. The nursery rhymes of England . e my wife looking for me ?She wears a straw bonnet, with white rib-bands on it,And dimity petticoats over her knee. 232 LOVE AND MATRIMONY. CCCCLIX. ROSEMARY green, And lavender blue,Thyme and sweet marjoram, Hyssop and rue. CCCCLX. LITTLE maid, pretty maid, whither goes! thou ? Down in the forest to milk my cow. Shall I go with thee ? : No, not now ;When I send for thee, then come thou. CCCCLXI. I AM a pretty wench, And I come a great way hence,And sweethearts I can get none: But every dirty sow, Can get sweethearts enow,And I, pretty wench, can get never a o
. The nursery rhymes of England . e my wife looking for me ?She wears a straw bonnet, with white rib-bands on it,And dimity petticoats over her knee. 232 LOVE AND MATRIMONY. CCCCLIX. ROSEMARY green, And lavender blue,Thyme and sweet marjoram, Hyssop and rue. CCCCLX. LITTLE maid, pretty maid, whither goes! thou ? Down in the forest to milk my cow. Shall I go with thee ? : No, not now ;When I send for thee, then come thou. CCCCLXI. I AM a pretty wench, And I come a great way hence,And sweethearts I can get none: But every dirty sow, Can get sweethearts enow,And I, pretty wench, can get never a one. CCCCLXII. BIRDS of a feather flock together,And so will pigs and swine; Rats and mice will have their choice,And so will I have mine. LOVE AND MATRIMONY. CCCCLXTIT. [ practice of sowing hempseed on Allhallmvs Even is often alluded tcby earlier writers, and Gay, in his Pastorals, quotes part of tin, followinglines as used on that occasion.] HEMP-SEED I set, Hemp-seed I sow,The young man that I love, Come after me and mow !. CCCCLXIV. JACK SPRAT eould eat no fat,His wife could eat no lean ; And so, betwixt them both, you lickd the platter clean. 234 LOVE AND MATRIMONY. CCCCLXV. LITTLE Jack Dandy-prat was my first suitor;He had a dish and a spoon, and hed some pewter ; Hed linen and woollen, and woollen and linen,A little pig in a string cost him tive shilling. KEYS OF CANTERBURY. OH, madam, I will give you the keys of Canterbury,To set all the bells ringing when we shall be merry, If you will but walk abroad with me,If you will but walk with me. Sir, Ill not accept of the keys of Canterbury,To set all the bells ringing when we shall be merry; Neither will I walk abroad with thee,Neither will I talk with thee! Oh, madam, I will give you a fine carved comb, To comb out your ringlets when I am fromIf you will but walk with me, &c. [home,Sir, Ill not accept, &c. LOVE AND MATRIMONY. 235 01), madam, I will give you a pair of shoes of cork,*One made in Lond
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