[Illustration] THE ROBIN REDBREASTS. Two Robin Redbreasts built their nests Within a hollow tree; The hen sat quietly at home, The cock sang merrily; And all the little young ones said, "Wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, wee." One day (the sun was warm and bright, And shining in the sky), Cock Robin said, "My little dears, 'T is time you learn to fly;" And all the little young ones said, "I'll try, I'll try, I'll try." I know a child, and _who she is_ I'll tell you by-and-by, When Mamma says, "Do this," or "that," She says, "What for?" and "Why?" She'd be a better child by far If she would say "I'll try." THERE was an old woman Lived under a hill, And if she's not gone, She lives there still. [Illustration] We are all in the dumps, For diamonds are trumps, The kittens are gone to St. Paul's, The babies are bit, The moon's in a fit, And the houses are built without walls. AS I was going along, long, long, A-singing a comical song, song, song, The lane that I went was so long, long, long, And the song that I sung was so long, long, long, And so I went singing along. [Illustration] A-milking, a-milking, my maid, "Cow, take care of your heels," she said; "And you shall have some nice new hay, If you'll quietly let me milk away." [Illustration] Old father Grey Beard, Without tooth or tongue, If you'll give me your finger, I'll give you my thumb. [Illustration] Dance a baby diddit, What can his mother do with it, But sit in a lap, And give him some pap? Dance a baby diddit. Snail, snail, come out of your hole, Or else I'll beat you as black as a coal. At the siege of Belleisle I was there all the while, All the while, all the while, at the siege of Belleisle. Bye, baby bunting, Father's gone a-hunting, Mother's gone a-milking, Sister's gone a-silking, Brother's gone to buy a skin To wrap the baby bunting in. [Illustration: YOUNG LAMBS TO SELL.] Young lambs to sell, young lambs to sell; If I had as much money as I could tell I never would cry young lambs to sell, Young lambs to sell, young lambs to sell, I never would cry, young lambs to sell. [Illustration] [Illustration] Come, let's to bed, says Sleepy-head; Tarry a while, says Slow; Put on the pan, says Greedy Nan, Let's sup before we go. [Illustration] To make your candles last for aye, You wives and maids give ear-o! To put them out's the only way, Says honest John Boldero. THE GREAT BROWN OWL THE Brown Owl sits in the ivy-bush, And she looketh wondrous wise, With a horny beak beneath her cowl, And a pair of large round eyes.