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C O N T E N T S

Rhym es abou t An im a l s

Bow -bow, says the dog* 7

To the Snail 8

To the Lady-Bird 8

There were two blackbirds* 9

Visitor 9

Catch 9

To the Cuckoo 10

The cuck oo com es in April* 11

Little Bird 11

A wise old owl sat in an oak* 11

I had two pigeons bright and gay* 12

Mrs. H en 12

Jack Spra t's Pig 13

G rig's Pig 14

Baa, Baa, Black Shkep 14

Visitor 15

Kindness 16

Traveller 16

W here are you going* 17

The Three Little K ittens 18

R h y m e s a b o u t N a t u r e

Days in the M on th 20

It's raining, it's pou ring* 21

It's raining , it's raining* 21

The Star 21

W hen the wind blows* 22

M arch winds and April showers* 22

W hen clouds appear* 23

Cut thistles in M ay* 23

A swarm of bees in May* 24

About W eather 24

Evening red and m orning grey* 25

Red sky at night* 25

W hen the dew is on the grass* 25

M ackerel sky* 26


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Rhym es abou t P eop le

Ho w m any days has my baby to play*

v

. 27

G o to bed, Tom* ~ 2 7

Jerry Hall 28

Robin Ho od 28

Little fishes in a brook* 28

Tom my Tittlemouse 29

O ne, two , three , four* 29

O ne , tw o, thr ee , four, five* 29

Betty Blue 30

Little G irl 30

W hat are little boys m ade of, m ade of?* 31

G oo d Co unsel for Ch ildren 32

Elsie M arley 33

W illiam M cTrimb letoe 33

Gregory Griggs 34

Do b and M ob 35

Dam e Trot 35

H ecto r Pro tecto r , .) 36

Rob in and Richard 37

The Dam e of Du ndee 38

Abram Brown 38

Solomon Grund y 39

Fo r want of a nail* 39

This Is the Key 41

The Ho use That Jack Built{Extract 43

J ing le s and Wonde r s

Higglety, pigglety, pop * 49

Hickory, dickory, dock* 50

Hey diddle, diddle* 50

Didd le, diddle, dum pling, my son John* 51

Th e Flying Pig 51

Humpty-Dumpty 51

W ashing U p 52

Caution 52

Tom Tittlemouse 53

D octor Foster 53

Silly 54

On Oath 54


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The Old W om an in a Shoe 55

An Old W oman 56

Peter W hite 57

A M an in the W ilderness 58

And Th at's All 58

The Wise M en of G otham 59

The King and His Daughters 59

The Crooked M an 60

If all the world was paper* 61

If all the seas were one sea* 61

Rob in the Bobbin 63

The Little W om an and the Pedlar 64

Songs and Riddles

To the Rain 68

Rain, rain, go to Spain* 68

Rain o n the green

grass*

69

Ch urning ( 69

A Rhy me for W ashing H and s 69

Marching 70

A Song from a G am e 70

O ne, two* 70

The Gingerbread M an 71

Chairs to M end 71

If I 'd as m uch m oney as I could tell* 72

Buy Any Buttons? 72

Jingle , Bells 73

Tea-Time 73

Harvest Song 74

The Brave Old D uke of York 75

Higher tha n a house* 75

Thirty white horses* 76

Two brothe rs we are* 76

Little N ancy Etticoat* 76

As I was walking in a field of wheat* 77

He wen t to the wood and caught it* 78

Elizabeth , Elspe th, Betsy and Bess* 78

Two legs sat up on three legs* 79

Index of

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Lines 81


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D e a r c h i l d r e n

I n t h i s b o o k y o u w i l l b e r e a d i n g s o m e p o p u l a r E n g l i s h

p o e m s . I n t i m e s g o n e b y p a r e n t s a n d g r a n d p a r e n t s u s e d

t o t e l l t h e m t o t h e i r c h i l d r e n a n d g r a n d c h i l d r e n , a n d t h e y

i n t h e i r t u r n t o l d t h e m t o t h e i r c h i l d r e n . I n t h i s w a y t h e s e

v e r s e s w e r e h a n d e d d o w n f r o m g e n e r a t i o n t o g e n e r a t i o n ,

a n d t h e n t h e y b e g a n t o b e p u b l i s h e d i n b o o k s .

I n t h i s c o l l e c t i o n a r e m o r e t h a n 1 00 E n g l i s h p o e m s .

T h e y i n c l u d e r h y m e s , r i d d l e s , l i m e r i c k s , e t c . R e a d i n g

a n d l e a r n i n g E n g l i s h v e r s e s b y h e a r t w i l l g i v e y o u g r e a t

p l e a s u r e a n d w i l l a l s o b e v e r y u s e f u l . Y o u w i l l r e m e m b e r

a l o t o f n e w w o r d s a n d e x p r e s s i o n s a n d y o u w i l l l e a r n

m o r e a b o u t E n g l i s h p e o p l e ' s l i ve s .

T h e b o o k c o n s i s t s o f five s e c t i o n s : R h y m e s a b o u t

A n i m a l s ; R h y m e s a b o u t N a t u r e ; R h y m e s a b o u t P e o p l e ;

J i n g l e s a n d W o n d e r s ; S o n g s a n d R i d d l e s .

T h e p o e m s i n e a c h s e c t i o n a r e a r r a n g e d a c c o r d i n g t o

s p e c i fi c t o p i c s a n d i n i n c r e a s i n g o r d e r o f d i ff ic u l ty . Y o u

a r e , t h e r e f o r e , a d v i s e d t o r e a d t h e b o o k f r o m b e g i n n i n g

t o e n d w i t h o u t m i s s in g a n y t h i n g o u t .

I f a f te r r e a d i n g t h e w h o l e b o o k y o u w a n t t o r e - r e a d

a n d p e r h a p s l e a r n o n e o f t h e p i e c e s b y h e a r t , a fu ll t a b l e

o f c o n t e n t s a n d a n a l p h a b e t i c a l i n d e x o f t h e first l i n e s o f

t h e p o e m s w i l l h e l p y o u t o find i t.


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R H Y M E S A B O U T A N I M A L S

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B o \ ^ - w d w , s a y s t h e d o g ,

M e w , m e w , s a y s t h e c a t ,

G r u n t , g r u n t , g o e s t h e h o g ,

A n d s q u e a k g o e s t h e r a t .

T u - w h u , sa y s t h e o w l ,

C a w , c a w , s a y s t h e c r o w ,

Q u a c k , q u a c k , s ay s t h e d u c k ,

A n d w h a t c u c k o o s s ay y o u k n o w .

b o w - w o w , m e w , g r u n t , s q u e a k

[skw irk] .


