"Little Jack Horner
Stood near a corner
Cutting his birthday pie.
He put in his thumb
And pulled out a plum,
And said, 'What a big boy am I!'"
How the children laughed!
Jack had cut the paper crust of his birthday pie.
Then he had put in his hand and pulled out something.
It was surely too big for a real plum.
"For Boy Blue," said Jack, giving him the package.
Boy Blue took off the white paper and there was a tiny horn, tied with
a blue ribbon.
Then Jack pulled out another plum.
It was a book about flowers for Mistress Mary.
Tommy Tucker had a knife.
"That's to cut your bread with," said Jack Horner.
Mary found a woolly lamb in her plum.
The lamb's head would come off, an inside was a tiny bottle of cologne.
Jack and Jill each had a little pail filled with candies.
Jack's plum was in the very bottom of the pie.
It was a dear little watch.
"Now, I shall not be late to school again," he said.
It was Jack, you know, who let Mary's lamb into school.
He was late that morning and did not shut the door.
When it was time for the children to go home Mr. Horne packed them all
into his big sleigh.
"Good-bye, Jack!" they cried.
"Good-bye, Jack Horner, we have had
a lovely time!"
There was an old woman
Who lived in a shoe,
She had so many children
She didn't know what to do,
She gave them some butter
Without any bread;
Then she spanked them all soundly,
And sent them to bed.