Children's Literature Part 7

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I'll tell you a story Of Jack-a-Nory, And now my story's begun.

I'll tell you another About Jack's brother, And now my story is done.

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In marble walls as white as milk, Lined with a skin as soft as silk; Within a fountain crystal clear, A golden apple doth appear.

 

No doors there are to this stronghold, Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.

(_An egg._)

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1. I went up one pair of stairs.

2. Just like me.

1. I went up two pair of stairs.

2. Just like me.

1. I went into a room.

2. Just like me.

1. I looked out of a window.

2. Just like me.

1. And there I saw a monkey.

2. Just like me.

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Jack and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down, and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after.

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Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick.

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Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean; And so between them both, you see, They licked the platter clean.

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Knock at the door, (_forehead_) And peep in, (_lift eyelids_) Open the door, (_mouth_) And walk in.

Chinchopper, chinchopper, Chinchopper chin!

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These lines, common in similar form to many countries, are said by children when they throw the beautiful little insect into the air to make it take flight.

Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home, Your house is on fire, your children all gone; All but one, and her name is Ann, And she crept under the pudding-pan.

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Little boy blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn; Where is the boy that looks after the sheep?

He's under the hayc.o.c.k fast asleep.

Will you wake him? No, not I; For if I do, he'll be sure to cry.

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Little girl, little girl, where have you been?

Gathering roses to give to the queen.

Little girl, little girl, what gave she you?

She gave me a diamond as big as my shoe.

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Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas pie.

He put in his thumb, And he pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!"

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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.

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Little Johnny Pringle had a little pig; It was very little, so was not very big.

As it was playing beneath the shed, In half a minute poor Piggie was dead.