Gammer Gurton's Garland
Gammer Gurton's Garland
The Nursery Parnassus
A Choice Collection of Pretty Songs and Verses forthe Amusement of all Little Good Childrenwho can neither read nor run.
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cake, Baker's man; That I will, master, As fast as I can;
Prick it, and prick it, And mark it with a T, And there will be enough For Jacky and me.
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WHO'S THERE?
Who's there? A grenadier. What do you want? A pot of beer. Where's your money? Quite forgot. Get you gone, You drunken sot.
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CROSS PATCH.
Cross patch, draw the latch, Sit by the fire and spin; Take a cup, and drink it up, Then call your neighbours in.
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MISTRESS MARY.
Mistress Mary, Quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With cockle shells, And silver bells, And cowslips all arow.
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THE OLD MAN AND HIS CALF.
There was an old man, And he had a calf; And that's half: He took him out of the stall, And put him on the wall; And that's all.
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JACK A NORY.
I'll tell you a story About Jack a Nory; And now my story's begun: I'll tell you another About Jack his brother And now my story's done.
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