. The nursery rhymes of England . ,As flamed away to Belting Lane, And White Cross folks were smothered. And thus when once, my little dears,A whisper reaches itching ears, The same will come, youll find :Take my advice, restrain the tongue,Remember what old nurse has sung Of busy lady Wind ! LXVIIJ. Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,Youll never see him more; lie used to wear a long brown coat,That buttond down before. TALES. 01 LXIX. A DOG and a cock,A journey once took, They travelld along till twas late;The dog he made freeIn the hollow of a tree, And the cock on the boughs of it sate. The c
. The nursery rhymes of England . ,As flamed away to Belting Lane, And White Cross folks were smothered. And thus when once, my little dears,A whisper reaches itching ears, The same will come, youll find :Take my advice, restrain the tongue,Remember what old nurse has sung Of busy lady Wind ! LXVIIJ. Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,Youll never see him more; lie used to wear a long brown coat,That buttond down before. TALES. 01 LXIX. A DOG and a cock,A journey once took, They travelld along till twas late;The dog he made freeIn the hollow of a tree, And the cock on the boughs of it sate. The cock nothing knowing,In the morn fell a crowing, Upon which comes a fox to the tree;Says he, I declare,Your voice is above, All the creatures I ever did see. Oh! would you come downI the favrite might own, Said the cock, theres a porter below;If you will go in,I promise Ill come down. So he went—and was worried for it too LXX. LITTLE Tom Tittlemouse,Lived in a bell-house ;The bell-house broke,And Tom Tittlemouse woke. LXX1. TOMMY kept a chandlers shop,Richard went to buy a mop,Tommy gave him such a knock,That sent him out of his chandlers shop, LXX1I. WHEN I was a little girl, about seven years old,I hadnt got a petticoat, to cover me from the cold ; TALKS. 08 So I went into Darlington, that pretty little town,And there I bought a petticoat, a cloak, and a gown. I went into the woods and built me a kirk,And all the birds of the air. they helped me to work;The hawk with his long claws pulled down the stone,The dove, with her rough bill, brought me them home :The parrot was the clergyman, the peacock was the clerk,The bullfinch playd the organ, and we made merrv work. LXXIII. PEMMY was a pretty girl,But Fanny was a better; Pemmy looked like any churl,When little Fanny let her. Pemmy had a pretty nose,But Fanny had a better ;Pemmy oft would come to blows, But Fanny would not let her. 7 64 TALES. Pemmy had a pretty doll,But Fanny had a better; Pemmy cbatterd like a pol
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