. The nursery rhymes of England . mill,When he went on, he stood not still. There was a butcher cut his thumb,When it did bleed, then blood did come. There was a lackey ran a race,When he ran fast, he ran apace. There was a cobbler clowting slioon,When they were mended, they were done There was a chandler making candle,When lie them strip, he did them handle. There was a navy went into Spain,When it returnd it came again. XXVII. [The following may possibly allude to King George and the Pretender.] JIM and George were two great lords, They fought all in a churn;And when that Jim got George by t


. The nursery rhymes of England . mill,When he went on, he stood not still. There was a butcher cut his thumb,When it did bleed, then blood did come. There was a lackey ran a race,When he ran fast, he ran apace. There was a cobbler clowting slioon,When they were mended, they were done There was a chandler making candle,When lie them strip, he did them handle. There was a navy went into Spain,When it returnd it came again. XXVII. [The following may possibly allude to King George and the Pretender.] JIM and George were two great lords, They fought all in a churn;And when that Jim got George by the nose, Then George bewail to ajern. o o o HISTORICAL. 13 XXVIII. LITTLE General Monk Sat upon a trunk,Eating a crust of bread ; There fell a hot coal And burnt in his clothes a hole,Now General Monk is dead. Keep always from the fire: If it catch your attire,You too, like Monk, will be dead. XXIX. EIGHTY-EIGHT wor Kirby feight,When nivver a man was slain; They yatt their meant, an drank ther drinkAn sae com merrily heaam


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