He went to the cellar To draw a little beer; And quickly did return To say there was none there.
Cock-a-doodle-do! My dame has lost her shoe; My master's lost his fiddle-stick, And don't know what to do.
Cock-a-doodle-do! What is my dame to do? Till master finds his fiddle-stick, She'll dance without her shoe.
John Cook had a little grey mare; he, haw, hum! Her back stood up, and her bones they were bare; he, haw, hum!
John Cook was riding up Shuter's bank; he, haw, hum! And there his nag did kick and prank; he, haw, hum!
John Cook was riding up Shuter's hill; he, haw, hum! His mare fell down, and she made her will; he, haw, hum!
The bridle and saddle were laid on the shelf; he, haw, hum! If you want any more you may sing it yourself; he, haw, hum!
Buz, quoth the blue fly, Hum, quoth the bee, Buz and hum they cry, And so do we.
In his ear, in his nose, Thus, do you see? He ate the dormouse, Else it was he.
Little Tommy Tittlemouse Lived in a little house; He caught fishes In other men's ditches.
Great A, little a, bouncing B, The cat's in the cupboard and she can't see.
Doctor Foster went to Glo'ster, In a shower of rain; He stepped in a puddle right up to his middle, And never went there again.
Daffy-down-dilly has come to town, In a yellow petticoat, and a green gown.
Queen Anne, Queen Anne, you sit in the sun, As fair as a lily, as white as a wand. I send you three letters, and pray read one, You must read one, if you can't read all So pray Miss or Master throw up the ball.
Ho my kitten, a kitten, And ho! my kitten, my deary! Such a sweet pet as this Was neither far nor neary.
Here we go up, up, up, Here we go down, down, down; Here we go backwards and forwards, And here we go round, round, round.
Lavender blue and rosemary green, When I am king you shall be queen; Call up my maids at four o'clock, Some to the wheel and some to the rock, Some to make hay and some to shear corn, And you and I will keep ourselves warm.
Two little kittens one stormy night, They began to quarrel and they began to fight; One had a mouse and the other had none, And that's the way the quarrel begun.
"I'll have that mouse," said the biggest cat. "You'll have that mouse? we'll see about that!" "I will have that mouse," said the eldest son. "You sha'n't have the mouse," said the little one.