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NURSERY DITTIES.

Sing a Song of Sixpence, a pocket full of rye,
Four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie;
When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing:
Was not that a dainty dish to set before a King?

The King was in the counting-house, counting out his money;
The Queen was in the parlour, eating bread and honey;
The Maid was in the garden, hanging out the clothes,
By came a blackbird, and snapped off her nose.

Hark, hark,
The dogs do bark,
The beggars are coming to town;
Some in jags,
Some in rags,
And some in velvet gown.

The Queen of Hearts
She made some tarts
All on a summer's day;
The Knave of Hearts
He stole those tarts,
And took them clean away.

The King of Hearts
Call'd for the tarts,
And beat the Knave full sore;
The Knave of Hearts
Brought back the tarts,
And vow'd he'd steal no more.

Ride a cock-horse
To Banbury Cross,
To see a fine lady
Upon a white horse.
Rings on her fingers,
Bells on her toes,
She shall have music
Wherever she goes.

See-saw, Margery Daw,
Jenny shall have a new master;
She shall have but a penny a day,
Because she can't work any faster.

Little Tom Tucker
Sings for his supper:
What shall he eat?
White bread and butter.

How shall he cut it
Without e'er a knife?
How can he marry
Without e'er a wife?

ROUTLEDGE'S
THREE PENNY TOY-BOOKS,
WITH SIX COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS,
PRINTED BY KRONHEIM & CO.

MY FIRST ALPHABET	THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED IN A SHOE	MY MOTHER
LITTLE BO-PEEP	MORE NURSERY RHYMES
MOTHER GOOSE	THE DOGS' DINNER PARTY
THE FIVE LITTLE PIGS	THE CATS' TEA PARTY
THE BABES IN THE WOOD	ROBIN REDBREAST
JOHN GILPIN	A, APPLE PIE
NURSERY RHYMES	NURSERY SONGS
FARM-YARD ALPHABET	NURSERY DITTIES
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD	PUNCH AND JUDY
JACK & THE BEANSTALK	OUR PETS
THE THREE BEARS	THE RAILWAY ALPHABET

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS,
LONDON AND NEW YORK

Transcriber's Note: Obvious printer's errors have been silently corrected. All other inconsistencies have been left as in the original. Rearranged illustrations to logical positions.