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Ring o' Roses: A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book

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<h1>RING O' ROSES:</h1> <h2>A NURSERY RHYME PICTURE BOOK</h2> With numerous Drawings in Colour and Black-and-White by L. LESLIE BROOKE. <h2>THE MAN IN THE MOON</h2> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/moon2.jpg" alt="moon1" /> The Man in the Moon Came tumbling down, And asked his way to Norwich; <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/moon1.gif" alt="moon2" /> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/moon3.gif" alt="moon3" /> They told him south, And he burnt his mouth With eating cold pease-porridge. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/moon4.gif" alt="moon4" /> <h2>TO MARKET, TO MARKET</h2> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/market1.jpg" alt="market1" /> To market, to market, to buy a fat Pig; Home again, home again, dancing a jig. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/market2.gif" alt="market2" /> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/market3.gif" alt="market3" /> To market, to market, to buy a fat Hog; Home again, home again, jiggety-jog. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/market4.jpg" alt="market4" /> <h2>THERE WAS A MAN</h2> There was a man, and he had nought,   And robbers came to rob him; <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/man1.gif" alt="man1" /> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/man2.gif" alt="man2" /> He crept up to the chimney-pot,   And then they thought they had him; <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/man3.jpg" alt="man3" /> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/man4.jpg" alt="man4" /> But he got down on t'other side,   And then they could not find him; <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/man5.gif" alt="man5" /> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/man6.gif" alt="man6" /> He ran fourteen miles in fifteen days,   And never looked behind him. <h2>THE LION AND THE UNICORN</h2> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/lion1.jpg" alt="lion1" /> The Lion and the Unicorn   Were fighting for the crown; The Lion beat the unicorn   All round about the town. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/lion2.gif" alt="lion2" /> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/lion3.gif" alt="lion3" /> Some gave them white bread,   And some gave them brown; Some gave them plum-cake,   And sent them out of town. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/lion4.jpg" alt="lion4" /> <h2>LITTLE MISS MUFFET</h2> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/muffet3.jpg" alt="muffet3" /> <ANTIMG class="images" src= "images/muffet1.2.gif" alt="muffet1.2" /> Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet Eating of curds and whey; <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/muffet1.gif" alt="muffet1" /> <ANTIMG class="images" src= "images/muffet2.gif" alt="muffet2" />   There came a big Spider   And sat down beside her, And frightened Miss Muffet away. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/muffet4.gif" alt="muffet4" /> <h2>ORANGES AND LEMONS</h2> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/oranges1.gif" alt="oranges1" /> Gay go up, and gay go down To ring the bells of London Town. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/clemens1.gif" alt= "clemens1" /> Bull's eyes and targets Say the bells of St. Marg'ret's. Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of St. Giles'. Pancakes and fritters, Say the bells of St. Peter's. Two sticks and an apple, Say the bells at Whitechapel. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/clemens2.gif" alt= "clemens2" /> Halfpence and farthings, Say the bells of St. Martin's. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/clemens3.gif" alt= "clemens3" /> Oranges and Lemons, Say the bells of St. Clement's. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/clemens4.gif" alt= "clemens4" /> Old Father Baldpate, Say the slow bells at Aldgate. Pokers and tongs, Say the bells of St. John's. Kettles and pans, Say the bells of St. Ann's. You owe me ten shillings, Say the bells at St. Helen's. When will you pay me? Say the bells at Old Bailey. When I grow rich, Say the bells at Shoreditch. Pray when will that be? Say the bells of Stepney. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/clemens5.gif" alt= "clemens5" /> I am sure I don't know, Says the great bell of Bow. Here comes a candle to light you to bed, And here comes a chopper to chop off your head. <h2>GOOSEY, GOOSEY GANDER</h2> <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/goose1.jpg" alt="goose1" /> Goosey, Goosey Gander, Where shall I wander? Upstairs, downstairs, And in my lady's chamber. <ANTIMG class="images" src="images/goose2.gif" alt="goose2" /> <ANTIMG class="images" src= "images/goose3.gif" alt="goose3" /> There I met an old man   That would not say his prayers: I took him by the left leg,   And threw him downstairs. <ANTIMG class="images" src= "images/goose4.jpg" alt="goose4" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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