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My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky;
So was it when my life began,
So is it now I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The child is father of the man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
—_William Wordsworth._
_Hey! Diddle, Diddle._
Hey! diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon;
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
_Little Jack Jingle._
Little Jack Jingle,
He used to live single;
But when he got tired of this kind of life,
He left off being single, and lived with his wife.
_Cock Robin Got Up Early._
Cock Robin got up early
At the break of day,
And went to Jenny’s window,
To sing a roundelay.
He sang Cock Robin’s Love
To the pretty Jenny Wren,
And when he got unto the end,
Then he began again.
_Pussy-cat, Pussy-cat._
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, where have you been?
“I’ve been up to London to look at the Queen.”
Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, what did you there?
“I frightened a little mouse under the chair.”