Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes Part 2

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king's horses, and all the king's men, Couldn't set Humpty Dumpty up again.]

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There was an Owl lived in an oak, Whiskey, Whaskey, Weedle; And all the words he ever spoke Were Fiddle, Faddle, Feedle.

A sportsman chanced to come that way, Whiskey, Whaskey, Weedle; Says he, "I'll shoot you, silly bird, So Fiddle, Faddle, Feedle!"

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GOOD KING ARTHUR.

WHEN good King Arthur ruled this land, He was a goodly King; He bought three pecks of barley-meal, To make a bag-pudding.

A bag-pudding the King did make, And stuffed it well with plums, And in it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs.

The King and Queen did eat thereof, And n.o.blemen beside; And what they could not eat that night, The Queen next morning fried.

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To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, Home again, home again, jiggety jig.

To market, to market, to buy a fat hog, Home again, home again, jiggety jog.

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Hot cross buns, hot cross buns, One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns.

If your daughters don't like them, Give them to your sons, One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns.

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WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S-NEST?

TO-WHIT! to-whit! to-whee!

Will you listen to me?

Who stole four eggs I laid, And the nice nest I made?

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Not I, said the cow, moo-oo!

Such a thing I'd never do.

I gave you a wisp of hay, But did not take your nest away; Not I, said the cow, moo-oo!

Such a thing I'd never do.

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Bob-o-link! Bob-o-link!

Now, what do you think?

Who stole a nest away From the plum-tree to-day?

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Not I, said the dog, bow-wow!

I wouldn't be so mean, I vow.

I gave some hairs the nest to make, But the nest I did not take; Not I, said the dog, bow-wow!

I would not be so mean, I vow.

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Coo-coo! coo-coo! coo-coo!

Let me speak a word or two: Who stole that pretty nest From little Robin Redbreast?

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Not I, said the sheep; oh, no, I would not treat a poor bird so; I gave the wool the nest to line, But the nest was none of mine.

Baa! baa! said the sheep; oh, no!

I wouldn't treat a poor bird so.

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Caw! caw! cried the crow, I should like to know What thief took away A bird's-nest to-day.

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Chuck! chuck! said the hen, Don't ask me again; Why, I haven't a chick Would do such a trick.

We all gave her a feather, And she wove them together.

I'd scorn to intrude On her and her brood.

Chuck! chuck! said the hen, Don't ask me again.

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