.c.kles! New c.o.c.kles, O!

I sell a good lot for a penny, O!

_Buy fine Flounders! Fine Dabs! All alive, O!

Fine Dabs! Fine live Flounders, O!_

[Ill.u.s.tration: BUY FINE FLOUNDERS! FINE DABS!]

There goes a tall fish-woman sounding her cry, ”Who'll buy my fine flounders, and dabs, who'll buy?”

Poor flounder, he heaves up his fin with a sigh, And thinks that _he_ has most occasion to cry; ”Ah, neighbour,” says dab, ”indeed, so do I.”

_Buy my nice and new Banbury Cakes!

Buy my nice new Banbury Cakes, O!_

[Ill.u.s.tration: BANBURY CAKES.]

Buy Banbury Cakes! By fortune's frown, You see this needy man, Along the street, and up and down, Is selling all he can.

_Buy my Lavender! Sweet blooming Lavender!

Sweet blooming Lavender! Blooming Lavender!_

[Ill.u.s.tration: LAVENDER.]

Lavender! Sweet blooming lavender, Six bunches for a penny to-day!

Lavender! sweet blooming lavender!

Ladies, buy it while you may.

_Live Mackerel! Three a-s.h.i.+lling, O!

Le'ping alive, O! Three a-s.h.i.+lling O!_

[Ill.u.s.tration: MACKEREL.]

Live Mackerel, oh! fresh as the day!

At three for a s.h.i.+lling, is giving away; Full row'd, like bright silver they s.h.i.+ne; Two persons on one can sup or dine.

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