Ride a cock-horse to Banbury-Cross
To see what Tommy can buy;
A penny white loaf, a penny white cake,
And a two-penny apple pie.
Tom, Tom, the piper's son
Stole a pig, and away he run;
The pig was eat and Tom was beat,
And Tom ran crying down the street.
Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief,
Taffy came to my house and stole a leg of beef;
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy wasn't home;
Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow bone.
I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed;
I took the marrow-bone and beat Taffy's head.
Daffy-down-dilly is new come to town,
With a petticoat green and a bright yellow gown.
Pease porridge hot,
Pease porridge cold,
Pease porridge in the pot
Nine days old.
I'll tell you a story
About Mary Morey,
And now my story's begun.
I'll tell you another,
About her brother,
And now my story's done.
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Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them;
Leave them alone, and they'll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.
Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleating;
When she awoke, 'twas all a joke--
Ah! cruel vision so fleeting.
Then up she took her little crook,
Determined for to find them;
What was her joy to behold them nigh,
Wagging their tails behind them.
To market, to market,
To buy a penny bun.
Home again, home again,
Market is done.
The man in the moon came down too soon,
And asked his way to Norwich;
He went by the south and burnt his mouth
With eating cold plum-porridge.
Hey, diddle, diddle!
The cat and the fiddle;
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed
To see such craft;
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
=Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating of curds and whey;
Along came a spider and sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.=
[Illustration: LITTLE,MISS MUFFET