The Nursery Rhyme Book Part 12

PETER PIPER picked a peck of pickled pepper; A peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked;

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If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper, Where's the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?

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MATTHEW, Mark, Luke, and John, Guard the bed that I lay on!

Four corners to my bed, Four angels round my head; One to watch, one to pray, And two to bear my soul away!

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COME, b.u.t.ter, come, Come, b.u.t.ter, come!

Peter stands at the gate, Waiting for a b.u.t.ter'd cake; Come, b.u.t.ter, come!

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BYE, baby bunting, Daddy's gone a hunting, To get a little hare's skin To wrap a baby bunting in.

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HUSHY baby, my doll, I pray you don't cry, And I'll give you some bread and some milk by-and-by; Or perhaps you like custard, or maybe a tart,-- Then to either you're welcome, with all my whole heart.

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DANCE to your daddy, My little babby; Dance to your daddy, My little lamb.

You shall have a fishy, In a little dishy; You shall have a fishy When the boat comes in.

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HUSH-A-BYE, baby, on the tree top; When the wind blows, the cradle will rock; When the bough bends, the cradle will fall; Down will come baby, bough, cradle, and all.

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RABBIT, rabbit, rabbit-pie!

Come, my ladies, come and buy, Else your babies they will cry.

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HEY, my kitten, my kitten, And hey, my kitten, my deary!

Such a sweet pet as this Was neither far nor neary.

Here we go up, up, up, And here we go down, down, downy; And here we go backwards and forwards, And here we go round, round, roundy.

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YOUNG lambs to sell!

Young lambs to sell!

If I'd as much money as I can tell, I never would cry, Young lambs to sell!

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Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green; Father's a n.o.bleman, mother's a queen; And Betty's a lady, and wears a gold ring; And Johnny's a drummer, and drums for the king.

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To market, to market, To buy a plum bun; Home again, come again, Market is done.

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Hickup, hickup, go away!

Come again another day; Hickup, hickup, when I bake, I'll give to you a b.u.t.ter-cake.

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Hickup, snicup, Rise up, right up, Three drops in the cup Are good for the hiccup.

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Swan swam over the sea-- Swim, swan, swim, Swan swam back again, Well swam swan.

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THERE was an old woman Lived under a hill, And if she's not gone She lives there still.

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THERE was an old woman, as I've heard tell, She went to market her eggs for to sell; She went to market all on a market-day, And she fell asleep on the king's highway.

There came by a pedlar whose name was Stout; He cut her petticoats all round about; He cut her petticoats up to the knees, Which made the old woman to s.h.i.+ver and freeze.

When this little woman first did wake, She began to s.h.i.+ver and she began to shake; She began to wonder and she began to cry, "Oh! deary, deary me, this is none of I!

"But if it be I, as I do hope it be, I've a little dog at home, and he'll know me; If it be I, he'll wag his little tail, And if it be not I, he'll loudly bark and wail."

Home went the little woman all in the dark; Up got the little dog, and he began to bark; He began to bark, so she began to cry, "Oh! deary, deary me, this is none of I!"

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"OLD woman, old woman, shall we go a shearing?"

"Speak a little louder, sir, I am very thick of hearing."

"Old woman, old woman, shall I love you dearly?"