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!_ [Illustration: 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-shilling, O! Le'ping alive, O! Three a-shilling O!_ [Illustration: MACKEREL.] Live Mackerel, oh! fresh as the day! At three for a shilling, is giving away; Full row'd, like bright silver they shine; Two persons on one can sup or dine. _Buy my Shirt Buttons! Shirt Buttons! Buy Shirt Hand Buttons! Buttons!_ [Illustration: SHIRT BUTTONS.] At a penny a dozen, a dozen, My Buttons for shirts I sell, Come aunt, uncle, sister, and cousin, I'll warrant I'll use you well. _Buy my Rabbits! Rabbits, who'll buy? Rabbit! Rabbit! who will buy?_ [Illustration: THE RABBIT MAN.] "Rabbit! Rabbit! who will buy?" Is all you hear from him; The Rabbit you may roast or fry, The fur your cloak will trim. _Buy Rue! Buy Sage! Buy Mint! Buy Rue, Sage and Mint, a farthing a bunch!_ [Illustration: THE HERB-WIFE.] As thro' the fields she bends her way, Pure nature's work discerning; So you should practice every day, To trace the fields of learning. _Apple Tarts! All sweet and good, to-day! Hot, nice, sweet and good, to-day!_ [Illustration: APPLE TARTS. APPLE TARTS.] Apple Tarts! Apple Tarts! Tarts, I cry! They are all of my own making, My Apple Tarts! My Apple Tarts, come buy! For, a honest penny I would be taking. _Ripe Strawberries! a groat a pottle, to-day, Only a groat a pottle, is what I say!_ [Illustration: RIPE AND FRESH STRAWBERRIES.] Ripe strawberries, a full pottle for a groat! They are all ripe and fresh gathered, as you see, No finer for money I believe can be bought; So I pray you come and deal fairly with me. _Any Knives, or Scissors to grind, to-day? Big Knives, or little Knives, or Scissors to grind, O!_ [Illustration: ANY KNIVES OR SCISSORS TO GRIND.] Any Knives or Scissors to grind, to-day? I'll do them well and there's little to pay; Any Knives or Scissors to grind, to-day? If you've nothing for me, I'll go away. _Door-Mat! Door-Mat, Buy a Door-Mat, Rope-mat! Rope-Mat! Buy a Rope-Mat._ [Illustration: ROPE MAT. DOOR MAT.] Rope Mat! Door Mat! you really must Buy one to save the mud and dust; Think of the dirt brought from the street For the want of a Mat to wipe your feet. _Clothes Props! Clothes Props! I say, good wives Clothes Props, all long and very strong, to-day._ [Illustration: CLOTHES PROPS, CLOTHES PROPS.] Buy Clothes Props, Buy Clothes Props! Pretty maids, or pretty wives, I say, I sell them half the price of the shops; So you'll buy of the old man, I pray.