Mother Goose's melodies : or Songs for the nursery (1879)
Kappes, Alfred, 1850-1894, ill · Boston : Houghton, Osgood and Company · leaf 76
! \j:huck the chin r\ Here stands a post:Who put it there ? A better man than you ;Touch it if you dare! He that would thrive Must rise at five ; He that hath thriven May lie till seven ;And he that by the plough would thrive,Himself must either hold or drive. Hey, my kitten, my kitten. And hey, my… … Mother Gooses Melodies. 43 Hey, ding a ding, what shall I sing ? How many holes in a skimmer ?Four and twenty, — my stomach is empty ; Pray, mamma, give me some dinner. Sing a song of sixpence,*^A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirdsBaked in a pie; When the pie was opened.The birds began…
Nursery rhymes
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