Part 9 (1/2)

Handy Spandy Jack-a-Dandy Loved plumcake and sugar candy; He bought some at a grocer's shop, And out he came, hop, hop, hop.

[Ill.u.s.tration: LITTLE BOY BLUE.]

Little Boy Blue, come blow up your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.

Where's the little boy that looks after the sheep?

He is under the hay-c.o.c.k fast asleep.

[Ill.u.s.tration: THIS LITTLE PIG WENT TO MARKET.]

This little pig went to market; This little pig stayed at home; This pig had a piece of bread-and-b.u.t.ter; This little pig had none; This little pig said, ”Wee, wee, wee!

I can't find my way home.”

NURSERY RHYMES.

Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas Pie; He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum, And said, ”What a good boy am I!”

[Ill.u.s.tration: LITTLE JACK HORNER.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: TO MARKET, TO MARKET.]

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig; Home again, home again, jiggetty-jig.

To market, to market, to buy a fat hog; Home again, home again, jiggetty-jog.

Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house And stole a piece of beef.

I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was from home; Taffy came to my house And stole a marrow bone.

[Ill.u.s.tration: TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP.]

Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool?

Yes, marry, have I, Three bags full: One for my master, One for my dame; But none for the little girl That cries in the lane.

[Ill.u.s.tration: PRETTY MAID, PRETTY MAID.]

Pretty maid, pretty maid, where have you been?

Gathering a posie to give to the Queen.

[Ill.u.s.tration: MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY.]

Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?

Silver bells and c.o.c.kle-sh.e.l.ls, And columbines all of a row.

[Ill.u.s.tration: LITTLE BO-PEEP.]

Little Bo-Peep has lost his sheep, And cannot tell where to find them Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them.

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep, And dreamt he heard them bleating When he awoke, he found it a joke, For still they all were fleeting.