_Hot-cross Buns!_
Hot-cross Buns!
Hot-cross Buns!
One a penny, two a penny Hot-cross Buns!
Hot-cross Buns!
Hot-cross Buns!
If ye have no daughters, Give them to your sons.
_Jack Jingle_
Jack Jingle went "prentice To make a horseshoe, He wasted the iron Till it would not do.
His master came in, And began for to rail; Says Jack, "The shoe"s spoiled, But "twill still make a nail."
He tried at the nail, But, chancing to miss, Says, "If it won"t make a nail, It shall yet make a hiss."
Then into the water Threw the hot iron, smack.
"Hiss!" quoth the iron; "I thought so," says Jack.
_Hey ding-a-ding_
Hey ding-a-ding, I heard a bird sing, The parliament soldiers Are gone to the king.
_w.i.l.l.y boy, where are you going?_
w.i.l.l.y boy, w.i.l.l.y boy, where are you going?
I will go with you, if that I may.
I"m going to the meadow to see them a mowing, I"m going to help them make the hay.
_Little Nancy Etticoat_
Little Nancy Etticoat, In a white petticoat, And a red nose; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows.
_He that would thrive_
He that would thrive, Must rise at five; He that hath thriven, May lie till seven; And he that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
_I had a little nut tree_
I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bear But a silver apple and a golden pear; The King of Spain"s daughter came to see me, And all for the sake of my little nut tree.
I skipped over water, I danced over sea, And all the birds in the air couldn"t catch me.
_An apple pie_
An apple pie, when it looks nice, Would make one long to have a slice, But if the taste should prove so, too, I fear one slice would scarcely do.
So to prevent my asking twice, Pray, mamma, cut a good large slice.
[Ill.u.s.tration: I HAD A LITTLE NUT TREE]
_I saw three ships come sailing by_
I saw three ships come sailing by, Sailing by, sailing by, I saw three ships come sailing by, On New-Year"s Day in the morning.
And what do you think was in them then, In them then, in them then?
And what do you think was in them then, On New-Year"s Day in the morning.
Three pretty girls were in them then, In them then, in them then, Three pretty girls were in them then, On New-Year"s Day in the morning.
And one could whistle, and one could sing, And one could play on the violin, Such joy there was at my wedding, On New-Year"s Day in the morning.
_Oh, who is so merry_
Oh, who is so merry, so merry, heigh ho!
As the light-hearted fairy, heigh ho! heigh ho!
He dances and sings To the sound of his wings, With a hey and a heigh and a ho!
Oh, who is so merry, so airy, heigh ho!
As the light-hearted fairy, heigh ho! heigh ho!
His nectar he sips From a primrose"s lips, With a hey and a heigh and a ho!
Oh, who is so merry, so merry, heigh ho!
As the light-footed fairy, heigh ho! heigh ho!
His night is the noon And his sun is the moon, With a hey and a heigh and a ho!
_One, two, three, four, five_
One, two, three, four, five, I have caught a fish alive; Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, I have let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
The little one on the right.
_Little Polly Flinders_
Little Polly Flinders Sat among the cinders, Warming her pretty little toes!
Her mother came and caught her, And whipped her little daughter, For spoiling her nice new clothes.
_A curious discourse_