"WHEN GOOD KING ARTHUR RULED THIS LAND" WHEN good King Arthur ruled this land, He was a goodly king; He stole three pecks of barley meal, To make a bag-pudding. A bag-pudding the king did make, The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried. "I HAD A LITTLE DOGGY" I HAD a little Doggy that used to sit and beg; But Doggy tumbled down the stairs and broke his little leg. Oh! Doggy, I will nurse you, and try to make you well, And you shall have a collar with a little silver bell. Ah! Doggy, don't you think that you should very faith ful be, For having such a loving friend to comfort you as me? But, Doggy, you must promise (and mind your word you keep) Not once to tease the little lambs, or run among the sheep; And then the little yellow chicks that play upon the grass, You must not even wag your tail to scare them as you pass. "A FARMER WENT TROTTING " A FARMER went trotting upon his gray mare; With his daughter behind him, so rosy and fair; The Cow 45 A raven cried croak! and they all tumbled down; The mare broke her knees, and the farmer his crown; The mischievous raven flew laughing away; Bumpety, bumpety, bump! And vowed he would serve them the same the next day; Lumpety, lumpety, lump! "THE OWL AND THE EEL AND THE WARMING 99 PAN THE Owl and the eel and the warming-pan, So they all came back by the way of the town, Laura E. Richards [1850 THE COW THANK you, pretty cow, that made Every day, and every night, Warm, and fresh, and sweet, and white. Do not chew the hemlock rank, Where the purple violet grows, Ann Taylor [1782-1866] THE LAMB LITTLE Lamb, who made thee? Little Lamb, who made thee? Little Lamb, I'll tell thee, Little Lamb, God bless thee! William Blake [1757-1827] THE CLOCKING HEN "WILL you take a walk with me, "Thank you," said the clocking hen; "I've something else to do; I'm busy sitting on my eggs, "Clock, clock, clock, clock," Said the clocking hen; "My little chicks will soon be hatched, I'll think about it then." The House that Jack Built The clocking hen sat on her nest, And warm and snug beneath her breast Crack, crack, went all the eggs; Out dropped the chickens small! "Clock," said the clocking hen, "Now I have you all. "Come along, my little chicks, I'll take a walk with you." "Hallo!" said the barn-door cock, Cock-a-doodle-doo." Unknown "MOON, SO ROUND AND YELLOW" MOON, so round and yellow, Looking from on high, How I love to see you Shining in the sky. When I see you there, Where you go at morning, And the sun comes peeping Sometime I will watch you Slyly overhead, When you think I'm sleeping Snugly in my bed. Matthias Barr [1831 THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT THIS is the house that Jack built. This is the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. 47 This is the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the dog That worried the cat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cow with the crumpled horn That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the man all tattered and torn That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the priest all shaven and shorn That married the man all tattered and torn That kissed the maiden all forlorn That milked the cow with the crumpled horn |