Children's Literature Part 9

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1, 2, 3, 4, 5!

I caught a hare alive; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!

I let her go again.

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One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?

Thirteen, fourteen, Maids a-courting; Fifteen, sixteen, Maids a-kissing; Seventeen, eighteen, Maids a-waiting; Nineteen, twenty, My stomach's empty.

74

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man!

So I will, master, as fast as I can: Pat it, and p.r.i.c.k it, and mark it with T, Put it in the oven for Tommy and me.

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Pease-porridge hot, Pease-porridge cold, Pease-porridge in the pot, Nine days old; Some like it hot, Some like it cold, Some like it in the pot, Nine days old.

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Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, Had a wife and couldn't keep her; He put her in a pumpkin-sh.e.l.l, And there he kept her very well.

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Halliwell suggests that "off a pewter plate" is sometimes added at the end of each line. This rhyme is famous as a "tongue twister," or enunciation exercise.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

78

Poor old Robinson Crusoe!

Poor old Robinson Crusoe!

They made him a coat, Of an old nanny goat, I wonder how they could do so!

With a ring a ting tang, And a ring a ting tang, Poor old Robinson Crusoe!

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p.u.s.s.y-cat, p.u.s.s.y-cat, where have you been?

I've been to London to see the Queen.

p.u.s.s.y-cat, p.u.s.s.y-cat, what did you there?

I frightened a little mouse under the chair.

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p.u.s.s.y sits beside the fire; How can she be fair?

In comes the little dog, "p.u.s.s.y, are you there?

So, so, dear Mistress p.u.s.s.y, Pray tell me how do you do?"

"Thank you, thank you, little dog, I'm very well just now."

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Ride a c.o.c.k-horse to Banbury-cross, To see an old lady upon a white horse, Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, And so she makes music wherever she goes.

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Ride, baby, ride!

Pretty baby shall ride, And have a little puppy-dog tied to her side; And one little p.u.s.s.y-cat tied to the other, And away she shall ride to see her grandmother, To see her grandmother, To see her grandmother.

83

Rock-a-bye, baby, On the tree top, When the wind blows The cradle will rock; When the bough breaks The cradle will fall, Down will come baby, Bough, cradle, and all.

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Rock-a-bye, baby, thy cradle is green; Father's a n.o.bleman, mother's a queen; And Betty's a lady, and wears a gold ring; And Johnny's a drummer, and drums for the king.

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See a pin and pick it up, All the day you'll have good luck; See a pin and let it lay, Bad luck you'll have all the day!