They hunted, an’ they hollo’d, an’ the next thing they did find Was a two-three children leaving school, an’ these they left behind. Look ye there! One said that they were children, but another he said “Nay; They’re no’ but little angels, so we’ll leave ’em to their play.” Look ye there! [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] They hunted, an’ they hollo’d, an’ the next thing they did find Was a fat pig smiling in a ditch, an’ that, too, they left behind. Look ye there! One said it was a fat pig, but another he said “Nay; It’s just a Lunnon Alderman, whose clothes are stole away.” Look ye there! [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] They hunted, an’ they hollo’d, an’ the next thing they did find Was two young lovers in a lane, an’ these they left behind. Look ye there! One said that they were lovers, but another he said “Nay; They’re two poor wanderin’ lunatics come, let us go away.” Look ye there! [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] So they hunted, an’ they hollo’d, till the setting of the sun; An’ they’d nought to bring away at last, when th’ huntin’-day was done. Look ye there! Then one unto the other said, “This huntin’ doesn’t pay; But we’n powler’t up an’ down a bit, an’ had a rattlin’ day.” Look ye there! [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration: SING A SONG for SIXPENCE ONE OF R. CALDECOTT’S PICTURE BOOKS GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS] SING A SONG FOR SIXPENCE. [Illustration] Sing a Song for Sixpence. [Illustration] [Illustration] A Pocketful [Illustration] of Rye; [Illustration] [Illustration] Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds [Illustration] Baked [Illustration] in a Pie. [Illustration] [Illustration] When the Pie was opened, The Birds began to sing; Was not that [Illustration] a dainty Dish [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] To set before the King? The King was in [Illustration] [Illustration] his Counting-house, [Illustration] Counting out his Money. [Illustration] The Queen was in [Illustration] [Illustration] the Parlour, [Illustration] Eating Bread and Honey. [Illustration] [Illustration] The Maid was in [Illustration] the Garden, [Illustration] Hanging out the Clothes; [Illustration] [Illustration] There came a little Blackbird, [Illustration] And snapped off her Nose. [Illustration] But there came a Jenny Wren and popped it on again. [Illustration] [Illustration: The Queen of Hearts ONE OF R. CALDECOTT’S PICTURE BOOKS George ROUTLEDGE & Sons] THE QUEEN OF HEARTS. [Illustration] [Illustration]