Little Charlie Hilles, first aide to Will, is Eating some White House pie; If he puts in his thumb and pulls out this plum, There is nobody here who will cry.] [Illustration: 1. This little pig went to the market. 2. This little pig stayed at home. 3. This little pig had roast beef. 4. This little pig got none. 5. This little pig cried wee, wee, all the way home.] [Illustration: “Robert, come give me your fiddle, If ever you mean to thrive.” “Nay, I’ll not give my fiddle To any man alive. If I should give my fiddle, They’ll think that I’ve gone mad, For many a joyful day My fiddle and I have had.”] [Illustration: There was a busy man who lived on a hill, He lives there yet, but not always still. On Tennessee Iron he says he was “wise,” And he’s the ONE man who never tells lies.] [Illustration: Billy Lorimer picked a peck Of Hines’ splinters; A peck of Hines’ splinters Billy Lorimer picked. If Billy Lorimer picked a peck Of Hines’ splinters, Where’s the peck of Hines’ splinters Uncle Isaac picked?] [Illustration: OLD MOTHER HUBBARD (Or the Horrible Tale of Mrs. Ultimately Consumed) Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To get her poor children a bone; But when she came there The cupboard was bare, It was plain the shelves held none.] [Illustration: She went to the baker’s To buy them some bread, But wheat had gone up, Reciprocity was dead. She went to the joiner’s A coffin to buy, But she found that cremation Was not half so high.] [Illustration: She took a clean dish To buy them some trout, But the price was so “fishy” She came away without. She went to the ale-house To buy them some beer, But the cost of the drink Took away all the cheer.] [Illustration: She went to the tavern For white wine and red, But when she had priced it, She took water, instead. She went to the hatter’s To buy them a hat, But the things that were swell Made her pocket-book flat.] [Illustration: She went to the barber’s With wigs to display, She found nothing there But a high price “toupee.” She went to the fruiterer’s To buy them some fruit, But the figures had taken The aerial route.] [Illustration: She went to the tailor’s To buy them a coat, The tailor convinced her That she was the “goat.” She went to the cobbler’s To buy them some shoes, It was plain she must give To the tariff its dues. She went to the sempstress To buy them some linen, The cost plainly showed her She was in for a skinnin’.