The Real Mother Goose Part 15

Birds of a feather flock together, And so will pigs and swine; Rats and mice will have their choice, And so will I have mine.

THE DUSTY MILLER

Margaret wrote a letter, Sealed it with her finger, Threw it in the dam For the dusty miller.

Dusty was his coat, Dusty was the siller, Dusty was the kiss I'd from the dusty miller.

If I had my pockets Full of gold and siller, I would give it all To my dusty miller.

A STAR

Higher than a house, higher than a tree.

Oh! whatever can that be?

THE GREEDY MAN

The greedy man is he who sits And bites bits out of plates, Or else takes up an almanac And gobbles all the dates.

THE TEN O'CLOCK SCHOLAR

A diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar!

What makes you come so soon?

You used to come at ten o'clock, But now you come at noon.

c.o.c.k-A-DOODLE-DO

Oh, my pretty c.o.c.k, oh, my handsome c.o.c.k, I pray you, do not crow before day, And your comb shall be made of the very beaten gold, And your wings of the silver so gray.

AN ICICLE

Lives in winter, Dies in summer, And grows with its roots upward!

A s.h.i.+P'S NAIL

Over the water, And under the water, And always with its head down.

THE OLD WOMAN OF LEEDS

There was an old woman of Leeds, Who spent all her time in good deeds; She worked for the poor Till her fingers were sore, This pious old woman of Leeds!

THE BOY IN THE BARN

A little boy went into a barn, And lay down on some hay.

An owl came out, and flew about, And the little boy ran away.

SUNs.h.i.+NE

Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more, On the King's kitchen door, All the King's horses, And all the King's men, Couldn't drive Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more, Off the King's kitchen door.

w.i.l.l.y, w.i.l.l.y

w.i.l.l.y, w.i.l.l.y Wilkin Kissed the maids a-milking, Fa, la, la!

And with his merry daffing He set them all a-laughing, Ha, ha, ha!

TONGS

Long legs, crooked thighs, Little head, and no eyes.

JACK JINGLE

Little Jack Jingle, He used to live single; But when he got tired of this kind of life, He left off being single and lived with his wife.

Now what do you think of little Jack Jingle?

Before he was married he used to live single.

THE QUARREL

My little old man and I fell out; I'll tell you what 'twas all about,-- I had money and he had none, And that's the way the noise begun.

THE PUMPKIN-EATER

Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her; He put her in a pumpkin sh.e.l.l, And there he kept her very well.

SHOEING

Shoe the colt, Shoe the colt, Shoe the wild mare; Here a nail, There a nail, Yet she goes bare.

BETTY BLUE

Little Betty Blue Lost her holiday shoe; What shall little Betty do?

Give her another To match the other And then she'll walk upon two.

THAT'S ALL