Jack Spratt could eat no fat,

  His wife could eat no lean,

And so between them both,

  They pick'd the platter clean.

For Jack eat all the lean,

  And Joan eat all the fat,

The bone they pick'd clean,

  And gave it to the cat.

Jack Spratt bought a Cow,

  His Joan for to please,

For Joan, she could make

  Both butter and cheese,

Or pancakes and puddings,

  Without any fat,

A notable housewife,

  Was little Joan Spratt.

Jack Spratt was the bridegroom,

  Miss Cole was the bride,

Jack said from the church,

  His Joan should ride.

But no coach could take her,

  The street was so narrow,

So without much ado,

  He took her home in a barrow.

Jack brought home his Joan,

  And she sat in a chair,

When in came the cat

  That had got but one ear.

Says Joan I've come home,

  Pray how do you do?

The cat wagged her tail,

  And said nothing but Mew.

Then Joan went to market,

  To buy her some fowls,

She bought a Jack Daw,

  And a couple of Owls.

The Owls they were white,

  And the Jack Daw was black,

They'll make a rare breed,

  Says little Joan Spratt.

When Jack Spratt was young,

  He dress'd very smart,

He courted Jane Cole,

  Till he gain'd her heart.

In his fine leather doublet,

  And greasy old hat,

O, what a fine fellow,

  Was little Jack Spratt.

Jack Spratt went to brewing

  A barrel of Ale,

She put in some hops

  That it might not turn stale.

But as for the malt,

  She forgot to put that,

This is brave sober liquor,

  Says little Jack Spratt.

Jack Spratt went to market,

  And bought him a mare,

She was lame and quite blind,

  And she could not stare.

Besides she'd the tooth-ache,

  He could not cure that,

I wish she was a hunter,

  Says little Jack Spratt.

The Cheapest and Greatest Variety in the

Trade of Large Coloured Penny Books; Halfpenny

Coloured Books; Farthing Books;

Penny and Halfpenny Panoramas; School

Books; Penny and Halfpenny Song Books;

Memorandum Books; Poetry Cards; Lotteries;

Ballads (4.000 sorts) and Hymns; Valentines;

Scripture Sheets; Christmas Pieces; Twelfth

Night Characters; Carols; Book and Sheet

Almanacks, Envelopes, Note Paper, &c.

W. S. FORTEY begs to inform his Friends and the Public

generally, that after 19 years service he has succeeded to the business

of his late employers A. Ryle and Co., and intends carrying on the

same, trusting that his long experience will be a recommendation, and

that no exertion shall be wanting on his part to merit a continuance

of those favours that have been so liberally bestowed on that

Establishment during the last 46 years.

  1859.