Two Legs sat upon Three Legs 206
Up Hill and down Dale 287
Up Hill, spare me 307
Valentine, oh, Valentine 311
Walrus (The) and the Carpenter 42
We are all in the Dumps 139
We'll go a-shooting 310
What's the News of the Day? 223
When I was a Bachelor, I lived by myself 182
When Little Fred went to Bed 308
When the Wind is in the East 214
Where are you going to, my pretty Maid? 62
Who Stole the Bird's Nest? 53
Willy Boy, Willy Boy, where are you going? 118
Young Lambs to sell, Young Lambs to sell 142
You shall have an Apple 294
MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES.
OLD MOTHER GOOSE.
OLD Mother Goose, when
She wanted to wander,
Would ride through the air
On a very fine gander.
Mother Goose had a house,
'Twas built in a wood,
Where an owl at the door
For sentinel stood.
This is her son Jack,
A plain-looking lad,
He is not very good,
Nor yet very bad.
She sent him to market,
A live goose he bought,
"Here, mother," says he,
"It will not go for nought."
Jack's goose and her gander
Grew very fond,
They'd both eat together,
Or swim in one pond.
[Illustration: "SHE SENT HIM TO MARKET, A LIVE GOOSE HE BOUGHT."]
Jack found one fine morning
As I have been told,
His goose had laid him
An egg of pure gold.
Jack rode to his mother,
The news for to tell,
She called him a good boy
And said it was well.
Jack sold his gold egg
To a rogue of a Jew,
Who cheated him out of
The half of his due.
Then Jack went a-courting
A lady so gay,
As fair as the lily,
And sweet as the May.
The Jew and the Squire
Came behind his back,
And began to belabour
The sides of poor Jack.
And then the gold egg
Was thrown into the sea,
[Illustration]
When Jack he jumped in,
And got it back presently.
The Jew got the goose,
Which he vowed he would kill,
Resolving at once
His pockets to fill.
[Illustration]
Jack's mother came in,
And caught the goose soon,
And mounting its back,
Flew up to the moon.
[Illustration]
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