The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes Part 15

Here's A, B, and C, D, E, F, and G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, and U, W, X, Y, and Z.

And here's the child's dad Who is sagacious and discerning, And knows this is the fount of all learning.

OF ARITHMETIC

Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad; The Rule of Three doth puzzle me, And Practice drives me mad.

OVER THE WATER TO CHARLEY

Over the water, and over the lea, And over the water to Charley.

Charley loves good ale and wine, And Charley loves good brandy; And Charley loves a pretty girl, As sweet as sugar-candy.

Over the water, and over the sea, And over the water to Charley, I'll have none of your nasty beef, Nor I'll have none of your barley; But I'll have some of your very best flour, To make a white cake for my Charley.

THREE JOLLY WELSHMEN

There were three jolly Welshmen, As I have heard say, And they went a-hunting Upon St. David's day.

All the day they hunted, And nothing could they find; But a s.h.i.+p a-sailing, A-sailing with the wind.

One said it was a s.h.i.+p, The other he said "Nay"; The third he said it was a house, With the chimney blown away.

And all the night they hunted, And nothing could they find, But the moon a-gliding, A-gliding with the wind.

One said it was the moon, The other he said "Nay"; The third he said it was a cheese, With half o' it cut away.

THE DAYS OF THE MONTH

Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November; February has twenty-eight alone, All the rest have thirty-one, Except in leap-year, when's the time That February has twenty-nine.

A VARIED SONG

I'll sing you a song, The days are long, The woodc.o.c.k and the sparrow; The little dog he has burned his tail, And he must be hanged to-morrow.

A DILLER, A DOLLAR.

A diller, a dollar, A ten o'clock scholar; What makes you come so soon?

You used to come at ten o'clock, But now you come at noon.

A PIE SAT ON A PEAR-TREE

A Pie sat on a pear-tree, A pie sat on a pear-tree, A pie sat on a pear-tree, Heigh O, heigh O, heigh O!

Once so merrily hopped she, Twice so merrily hopped she, Thrice so merrily hopped she, Heigh O, heigh O, heigh O!

THE GIRL IN THE LANE

The girl in the lane, that couldn't speak plain, Cried gobble, gobble, gobble;

The man on the hill, that couldn't stand still, Went hobble, hobble, hobble.

THREE MEN IN A TUB

Rub-a-dub-dub, Three men in a tub; And who do you think they be?

The butcher, the baker, The candlestick-maker; Turn 'em out, knaves all three!

LITTLE MISS m.u.f.fET

Little Miss m.u.f.fet, She sat on a tuffet, Eating of curds and whey; There came a big spider, And sat down beside her, And frightened Miss m.u.f.fet away.