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t o g o = t o s a y

h o g

r a t

o w l

[aul]

c u c k o o

[ kuku:]

T o t h e S n a i l

S n a i l , s n a i l , p u t o u t y o u r h o m s

A n d I ' l l g i v e y o u b r e a d

s n a i l [sneil]

h o r n s [ho:nz]

{ )

b a r l e y - c o r n s [ 'bc rii 'kanz]

T o t h e L a d y - B i r d

L a d y - b i r d , l a d y - b i r d ,

F l y a w a y h o m e ,

Y o u r h o u s e i s o n f i r e

A n d y o u r c h i l d r e n a l l g o n e ;

A l l e x c e p t o n e

A n d t h a t ' s l i t t l e A n n

A n d s h e h a s c r e p t u n d e r

T h e w a r m i n g p a n .

l a d y - b i r d

['leidibs:d]

f l y a w a y [s 'wei] h o m e

a l l g o n e

[ ]

a l l e x c e p t

[ik'sept]

o n e

,

s h e h a s c r e p t

w a r m i n g ['wo:mir)] p a n

a n d b a r l e y - c o r n s .


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T h e r e w e r e t w o b l a c k b i r d s ,

S i t t i ng on a h i l l ,

T h e o n e n a m e d J a c k ,

T h e o t h e r n a m e d J i l l ;

F l y a w a y , J a c k

F l y a w a y , J i l l

C o m e a g a i n , J a c k

C o m e a g a i n , J i l l

b lack b ird ['b laekbsd]

t h e o n e n a m ed J a c k

V i s i t o r

L i t tl e R o b i n R e d b r e a s t

C a m e t o v i s i t m e ;

T h i s is w h a t h e w h i s t l e d ,

T h a n k y o u f o r m y t e a .

vis i tor [ 'v iz ita] r o c jb

x

Ro bin [ ' robin] R ed br ea s t [ 'redbres t] c am e to vis i t m e

to whis t l e [ wisl]

C a t c h

L i t t l e R o b i n R e d b r e a s t sa t u p o n a t r e e ,

U p w e n t p u s s y - c a t , a n d d o w n w e n t h e ;

D o w n c a m e p u s s y , a n d a w a y R o b i n r a n ;

S a y s l i t t l e R o b i n R e d b r e a s t ,

C a t c h m e if y o u c a n .


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L i t t l e R o b i n R e d b r e a s t j u m p e d

u p o n a w a l l ,

P u s s y - c a t j u m p e d af te r h i m ,

a n d a l m o s t g o t a f a l l ;

L i t t l e R o b i n c h i r p e d a n d s a n g ,

a n d w h a t d i d p u s s y s a y ?

P u s s y - c a t s a i d , M e w ,

a n d R o b i n j u m p e d a w a y .

c a t c h ,

R o b in R e d b r e a s t s a t u p o n [ ' ] a t r e e

u p w e n t p u s s y - c a t ['pusikaet]

t o c a t c h ,

and almost [ 'orlmoust] got a fall [foil]

ch i rp ed [tfap t] a n d sa n g

T o t h e C u c k o o

C u c k o o , c u c k o o , w h a t d o y o u d o ?

I n A p r i l I o p e n m y b i l l ;

I n M a y I s i n g a l l d a y ;

I n J u n e I c h a n g e m y t u n e ;

In Ju ly away I f ly ;

I n A u g u s t a w a y I m u s t .

c u c k o o [

,

kuku:]

b ill

I c h a n ge [tjeind3] m y tu ne [tju:n]


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T h e c u c k o o c o m e s i n A p r i l

H e s i ng s h i s s o n g i n M a y ;

I n t h e m i d d l e o f J u n e

H e c h a n g e s h i s t u n e

A n d t h e n h e f l i e s aw a y .

t o fly a w a y

L i t t l e B i r d

O n c e I s a w a l i t t le b i r d

C o m e h o p h o p h o p

A n d I c r i e d L i t t l e b i r d

Wi l l y o u s t o p s t o p s t o p ?

I w a s g o i n g t o t h e w i n d o w

T o s a y H o w d o y o u d o ?

B u t h e s h o o k h i s l i t t l e t a i l

A n d a w a y h e f l ew.

p

;

c r i e d

[kraid]

s h o o k

[fuk]

flew [flu:]

***

A wi s e o l d o w l s a t i n a n o a k

T h e m o r e h e h e a r d t h e l e s s h e s p o k e ;


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T h e l es s h e s p o k e t h e m o r e h e h e a r d .

W h y a r e n ' t a ll l i k e t h a t w i s e o l d b i r d ?

a wise old owl [aul] sat in an

o a k [o uk]

The more [mo: ] he hea rd [had]

th e le ss h e sp o k e .

, .

***

I h a d t w o p i g e o n s b r i g h t a n d g a y ,

T h e y f l e w f r o m m e t h e o t h e r d a y ;

W h a t w a s t h e r e a s o n t h e y d i d g o ?

I c a n n o t t e l l f o r I d o n o t k n o w .

p igeon [

,

pid3in]

b rig ht [brait]

g ay [gei]

r e a s o n [

,

ri:zn]

for ,

M r s . H e n

C h o o k , c h o o k , c h o o k , c h o o k , c h o o k ;

G o o d m o r n i n g , M r s . H e n .

H o w m a n y c h i c k e n s h a v e y o u g o t ?

M a d a m , I ' v e g o t t e n .

F o u r o f t h e m a r e y e l l o w ,

A n d f o u r o f t h e m a r e b r o w n ,


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A n d t w o o f t h e m a r e s p e c k l e d r e d ,

T h e n i c e s t i n t h e t o w n .

M r s . [

,

m isis ]

to have go t = to have

m ad a m ['m aedam ]

sp eck led ['spekld] re d -

J a c k S p r a t ' s P i g

L i t t l e J a c k S p r a t

O n c e h a d a p i g ;

(

I t w a s n o t v e r y l i t t l e ,

N o r y e t v e r y b i g ,

I t w a s n o t v e r y l e a n ,

I t w a s n o t v e r y f a t

I t ' s a g o o d p i g t o g r u n t ,

S a i d l i t t l e J a c k S p r a t .

o n c e [wAns] , -

n o t . . . n o r . . .

le a n [li:n]

fa t

t o g r u n t

sa id [sed]


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G r i g ' s P i g

G r a n d f a ' G r i g

H a d a p i g ,

In a f ie ld of c lover ;

P i g g y d i e d ,

G r a n d f a ' c r i e d ,

A n d a l l t h e f u n w a s o v e r .

g r a n d f a

9

= g randfa the r

c lover

[ klouva]

P*ggy (

=

p ig ) d ied [da id ]

c r ied [kraid]

fun ,

B a a , B a a , B l a c k S h e e p

B a a , b a a , b l a c k s h e e p ,

H a v e y o u a n y w o o l ?

Y e s , s i r , ye s , s i r ,

T h r e e b a g s f u l l ;

O n e f o r t h e m a s t e r ,

A n d o n e f or t h e d a m e ,

A n d o n e f o r t h e l i t t l e b o y

W h o l i ve s d o w n t h e l a n e .

w ool [wul]

s i r [sa ] ,

m a s t e r [ masta]

d a m e

l a n e


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K i n d n e s s

I l ove l i t t l e pus s y ,

H e r c o a t i s s o w a r m ,

A n d i f I d o n ' t h u r t h e r

S h e ' l l d o m e n o h a r m .

S o I ' l l n o t p u l l h e r t a i l ,

N o r d r i v e h e r a w a y ,

B u t p u s s y a n d I

V e r y g e n t l y w i l l p l a y .

S h e s h a l l s it b y m y s i d e ,

A n d I ' l l g i v e h e r s o m e f o o d ;

A n d p u s s y w i l l l o v e m e

B e c a u s e I a m g o o d .

k in d n ess [ 'kam dnis]

pus s y = pu s s y -ca t

t o h u r t

h a r m ,

t o pu ll [pul]

t o d rive aw ay [s 'w ei]

gen t ly [

,

d3en tli]

T r a v e l l e r

P u s s y - c a t , p u s s y - c a t ,

W h e r e h a v e y o u b e e n ?

I 'v e b e e n t o L o n d o n

T o l o o k a t t h e Q u e e n .

P u s s y - c a t , p u s s y - c a t ,

W h a t d i d y o u t h e r e ?

I f r i g h t e n e d a l i tt l e m o u s e

U n d e r h e r c h a i r .


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t r a v e l l e r [ traevte]

W h e r e h av e y ou b e e n ? ?

I 'v e b e en ( = I h av e b e e n ) t o L o n d o n

q u e e n [kwi:n]

to frighten [ fraitn]

, ?

.

?

.

W h e r e a r e y o u g o i n g ,

M y l i tt l e k i t t e n s ?

W e a r e g o i n g t o t o w n

T o g e t u s s o m e m i t t e n s .

W h a t M i t t e n s f or k i t te n s

D o k i t t e n s w e a r m i t t e n s ?

W h o e v e r s a w l i tt l e k i t t e n s

w i t h m i t t e n s ?

k i t t e n

[

,

kitn]

m i t t e n [

,

mitn]


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T h e T h r e e L i t t l e K i t t e n s

T h r e e l i t t l e k i t t e n s

T h e y l o s t t h e i r m i t t e n s ,

A n d t h e y b e g a n t o c r y ,

O h , m o t h e r d e a r ,

W e g r e a t l y f e a r

O u r m i t t e n s w e h a v e l o s t .

L o s t y o u r m i t t e n s ,

Y o u n a u g h t y k i t t e n s

T h e n y o u s h a l l h a v e n o p i e .

M i e w , m i e w , m i e w ,

N o , y o u s h a l l h a v e n o p i e .

T h r e e l i t t l e k i t t e n s

T h e y f o u n d th e i r m i t t e n s ,

A n d t h e y b e g a n t o c r y ,

O h , m o t h e r d e a r ,

S e e h e r e , s e e h e r e ,

O u r m i t t e n s w e h a v e f o u n d

F o u n d y o u r m i t t e n s ,

Y o u c l e v e r k i t t e n s ,

T h e n y o u s h a ll h a v e s o m e p i e .

P u r r , p u r r , p u r r , ;

O h , l e t u s h a v e s o m e p i e .

x

lo s t

t o c ry

g r e a t l y [ greitli]

t o fe a r [ ]

w e h av e lo s t

n a u g h t y

[ no:ti]

p ie [pai]

found [faund]


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:

, , ,

,

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.

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- , ,

.

,

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,

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.


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R H Y M E S A B O U T N A T U R E

D a y s i n t h e M o n t h

T h i r t y d a y s h a t h S e p t e m b e r

7

,

A p r i l , J u n e a n d N o v e m b e r ;

F e b r u a r y h a s t w e n t y - e i g h t a l o n e .

A l l t h e r e s t h a v e t h i r t y - o n e ,

B u t l e a p y e a r c o m i n g o n c e i n f o u r

G i v e s F e b r u a r y o n e d a y m o r e .

h a t h

[hae0]

. = h a s

a l o n e [ ' ] ;

a l l t h e r e s t


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l e a p y e a r c o m i n g o n c e i n f o u r ,

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I t ' s r a i n i n g , i t ' s p o u r i n g ,

T h e o l d m a n ' s s n o r i n g ;

H e g o t i n t o b e d

A n d b u m p e d h is h e a d

A n d c o u l d n ' t g e t u p

i n t h e m o r n i n g .

i t ' s ( = i t i s ) p o u r i n g

[

,

po:nrj] -

t o s n o r e

[sno:] -

t o b u m p

- ( )

I t ' s r a i n i n g , i t ' s r a i n i n g ,

T h e r e ' s p e p p e r i n t h e b o x ,

A n d a l l t h e l i t tl e l a d i e s

A r e p i c k i n g u p t h e i r f r o c k s .

p e p p e r [ ]

l a d y [ leidi] ,

t o p i c k u p

['pik

'Ap]

,

frock

[frok]

T h e S t a r

T w i n k l e , t w i n k l e , l i t t l e s t a r ,

H o w I w o n d e r w h a t y o u a r e


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U p a b o v e t h e w o r l d s o h i g h ,

L i k e a d i a m o n d i n t h e s k y .

twinkle [ twirjkl] ,

t o w on d e r ['wAnds]

a b o ve [a'bA v]

d iam o n d [ 'daram and] ,

W h e n t h e w i n d b l o w s ,

T h e n t h e m i l l g o e s ;

W h e n t h e w i n d d r o p s ,

T h e n t h e m i l l s t o p s .

t h e w ind b low s

m ill

t h e w ind d ro p s

M a r c h w i n d s a n d A p r i l s h o w e r s

B r i n g f o r t h M a y f l o w e r s .

s h o w e r

[ / ]

to bring [brig] forth [fo:0] -

,


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,

.

.

W h e n c l o u d s a p p e a r

L i k e r o c k s a n d t o w e r s ,

T h e e a r t h ' s r e f r e s h e d

B y f r e q u e n t s h o w e r s .

c lo u d s [klaudz] a p p e a r [ ' ]

l i ke rocks and towers

[ tauszj

t h e e a r th ' s re f resh ed [n 'frejt] ,

frequent [ 'ftik wan t]

C u t t h i s t l e s i n M a y ,

T h e y g r o w i n a d a y ;

C u t t h e m i n J u n e ,

T h a t is t o o s o o n ;

C u t t h e m i n J u l y ,

T h e n t h e y w i l l d i e .


