Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes Part 23

d.i.c.kery, d.i.c.kery, dock!

The mouse ran up the clock; The clock struck one, and down the mouse ran, d.i.c.kery, d.i.c.kery, dock!]

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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.

Jacky, come give me thy fiddle, If ever thou mean to thrive.

Nay, I'll not give my fiddle To any man alive.

If I should give my fiddle, They'll think that I'm gone mad; For many a joyful day My fiddle and I have had.

[Ill.u.s.tration: "TOMMY KEPT A CHANDLER'S SHOP."]

Tommy kept a chandler's shop, Richard went to buy a mop, Tommy gave him such a whop, That sent him out of his chandler's shop.

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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.

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Please to remember the fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason plot; I see no reason why Gunpowder treason, Should ever be forgot.

A stick and a stake for Victoria's sake, Hollo, boys! hollo, boys! G.o.d save the Queen.

Leg over leg, As the dog went to Dover, When he came to a stile, Jump he went over.

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Ladybird, Ladybird, Fly away home, Your house is on fire, Your children will burn.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, I caught a hare alive; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, I let her go again.

This is the way the ladies go-- Nim, nim, nim.

This is the way the gentlemen go-- Trot, trot, trot.

This is the way the hunters go-- Gallop, gallop, gallop.

[Ill.u.s.tration: "THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF TOBAGO."]

There was an old man of Tobago, Who lived on rice, gruel, and sago; Till, much to his bliss,

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His physician said this-- "To a leg, sir, of mutton you may go."

Little Miss m.u.f.fett She sat on a tuffett, Eating of curds and whey; There came a little spider, Who sat down beside her, And frightened Miss m.u.f.fett away.

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As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks, Were walking out one Sunday, Says Tommy Snooks to Bessy Brooks, Wilt marry me on Monday?

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