The Boyd Smith Mother Goose . only name was Number Three,To whom there came a friendly DrakeWith Tile your house all safe to make. He tiled his house all safe to make,And from the window, wide awake,Mocked at the Foxs wily prayer, Oh! come with me unto the fair. go MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES But when the Fox had sneaked away,Then Number Three took heart to play,And gaily to the fair went he,The beast and beastesses for to see. And there, behind a wood-ware stand,He saw the Elephant so grand,Among whose goods he took a turn,And of him bought a bass-wood churn. Then homeward hied he merrily, tillHe s
The Boyd Smith Mother Goose . only name was Number Three,To whom there came a friendly DrakeWith Tile your house all safe to make. He tiled his house all safe to make,And from the window, wide awake,Mocked at the Foxs wily prayer, Oh! come with me unto the fair. go MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES But when the Fox had sneaked away,Then Number Three took heart to play,And gaily to the fair went he,The beast and beastesses for to see. And there, behind a wood-ware stand,He saw the Elephant so grand,Among whose goods he took a turn,And of him bought a bass-wood churn. Then homeward hied he merrily, tillHe spied the red Fox under the hill,When straight into the churn he slipped,And past old Reynard rolled and skipped. Next morn the hounds were on their game,And, hot with haste, old Reynard came, Oh, hide me somewhere, quick, cried he ; Get into my churn, said Number Three. And in the churn when him hed got, He filled it with water, piping hot, Oh! now, said he, his tricks Ive spoild, And he sat on the lid till the Fox was Dogs in the garden, catch em, Towser;Cows in the cornfield, run, boys, run;Cats in the cream-pot, run, girls, run;Fire on the mountain, run, boys, run. MOTHER GOOSE MELODIES 9i
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