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t o c u t ,

th i s t l e [

,

0isl] .

t o d ie [dai] ,

A s w a r m o f b e e s i n M a y

I s w o r t h a l o a d o f h a y ;

A s w a r m o f b e e s i n J u n e

I s w o r t h a s i lv e r s p o o n ;

A s w a r m o f b e e s i n J u l y

I s n o t w o r t h a fly.

a sw arm [swo:m] of b ee s [bi:z]

is w o r th [w a:0]

a lo ad [ lo ud ] of h a y [h ei]

a s i lver [ silva] sp o o n [spu:n]

fly [flai]

A b o u t W e a t h e r

I f b e e s s t a y a t h o m e ,

R a i n w i l l s o o n c o m e ;

I f t h e y fly aw ay ,

F i n e w i l l b e t h e d a y .

b ee [bi:]


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E v e n i n g r e d a n d m o r n i n g g r e y ,

S e n d t h e t r a v e l l e r o n h i s w a y ;

E v e n i n g g r e y a n d m o r n i n g r e d ,

B r i n g t h e r a i n u p o n h is h e a d .

se nd t h e t r av e lle r ['traevb] o n h is w a y [w ei]

R e d sk y a t n i g h t ,

S h e p h e r d ' s d e l i g h t ;

R e d sk y i n t h e m o r n i n g ,

S h e p h e r d ' s w a r n i n g .

,

shepherd [ 'Jepad]

de light [di ' la i t ] -

warning [

,

wo:mrj] ,

***

W h e n t h e d e w is o n t h e g r a s s ,

R a i n w i l l n e v e r c o m e t o p a s s .

A s u n s h i n y s h o w e r

W o n ' t la s t h a l f a n h o u r .

d ew [dju:]

will n e v e r co m e t o p as s [pars]


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a sunshiny [ 's /ui jaim] shower [ Jaus]

t o l a s t [la:st] ,

M a c k e r e l s k y ,

M a c k e r e l s k y ,

N o t l o n g w e t

A n d n o t l o n g d r y .

m ac k e re l ['m aekral] sky

w e t ,

d ry [drai] ,


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R H Y M E S A B O U T P E O P L E

H o w m a n y d a y s h a s m y b a b y t o p l a y ?

S a t u r d a y , S u n d a y , M o n d a y ,

T u e s d a y , W e d n e s d a y , T h u r s d a y , F r i d a y ,

S a t u r d a y , S u n d a y , M o n d a y .

G o t o b e d , T o m ,

G o t o b e d , T o m ,


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T i r e d o r n o t , T o m ,

G o t o b e d , T o m .

J e r r y H a l l

J e r r y H a l l ,

H e i s s o s m a l l ,

A r a t c o u l d e a t h i m ,

H a t a n d a l l .

r a t

R o b i n H o o d

R o b i n H o o d

H a s g o n e t o t h e w o o d ;

H e ' l l c o m e b a c k a g a i n

I f w e a r e g o o d .

h as g o n e [ ] t o t h e w ood [w ud]

if w e a r e good

***

\

]

L i t t l e f ishes i n a b r o o k , ^

F a t h e r c a u g h t t h e m o n a h o o k ,

M o t h e r f rie d t h e m i n a p a n ,

J o h n n i e e a t s t h e m l ik e a m a n .

b r o o k

c a u g h t [ko:t] th e m o n a h o o k

fried [fraid] th e m in a p a n


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T o m m y T i t t l e m o u s e

L i tt le T o m m y T i t t l e m o u s e

L i v e d i n a l i t t l e h o u s e ;

H e c a u g h t fi s h es

I n o t h e r m e n ' s d i t c h e s .

c a u g h t [ ]

d i tc h [ditf] ,

g

O r ,

O n e , t w o , t h r e e , f o u r ,

M a r y ' s a t t h e c o t t a g e d o o r ,

F i v e , s i x , s e v e n , e i g h t ,

E a t i n g c h e r r i e s o f f a p l a t e .

c o t t a g e [

f

kDtid3] ,

c h e r r y

[ tfen]

O n e , t w o , t h r e e , f o u r , five,

O n c e I c a u g h t a fish a l i v e ,

S i x , s e v e n , e i g h t , n i n e , t e n ,

T h e n I l e t i t g o a g a i n .

W h y d i d y o u le t i t g o ?

B e c a u s e it b i t m y finger s o .

W h i c h finger d id i t b i t e ?

T h e l i t t le finger o n t h e r ight.

a live [a 'la iv]

I le t i t g o


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b e c a u s e

[bi koz]

it bit my f inger

[ ]

so

to b i te

( )

Bet ty Blue

L i t t l e B e t t y B l u e

L o s t her h o l i d a y s h o e ,

W h a t can l i t t l e B e t t y do?

G i v e her a n o t h e r

T o m a t c h the o t h e r ,

A n d t h e n

she may

w a l k

out in two.

l o s t

t o m a t c h

(

) ,

s h e may

[mei]

w a l k

[work]

out

[aut]

Li t t le Girl

Li t t l e g i r l , l i t t l e g i r l ,

W h e r e h a v e you b e e n ?

I ' v e b e e n to see g r a n d m o t h e r

O v e r

the

g r e e n .

W h a t did she g i v e y o u ?

M i l k in a can.

W h a t did you say for it?

T h a n k

you,

G r a n d a m .

W h e r e h a v e

you

b e e n ?

?

over [ ouva]

the

g r e e n

,

c a n

G r a n d a m

[ graendaem]

. = G r a n d m o t h e r


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,

, ?

.

?

.

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.

.

***

W h a t a r e l i tt l e b o y s m a d e of, m a d e o f ?

W h a t a r e l i tt l e b o y s m a d e o f ?

F r o g s a n d s n a i l s ,

A n d p u p p y - d o g s ' t a i l s ,

T h a t ' s w h a t l i tt l e b o y s a r e m a d e of.

W h a t a r e l i tt l e g i r ls m a d e of, m a d e o f ?

W h a t a r e l i t tl e g i r l s m a d e o f ?

S u g a r a n d s p i c e

A n d a ll t h i n g s n i c e ,

T h a t ' s w h a t l i tt l e g i r ls a r e m a d e of.

W h a t a re l i t t le b o y s m ad e o f . . .?

. . . ?

frog

sn ai l [sneil] .

p u p p y - d o g [ pApidog]

s u g a r [ Jugs]

sp ice [spais] ,


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?

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G o o d C o u n s e l f o r C h i l d r e n

G o t o b e d l a t e ,

S t a y v e r y s m a l l ;

G o t o b e d e a r l y ,

G r o w v e r y t a l l .

O n e t h i n g a t a t i m e

A n d t h a t d o n e w e l l ,

I s a v e r y g o o d r u l e ,

A s m a n y c a n t e l l .

G o o d , b e t t e r , b e s t ;

N e v e r r e s t

T i l l " g o o d " b e " b e t t e r " ,

A n d " b e t t e r " " b e s t " .

c o un se l [ 'k au nssl]

l a t e


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t o s ta y [stei]

ta l l [to:l]

t im e

d o n e [ ] w ell

r u le

a s m a n y c a n te ll

n e v e r

[ nevs]

r e s t

till

***

E l s i e M a r l e y i s g r o w n s o f i n e ,

S h e w o n ' t g e t u p t o f e e d t h e s w i n e ,

B u t l i e s i n b e d t i l l e i g h t o r n i n e

L a z y E l s i e M a r l e y .

is g ro wn [g ro un ]

she won ' t ge t up to feed

th e sw ine

t o l ie [lai]

lazy

W i l l i a m M c T r i m b l e t o e

W i l l i a m M c T r i m b l e t o e ,

H e ' s a g o o d fisherman,

C a t c h e s f i s h e s ,

P u t s t h e m i n d i s h e s ,

C a t c h e s h e n s ,

P u t s t h e m i n p e n s ;

S o m e l a y e g g s ,


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S o m e l a y n o n e ,

W i l l i a m M c T r i m b l e t o e ,

H e d o e s n ' t e a t o n e .

f ish e rm an [T ijbm sn] ,

t o c a t c h

d ish ,

p en

{ , )

t o lay eg gs

n o n e [ ] ,

G r e g o r y G r i g g s

G r e g o r y G r i g g s , G r e g o r y

G r i g g s ,

H a d t w e n t y - s e v e n d i ff e re n t

w i g s .

H e w o r e t h e m u p , h e w o r e

t h e m d o w n ,

T o p l e a s e t h e p e o p l e o f t h e

t o w n ;

H e w o r e t h e m e a s t , h f e w o r e

t h e m w e s t ,

B u t h e n e v e r c o u l d t e l l

W h i c h h e l o v e d t h e b e s t .

w ig

t o p le a s e

e a s t

w es t

n e v e r

[ nevs]

could [kud] tell which [witj] he loved [Lvvd]

th e b e s t ,


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D o b a n d M o b

T h e r e w a s a m a n ,

A n d h is n a m e w a s D o b ,

A n d h e h a d a w i f e ,

A n d h e r n a m e w a s M o b .

A n d h e h a d a d o g ,

A n d h e c a l l e d i t B o b ,

A n d s h e h a d a c a t ,

C a l l e d C h i t t e r a b o b .

B o b ,

s a y s D o b ;

C h i t t e r a b o b , s a y s M o b .

B o b w a s D o b ' s d o g ,

C h i t t e r a b o b M o b ' s c a t .

wife

t o ca l l [ :1]

D a m e T r o t

D a m e T r o t a n d h e r c a t

S a t d o w n f o r a c h a t ;

T h e D a m e sa t o n t h i s s i d e

A n d p u s s s a t o n t h a t .

P u s s ,

sa y s t h e D a m e ,

C a n y o u c a t c h a r a t ,

O r a m o u s e i n t h e d a r k ?

P u r r , s a y s t h e c a t .

d a m e ,

s a t d ow n [ da u n] fo r a c h a t -


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s a t o n th i s s id e

p u s s [pus] ,

c a t c h a r a t

in t h e d a r k

p u r r [ :]

,

,

: - - ,

?

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.

H e c t o r P r o t e c t o r

H e c t o r P r o t e c t o r w a s d r e s s e d a l l ^ r e e n ;

H e c t o r P r o t e c t o r w a s s e n t t o t h e Q u e e n .

T h e Q u e e n d i d n o t l i k e h i m ,

N o m o r e d i d t h e K i n g ;

S o H e c t o r P r o t e c t o r w a s s e n t b a c k a g a i n .

P r o te c t o r [p rs 'tek ts ] {

XV-XVI

)

w a s d re s se d

w a s s e n t

q u e e n [kwi:n]

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R o b i n a n d R i c h a r d

R o b i n a n d R i c h a r d

W e r e t w o p r e t t y m e n ,

T h e y l a y i n b e d

T i l l t h e c l o c k s t r u c k t e n ;

T h e n u p s t a r t s R o b i n

A n d l o o k s a t t h e s k y ,

O h , b r o t h e r R i c h a r d ,

T h e s u n ' s v e r y h i g h .

Y o u g o b e f o r e

W i t h a b o t t l e a n d b a g ,

A n d I w i l l c o m e a f t e r

O n l it t l e J a c k N a g .

p r e t t y [ pnti]

lay [lei]

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t o s t a r t ( )

b o t t l e

T h e D a m e o f D u n d e e

T h e r e w a s a n o l d w o m a n

W h o l iv e d i n D u n d e e ,

A n d in h e r b a c k g a r d e n

T h e r e g r e w a p l u m - t r e e ;

T h e p l u m s t h e y g r e w r o t t e n

B e f o r e t h e y g r e y r i p e ,

A n d s h e s o l d t h e m

T h r e e f a r t h i n g s a p i n t .

p lu m

grew [gru: ] ro t ten [ rotn]

before th ey grew ripe [raip] ,

so ld [sould]

t h r e e f ar th in g s [Taidirjz] a p in t [p ain t]

1

2

\

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O l d A b r a m B r o w n is d e a d a n d g o n e ,

Y o u ' l l n e v e r s e e h i m m o r e ;

H e u s e d t o w e a r a l o n g b r o w n c o a t

T h a t b u t t o n e d d o w n b e f o re .

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is d ea d [ded] a nd g on e [ ]

m or e [mo:]

h e u sed t o w e a r [wea]

t o b u t to n ['bAtn] ( )

S o l o m o n G r u n d y

S o l o m o n G r u n d y ,

B o r n o n a M o n d a y ,

C h r i s t e n e d o n T u e s d a y ,

M a r r i e d o n W e d n e s d a y ,

T o o k ill o n T h u r s d a y ,

W o r s e o n F r i d a y ,

D i e d o n S a t u r d a y ,

B u r i e d o n S u n d a y .

T h i s is t h e e n d

O f S o l o m o n G r u n d y .

b o r n . . . , c hr i s te ne d [ 'k nsn d] m a rr ie d . . . ,

. . . ,

t o o k ill

d ied [daid] bu r ied [ 'b end] . . . ,

end

***

F o r w a n t o f a n a i l

T h e s h o e w a s l o s t ,

F o r w a n t o f a s h o e

T h e h o r s e w a s l o s t ,

F o r w a n t o f a h o r s e

The r ide r was los t ,


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F o r w a n t o f a rider

T h e b a t t l e w a s l o s t ,

F o r w a n t o f a b a t t l e

T h e k i n g d o m w a s l o s t ,

A n d a ll f o r t h e w a n t

O f a h o r s e s h o e n a i l .

for w a n t [w ont] of - ( )

n ai l [ne il]

t h e s h o e [fu:] w as lo s t

rider

t h e b a t t l e w a s lo s t

k in gd o m

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T h i s I s t h e K e y

T h i s i s t h e k e y o f t h e k i n g d o m :

I n t h a t k i n g d o m t h e r e is a c i ty .

I n t h a t c i t y t h e r e is a t o w n .

I n t h a t t o w n t h e r e is a s t r e e t .

I n t h a t s t r e e t t h e r e is a l a n e .

I n t h a t l a n e t h e r e is a y a r d .

I n t h a t y a r d t h e r e is a h o u s e .

I n t h a t h o u s e t h e r e is a r o o m .

I n t h a t r o o m t h e r e is a b e d .

O n t h a t b e d t h e r e i s a b a s k e t .

I n t h a t b a s k e t t h e r e a r e s o m e f l o w e r s .

F l o w e r s i n a b a s k e t .

B a s k e t o n t h e b e d .

B e d i n t h e r o o m .

R o o m i n t h e h o u s e .

H o u s e i n t h e y a r d .

Y a r d i n t h e l a n e .

L a n e i n t h e s t r e e t .

S t r e e t i n t h e t o w n .

T o w n i n t h e c i t y .

C i t y i n t h e k i n g d o m .

O f t h e k i n g d o m t h i s is t h e k e y .

t h e k e y [ki:] of t h e k in gdo m

c i ty

[ siti]

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l a n e ,

y a rd [ja:d]

b a s k e t

[ baiskit]

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T h e H o u s e T h a t J a c k B u i l t

{Extract

T h i s i s t h e h o u s e t h a t J a c k b u i l t .

T h i s i s t h e m a l t

T h a t l a y i n t h e h o u s e t h a t J a c k b u i l t .

T h i s i s t h e r a t ,

T h a t a t e t h e m a l t


T h i s i s t h e c a t ,

T h a t k i l l e d t h e r a t ,



T h i s i s t h e d o g ,

T h a t w o r r i e d t h e c a t ,





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T h i s is t h e c o w w i t h t h e c r u m p l e d h o r n ,

T h a t t o s s e d t h e d o g ,





T h i s i s t h e m a i d e n a ll f o r l o r n ,

T h a t m i l k e d t h e c o w w i t h t h e c r u m p l e d h o r n ,






T h i s is t h e m a n a ll t a t t e r e d a n d t o r n ,

T h a t k i s s e d t h e m a i d e n a l l f o r l o r n ,







T h i s i s t h e p r i e s t a l l s h a v e n a n d s h o r n ,

T h a t m a r r i e d t h e m a n a ll t a t t e r e d a n d t o r n ,

T h a t k i s s e d t h e m a i d e n a l l f o r l o r n ,







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J I N G L E S A N D W O N D E R S

1

H i g g l e t y , p i g g l e t y , p o p

T h e d o g h a s e a t e n t h e m o p ;

T h e p i g ' s i n a h u r r y ,

T h e c a t ' s in a flurry ,

H i g g l e t y , p i g g l e t y , p o p

h a s e a t e n p u n ] t h e m o p

t o b e in a h u r r y [ ] ,

1

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to be in a flurry [ ] ,

( )

H i c k o r y , d i c k o r y , d o c k ,

T h e m o u s e r a n u p t h e c l o c k .

T h e c l o c k s t r u c k o n e ,

T h e m o u s e r a n d o w n ,

H i c k o r y , d i c k o r y , d o c k .

r an up

s t ruck

( )

H e y d i d d l e , d i d d l e ,

T h e c a t a n d t h e f i d d l e ,

T h e c o w j u m p e d o v e r t h e m o o n ;

T h e l i t t l e d o g l a u g h e d

T o s e e s u c h s p o r t ,

A n d t h e d i s h r a n a w a y w i t h t h e s p o o n .

fiddle

su ch s p o r t

,

the dish ran away [a 'wei]

w ith t h e sp o o n


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D i d d l e , d i d d l e , d u m p l i n g , m y s o n J o h n ,

W e n t t o b e d w i t h h i s t r o u s e r s o n ;

O n e s h o e o f f , a n d o n e s h o e o n ,

D i d d l e , d i d d l e , d u m p l i n g , m y s o n J o h n .

T h e F l y i n g P i g

D i c k e r y , d i c k e r y , d a r e ,

T he p ig f l ew up in t he a i r ;

T h e m a n i n b r o w n

S o o n b r o u g h t h i m d o w n ,

D i c k e r y , d i c k e r y , d a r e .

the flying [ flanrj] p ig

flew [flu:] u p in t h e a i r [ ]

so o n [su:n] ,

b ro ug ht [bro:t] dow n [d aun]

H u m p t y - D u m p t y

H u m p t y - D u m p t y s a t o n a w a l l ,

H u m p t y - D u m p t y h a d a g r e a t fa l l ;

A l l t h e K i n g ' s h o r s e s a n d a l l t h e K i n g ' s m e n

C o u l d n ' t p u t H u m p t y t o g e t h e r a g a in .

h u m pty -d u m pty ['hAm pti'dA m pti] ,

s a t

k ing


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-

-

.

-

.

,

,

,

- ,

- ,

- .

.

W a s h i n g U p

W h e n I w a s a l i tt l e b o y

I w a s h e d m y m a m m y ' s d i s h e s ;

I p u t m y f i n g e r i n m y $ y e ,

A n d p u l l e d o u t go ld e r i fishes.

pul led [puld] out golden

[ gouldn]

fishes

C a u t i o n

M o t h e r , m a y I g o o u t t o s w i m ?

Y e s ,

m y d a r l i n g d a u g h t e r ,


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H a n g y o u r c l o t h e s o n a h i c k o r y t r e e

B u t d o n ' t g o n e a r t h e w a t e r .

c au t ion [

,

:/ ] ,

da r l i ng [ darlirj] ,

h a n g y o u r c lo th e s [k lou5z]

h ic k o ry p hik an ]

( .- . )

T o m T i t t l e m o u s e

L it t l e T i t t l e m o u s e

L i v e d i n a b e l l - h o u s e ;

T h e b e l l - h o u s e b r o k e ,

A n d T o m T i t t l e m o u s e w o k e .

b e l l -h o u s e -

b ro k e ,

w o ke

D o c t o r F o s t e r

D o c t o r F o s t e r w e n t t o G l o u c e s t e r

I n a s h o w e r o f r a i n ;

H e s t e p p e d i n a p u d d l e ,

R i g h t u p t o h i s m i d d l e ,

A n d n e v e r w e n t t h e r e a g a i n .

G l o u c e s t e r [ gbsta] .

a s hower [ Jaua] of r a in

s tep p ed in a p ud d le

r ig h t [rait] u p t o h is m idd le


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,

,

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.

S i l l y

G i l l y S i l l y J a r t e r ,

S h e l o s t h e r g a r t e r ,

I n a s h o w e r o f r a i n .

T h e m i l l e r f o u n d i t ,

T h e m i l l e r g r o u n d i t ,

A n d t h e m i l l e r g a v e i t t o S i l l y a g a i n .

lo s t h e r g a r t e r

t h e m il le r found [faund] i t

g ro u n d [g raund]

O n O a t h

A s I w e n t t o B o n n e r ,

I m e t a p ig

W i t h o u t a w i g ,

U p o n m y w o r d a n d h o n o u r .


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o a th [o u 0] ,

m e t

w i thou t [w i

,

5 au t] a w ig

u p o n [ ' ] m y w o r d [w a:d] a n d h o n o u r

[ ]

H e

:

.

.

T h e O l d W o m a n i n a S h o e

T h e r e w a s a n o l d w o m a n

w h o l i v e d i n a s h o e ,

S h e h a d s o m a n y c h i l d r e n

s h e d i d n ' t k n o w w h a t t o d o ;

S h e g a v e t h e m s o m e b r o t h

w i t h o u t a n y b r e a d ;

S h e w h i p p e d t h e m a ll s o u n d l y

a n d p u t t h e m t o b e d .

she gave th em so m e b ro th [broO] w i tho ut [wi 'daut]

a n y b re a d [b red ]

she whipped [wip t] th em a l l soundly ['s aundl i]


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, , .

T h e r e w a s a n o l d W o m a n

W h o l i v e d u n d e r a h i l l ,

S h e p u t a m o u s e i n a b a g ,

A n d s e n t i t t o t h e m i l l .

T h e m i l l e r d i d s w e a r

B y p o i n t o f h i s k n i f e ,

H e n e v e r t o o k t o l l

O f a m o u s e i n h i s l i f e .

s e n t i t t o t h e m ill

t h e m ille r did sw ea r [swea]

.

A n O l d W o m a n


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by point [point] of his knife [naif]

he neve r [ neva] took tol l [ toul]

.

,

,

.

.

P e t e r W h i t e

P e t e r W h i t e w i l l n e ' e r g o r i g h t ;

W o u l d y o u k n o w t h e r e a s o n w h y ?

H e fo l lo w s h i s n o s e w h e r e v e r h e g o e s ,

A n d t h a t s t a n d s a l l a w r y .

n e ' e r = n ev e r

right [rait]

Would [wud] you know [nou]

t h e r e a s o n [ rirzn] w h y ?

?

t o follow [Tolou] ,

w he re v e r [w esr'evs]

aw ry [a 'rai] ;


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A M a n i n t h e W i l d e r n e s s

A m a n in t h e w i l d e r n e s s a s k e d m e ,

H o w m a n y s t r a w b e r r i e s g r o w i n t h e s e a .

I a n s w e r e d h i m , a s I t h o u g h t g o o d ,

A s m a n y r e d h e r r i n g s a s s w i m i n t h e w o o d .

w ild ern ess f'w iktenis]

s t r a w b e r r i e s [ 's t rab o n ] ,

h e r r i n g [ henrj]

:

?

,

.

.

J

.

A n d T h a t ' s A l l

T h e r e w a s a n o l d m a n ,

A n d h e h a d a calf,

A n d t h a t ' s half;

H e t o o k h i m o u t o f t h e s t a ll ,

A n d p u t h i m o n t h e w a l l ,

A n d t h a t ' s a l l .


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calf [ka:f]

ha l f [haf]

stall [sto:l]

T h e W i s e M e n o f G o t h a m

T h r e e w i s e m e n o f G o t h a m

W e n t t o s e a i n a b o w l ;

I f t h e b o w l h a d b e e n s t r o n g e r ,

M y s t o r y w o u l d h a v e b e e n l o n g e r .

w ise

b ow l [ bo ul]

I f the bowl had been s t ronger , my s to ry would

h av e b ee n lo n g e r . ,

.

.

,

.

.

T h e K i n g a n d H i s D a u g h t e r s

T h e r e w a s a k i n g , a n d h e h a d t h r e e d a u g h t e r s ,

A n d t h e y a l l l i v e d i n a b a s i n o f w a t e r ;


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T h e b a s i n b e n d e d ,

M y s t o r y ' s e n d e d .

I f t h e b a s i n h a d b e e n s t r o n g e r ,

M y s t o r y w o u l d h a v e b e e n l o n g e r .

ba s in [ beisn] ,

t o b en d

m y s t o r y ' s en d ed

T h e C r o o k e d M a n

T h e r e w a s a c r o o k e d m a n ,

A n d h e w a l k e d a c r o o k e d m i l e ,

H e f o u n d a c r o o k e d s i x p e n c e

A g a i n s t a c r o o k e d s t il e ;

H e b o u g h t a c r o o k e d c a t ,

W h i c h c a u g h t a c r o o k e d m o u s e ,

A n d t h e y a l l l iv e d t o g e t h e r

I n a l i t t l e c r o o k e d h o u s e .

c r o o k e d [ krukid] ,

m ile ( =

16Q 9 )

found [faund]

s ix pe nc e f'sikspans]

6

(

1971 )

a g a in s t [a 'ge inst]

s t i le

;


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,

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I f a l l t h e w o r l d w a s p a p e r ,

A n d a l l t h e s e a w a s i n k ,

I f a l l t h e t r e e s w e r e b r e a d a n d c h e e s e ,

W h a t s h o u l d w e h a v e t o d r i n k ?

i f a l l the wor ld [ws ld] was paper [ peipa]

ink

b re ad [bred]

c h e e s e [tjl:z]

W h a t should [fud] w e have to d rink? ?

I f a l l t h e s e a s w e r e o n e s e a ,

W h a t a

great

s e a t h a t w o u l d b e

I f a l l t h e t r e e s w e r e o n e t r e e ,


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W h a t a

great

t r e e t h a t w o u l d b e

A n d i f a l l t h e a x e s w e r e o n e a x e ,

W h a t a

great

a x e t h a t w o u l d b e

A n d if a ll t h e m e n w e r e o n e m a n ,

W h a t a

great

m a n t h a t w o u l d b e

A n d i f t h e great m a n t o o k t h e great a x e ,

A n d c u t d o w n t h e great t r e e ,

A n d l e t i t f a l l i n t o t h e great s ea ,

W h a t a s p l i s h - s p l a s h t h a t w o u l d b e

if a ll t h e s e a s w e re o n e s e a

w ha t a g re a t s e a t h a t w ould [w ud] b e

a x e [aeks]

c u t dow n [daun]

sp l is h -sp la sh ,

. .

,

/

,

,

,

, ,

- ,


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- ,

- .

.

R o b i n t h e B o b b i n

R o b i n t h e B o b b i n ,

t h e b i g - b e l l i e d B e n ,

H e a t e m o r e m e a t

t h a n f o u r s c o r e m e n ;

H e a t e a c o w ,

h e a t e a

calf,

H e a t e a b u t c h e r

a n d a half,

H e a t e a c h u r c h ,

h e a t e a s t e e p l e ,

H e a t e a p r i e s t

a n d al l t h e p e o p l e

A c o w a n d a

calf,

A n o x a n d a half,

A c h u r c h a n d a s t e e p l e ,

A n d a l l g o o d p e o p l e ,

A n d y e t h e c o m p l a i n e d

t h a t h i s s t o m a c h w a s n ' t fu ll .

b ig -bel lied

h e a t e [et] m o r e m ea t

f o u r s c o r e [ fo: sko:]

.

ca lf [kcuf]

b u t c h e r [ butjb]

h a lf [hcuf]

c hu rc h [tjb:tj]

s t e ep l e [ sti:pl]


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p r ie s t [p r is t]

o x

a n d y e t h e co m pla in ed [k am 'p le ind ]

s t o m a c h

[ sUmak]

,

-

-

-

:

,

,

,

,

T h e L i t t l e W o m a n a n d t h e P e d l a r

T h e r e w a s a l it t l e w o m a n ,

A s I h a v e h e a r d t e l l ,

S h e w e n t t o m a r k e t

H e r egg s fo r t o s e l l ;

S h e w e n t t o m a r k e t


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A l l o n a m a r k e t d a y ,

A n d s h e fe ll a s l e e p

O n t h e k i n g ' s h i g h w a y .

