National Nursery Book

<h2><SPAN name="NURSERY_SONGS" id="NURSERY_SONGS"></SPAN>NURSERY SONGS.</h2> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-168.jpg" width-obs="434" height-obs="650" alt="LITTLE MISS MUFFET." title="" /> <span class="caption">LITTLE MISS MUFFET.</span></div> <div class="cpoem"> <p><span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Little Miss Muffet</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">She sat on a tuffet,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Eating of curds and whey.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">There came a great spider,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 2.5em;">Who sat down beside her,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">And frightened Miss Muffet away.</span><br/></p> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-169.jpg" width-obs="435" height-obs="650" alt="PAT-A-CAKE, PAT-A-CAKE." title="" /> <span class="caption">PAT-A-CAKE, PAT-A-CAKE.</span></div> <div class="cpoem"> <p><span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake, baker's man,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Make me a cake as fast as you can;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">And send it home for Tommy and me.</span><br/></p> </div> <div class="cpoem"> <p><span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">All the king's horses and all the king's men</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Could not set Humpty Dumpty up again.</span><br/></p> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-172.jpg" width-obs="434" height-obs="650" alt="HUMPTY DUMPTY." title="" /> <span class="caption">HUMPTY DUMPTY.</span></div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-173.jpg" width-obs="435" height-obs="650" alt="YOUNG LAMBS TO SELL!" title="" /> <span class="caption">YOUNG LAMBS TO SELL!</span></div> <div class="cpoem"> <p><span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Young lambs to sell!&mdash;young lambs to sell!</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">If I had as much money as I could tell,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">I never would cry, Young lambs to sell!</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Young lambs to sell!&mdash;young lambs to sell!</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">I never would cry, Young lambs to sell!</span><br/></p> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-176.jpg" width-obs="438" height-obs="650" alt="LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST SAT UPON A TREE." title="" /> <span class="caption">LITTLE ROBIN REDBREAST SAT UPON A TREE.</span></div> <div class="cpoem1"> <p><span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Little Robin Redbreast sat upon a tree,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Up went Pussy-cat, and down went he;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Down came Pussy-cat, and away Robin ran;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Says little Robin Redbreast, &ldquo;Catch me if you can.&rdquo;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Little Robin Redbreast jumped upon a wall,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Pussy-cat jumped after him and almost got a fall;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Little Robin chirped and sang, and what did Pussy say?</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Pussy-cat said &ldquo;Mew,&rdquo; and Robin jumped away.</span><br/></p> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-177.jpg" width-obs="427" height-obs="650" alt="HANDY SPANDY, JACK-A-DANDY." title="" /> <span class="caption">HANDY SPANDY, JACK-A-DANDY.</span></div> <div class="cpoem"> <p><span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Handy Spandy Jack-a-Dandy</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Loved plumcake and sugar candy;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">He bought some at a grocer's shop,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">And out he came, hop, hop, hop.</span><br/></p> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-180.jpg" width-obs="436" height-obs="650" alt="LITTLE BOY BLUE." title="" /> <span class="caption">LITTLE BOY BLUE.</span></div> <div class="cpoem1"> <p><span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Little Boy Blue, come blow up your horn,</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Where's the little boy that looks after the sheep?</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">He is under the hay-cock fast asleep.</span><br/></p> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-181.jpg" width-obs="436" height-obs="650" alt="THIS LITTLE PIG WENT TO MARKET." title="" /> <span class="caption">THIS LITTLE PIG WENT TO MARKET.</span></div> <div class="cpoem"> <p><span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">This little pig went to market;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">This little pig stayed at home;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">This pig had a piece of bread-and-butter;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">This little pig had none;</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">This little pig said, "Wee, wee, wee!</span><br/> <span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">I can't find my way home.&rdquo;</span><br/></p> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-039b.jpg" width-obs="200" height-obs="106" alt="" title="decoration" /></div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/i-046.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="76" alt="" title="decoration" /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />