Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes

<h3><SPAN name="cabbage" id="cabbage"></SPAN>HERE COMES A CABBAGE</h3> <p class="block24 b4">Here comes a cabbage with a bonnet on its head,<br/> A pretty purple bonnet with a bow of blue and red;<br/> And here comes a bottle with a collar &#8217;round its neck,<br/> A handsome linen collar, too, without a spot or speck;<br/> Next comes a meat-saw, his job is biting beef,<br/> And according to the cleaver he has gold in all his teeth;<br/> And last of all there comes along, amid the ringing cheers,<br/> A princely Indian corn-stalk with rings in both his ears.</p> <div class="figcentert" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-089as.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="433" alt="Illustration 89a" title="" /> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-089ax.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <h3><SPAN name="plenty" id="plenty"></SPAN>PLENTY</h3> <p class="block14 b4">There are plenty feathers on a hen<br/> And prickers on a rose,<br/> There is plenty roaring in a den<br/> Of lions, goodness knows;<br/> <br/> There are plenty fishes in the lake<br/> And islands in the sea;<br/> There are plenty raisins in this cake<br/> For even you and me.</p> <h3><SPAN name="run" id="run"></SPAN>THE RUNAWAYS</h3> <p class="block20 nob">A pipe and a spoon and a tenpenny nail<br/> Stole a tin dishpan and went for a sail.<br/> But the cook he grew curious,<br/> Fussy, and furious;<br/> Gathered his trappings, and went on their trail.<br/> He found them that night in a pitiful plight,<br/> And sent them all home on the ten o&#8217;clock mail.</p> <div class="figcenterb" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-089bs.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="575" alt="Illustration 89b" title="" /> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-089bx.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <div class="figcentert" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-090s.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="526" alt="HI! HI! WHO WILL BUY A WEE LITTLE CLOUD" title="" /> <span class="caption">HI! HI! WHO WILL BUY A WEE LITTLE CLOUD</span> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-090x.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <h3><SPAN name="salesman" id="salesman"></SPAN>THE SALESMAN</h3> <p class="block17 b4">Hi! Hi! Who will buy<br/> A wee little cloud for the pretty blue sky?<br/> Some are purple, some are red,<br/> And all are soft as a feather bed.<br/> Hi! Little children, won&#8217;t any one buy<br/> One little cloud for the pretty blue sky?</p> <h3><SPAN name="moscow" id="moscow"></SPAN>A RACE, A RACE TO MOSCOW</h3> <p class="block19 b4">A race, a race to Moscow,<br/> Before the close of day!<br/> A race, a race to Moscow,<br/> A long, long way!<br/> First comes a butterfly a-riding on a frog,<br/> Next comes a water rat a-floating on a log;<br/> A caterpillar on the fence, a hopper in the hay&#8212;<br/> Who&#8217;ll get to Moscow before the close of day?</p> <div class="figcentert" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-091s.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="469" alt="Illustration 91" title="" /> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-091x.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <h3><SPAN name="pepper" id="pepper"></SPAN>A PRINCE FROM PEPPERVILLE</h3> <p class="block16 b4">A prince came down from Pepperville<br/> In satin and in lace,<br/> He wore a bonnet on his head<br/> And whiskers on his face.<br/> <br/> And when he came to Battleburg<br/> This is what befell:<br/> He gave the king and cabinet<br/> A half a peanut shell.</p> <div class="figcentert" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-092s.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="425" alt="Illustration 92" title="" /> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-092x.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <h3><SPAN name="boats" id="boats"></SPAN>BOATS</h3> <p class="block14 b4">Hitch up your cattle<br/> And drive to Seattle<br/> To see all the boats come in,&#8212;<br/> From Kibi and Kobi<br/> And Panama Dobi<br/> And some from the Islands of Myn.<br/> They&#8217;re bringing us rices<br/> And cocoa and spices<br/> And pineapples done up in tin,<br/> And maybe Aunt Dinah<br/> Will come back from China<br/> If ever the boats get in.</p> <h3><SPAN name="things" id="things"></SPAN>PRETTY THINGS</h3> <p class="block12 nob">Pretty poppies,<br/> Pretty trees,<br/> Pretty little lettuce-leaves,<br/> Pretty pebbles,<br/> Red and brown,<br/> Pretty floating thistle-down.<br/> Pretty baby,<br/> Curly head,<br/> Standing in a pansy-bed,<br/> Pretty clouds<br/> All white and curled&#8212;<br/> O the great, big pretty world!</p> <div class="figcenterb" style="width: 400px;"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-093s.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="519" alt="PRETTY THINGS" title="" /> <span class="caption">PRETTY THINGS</span> <br/><span class="link"><SPAN href="images/i-093x.jpg"></SPAN></span></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />