Pinafore Palace Part 8

1. And there I saw a monkey.

2. Just like me.

Girls and boys, come out to play, The moon doth s.h.i.+ne as bright as day; Leave your supper and leave your sleep, And come with your playfellows into the street.

Come with a whoop, come with a call, Come with a good will or not at all.

Up the ladder and down the wall, A halfpenny roll will serve us all.

You find milk, and I'll find flour, And we'll have a pudding in half an hour.

Gay go up and gay go down, To ring the bells of London town.

"Bull's eyes and targets,"

Say the bells of St. Marg'ret's.

"Brickbats and tiles,"

Say the bells of St. Giles'.

"Halfpence and farthings,"

Say the bells of St. Martin's.

"Oranges and lemons,"

Say the bells of St. Clement's.

"Pancakes and fritters,"

Say the bells of St. Peter's.

"Two sticks and an apple,"

Say the bells at Whitechapel.

"Old Father Baldpate,"

Say the slow bells at Aldgate.

"You owe me ten s.h.i.+llings,"

Say the bells at St. Helen's.

"Pokers and tongs,"

Say the bells at St. John's.

"Kettles and pans,"

Say the bells at St. Ann's.

"When will you pay me?"

Say the bells of Old Bailey.

"When I grow rich,"

Say the bells of Sh.o.r.editch.

"Pray when will that be?"

Say the bells of Stepney.

"I'm sure I don't know,"

Says the great bell at Bow.

I saw a s.h.i.+p a-sailing, A-sailing on the sea; And it was full of pretty things For baby and for me.

There were sweetmeats in the cabin, And apples in the hold; The sails were made of silk, And the masts were made of gold.

The four-and-twenty sailors That stood between the decks, Were four-and-twenty white mice, With chains about their necks.

The captain was a duck, With a packet on his back; And when the s.h.i.+p began to move, The captain cried, "Quack, quack!"

There was a butcher cut his thumb, When it did bleed, then blood did come.

There was a chandler making candle, When he them stript, he did them handle.

There was a cobbler clouting shoon, When they mended, they were done.

There was a crow sat on a stone, When he was gone, then there was none.

There was a horse going to the mill, When he went on, he stood not still.

There was a lackey ran a race, When he ran fast, he ran apace.

There was a monkey climbed a tree, When he fell down, then down fell he.

There was a navy went into Spain, When it return'd, it came again.

There was an old woman lived under a hill, And if she's not gone, she lives there still.

VII

NURSERY NOVELS

_The Courts.h.i.+p, Merry Marriage, and Picnic Dinner of c.o.c.k Robin and Jenny Wren_

It was a merry time When Jenny Wren was young, So neatly as she danced, And so sweetly as she sung, Robin Redbreast lost his heart: He was a gallant bird; He doft his hat to Jenny, And thus to her he said:--

"My dearest Jenny Wren, If you will but be mine, You shall dine on cherry pie, And drink nice currant wine.

I'll dress you like a Goldfinch, Or like a Peac.o.c.k gay; So if you'll have me, Jenny, Let us appoint the day."

Jenny blushed behind her fan, And thus declared her mind: "Then let it be to-morrow, Bob, I take your offer kind-- Cherry pie is very good!