National Rhymes of the Nursery Part 21

_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 s.h.i.+ps come sailing by_

I saw three s.h.i.+ps come sailing by, Sailing by, sailing by, I saw three s.h.i.+ps 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_