T h e r e c a m e b y a p e d l a r ,

H i s n a m e w a s S t o u t ,

H e c u t h e r p e t t i c o a t s

A l l r o u n d a b o u t

H e c u t h e r p e t t i c o a t s

U p t o h e r k n e e s ;

W h i c h m a d e t h e l i t t l e w o m a n

T o s h i v e r a n d s n e e z e .

W h e n t h i s l i tt le w o m a n

B e g a n t o a w a k e ,

S h e b e g a n t o s h i v e r ,

A n d s h e b e g a n t o s h a k e ;

S h e b e g a n t o s h a k e ,

A n d s h e b e g a n t o c r y ,

L a w k a m e r c y o n m e ,

T h i s i s n o n e o f I

B u t if th i s b e I ,

A s I d o h o p e i t b e ,

I h a v e a l i t tl e d o g a t h o m e

A n d h e k n o w s m e ;

If i t be I ,

H e ' l l w a g h i s l i t t l e t a i l ,

A n d i f i t b e no t I

H e ' l l l o u d l y b a r k a n d w a i l

H o m e w e n t t h e l i t t l e w o m a n

A l l i n t h e d a r k ,

O


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U p s t a r t s t h e l i t tl e d o g ,

A n d h e b e g a n t o b a r k ;

H e b e g a n t o b a r k ,

A n d sh e b e g a n t o c r y ,

L a w k a m e r c y o n m e ,

T h i s i s n o n e o f I

p e d la r [ 'ped is] ,

a s I h a v e h e a r d [ h a d ] te l l ,

s he w en t t o m a rk e t ['m cukit] h e r eggs fo r t o s el l

fell a s le e p

h ighw ay ['haiw ei] ,

p e t t ic o a t [ 'p etik ou t]

up t o h e r k ne e s [ni:z]

to sh ive r [ Jlva] an d sn e ez e

b eg an [bi'gaen] t o aw ak e [a 'w eik]

t o s h a k e ,

t o c r y

L aw k [b :k] a m e rc y [ 'm as i] on m e ... , ,

. . .

th is is n o n e [ ru n ] o f I

if th is b e I , a s I do h op e it b e

,

t o w ag t h e l i t t le ta i l

he ' l l l oud ly ['laud li] ba r k and wa i l [we il] ( )

a ll in t h e d a r k

u p s t a r t s ,

.

.


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, ,

.

,

.

.

, .

, .

,

,

: , ,

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.

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.

.

.

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.


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S O N G S A N D R I D D L E S

T o t h e R a i n

R a i n , r a i n , g o a w a y ,

C o m e a g a i n a n o t h e r d a y ,

L i t t l e J o h n n y w a n t s t o p l a y .

***

R a i n , r a i n , g o t o S p a i n ,

N e v e r s h o w y o u r f ac e a g a i n .

S p a in [spein]


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***

R a i n o n t h e g r e e n g r a s s ,

A n d r a i n o n t h e t r e e ,

R a i n o n t h e h o u s e - t o p ,

B u t n o t o n m e .

th e h o u s e - t o p

C h u r n i n g

C o m e , b u t t e r , c o m e ,

C o m e , b u t t e r , c o m e ;

P e t e r s t a n d s a t t h e g a t e

W a i t i n g f o r a b u t t e r c a k e .

C o m e , b u t t e r , c o m e .

c h u r n i n g [ tjbrnig]

b u t t e r

a t t h e g a t e

wa i t i ng [ weitirj]

A R h y m e f o r W a s h i n g H a n d s

W a s h , h a n d s , w a s h ,

D a d d y ' s g o n e t o p l o u g h .

S p l a s h , h a n d s , s p l a s h ,

T h e y ' r e a ll w a s h e d n o w .

D ad d y 's go ne [gon] to p lough [plau]

t o sp la sh [splaeJl ,


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M a r c h i n g

M a r c h , m a r c h , h e a d e r e c t ,

L e f t , r i g h t , t h a t ' s c o r r e c t .

t o m a r c h , m a r c h i n g

,

e r e c t

[1'rekt]

t h a t ' s c o r r e c t [ka 'rek t]

A S o n g f r o m a G a m e

B l i n d m a n , b l i n d m a n ,

S u r e y o u c a n ' t s e e ?

T u r n r o u n d t h r e e t i m e s ,

A n d t ry t o c a t c h m e .

T u r n e a s t , t u r n w e s t ,

C a t c h a s y o u c a n ,

D i d y o u t h i n k y o u ' d c a u g h t m e ?

B l i n d , b l i n d m a n

g a m e

b l i n d [b la ind]

s u r e [fus]

x

T u r n r o u n d

[ r aund]

t h r e e t i m e s , a n d t r y t o c a t c h m e .

,

e a s t

w e s t

y o u ' d ( h a d ) c a u g h t m e ? ?

***

O n e , t w o ,

B u c k l e m y s h o e ;


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T h r e e , f o u r ,

K n o c k at the d o o r ;

F i v e , six,

P i c k

up

s t i c k s ;

S e v e n , e i g h t ,

L a y t h e m s tr a ig h t ;

N i n e , ten,

A g o o d fat hen.

b u c k l e

[

,

1]

to knock

[nok] ( )

pick

up

s t i cks

l a y

[lei]

t h e m s t r a i g h t

[streit]

fa t

T h e G i n g e r b r e a d M a n

S m i l i n g g i r l s , r o s y b o y s ,

C o m e and buy my l i t t l e t o y s ;

M o n k e y s m a d e o f g i n g e r b r e a d ,

A n d s u ga r h o r s e s p a i n t e d red.

gingerbread [ d3ind39bred]

smi l ing

[ smailirj]

r o s y

,

m a d e of

s u g a r [ Jugs] h o r s e s p a i n t e d red

C h a i r s t o M e n d

I f I d as m u c h m o n e y as I

c o u l d s p e n d ,


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I n e v e r w o u l d c r y , O l d c h a i r s

t o m e n d

O l d c h a i r s t o m e n d O l d c h a i r s

t o m e n d

I n e v e r w o u l d c r y , O l d c h a i r s

t o m e n d

m en d ,

i f I ' d ( I had ) a s m uch m oney [ ]

a s I co u ld spend

,

I never pneva] would [wud] cry

I f I ' d a s m u c h m o n e y a s I c o u l d t e l l ,

I n e v e r w o u l d c r y , O l d c l o t h e s t o s e l l

O l d c l o t h e s t o s el l O l d c l o t h e s t o s el l

I n e v e r w o u l d c r y , O l d c l o t h e s t o s el l

O ld c lo thes [klou6z] t o sefl

B u y A n y B u t t o n s ?

B u t t o n s , a f a r t h i n g a p a i r ,

C o m e , w h o w i ll b u y t h e m o f m e ?

T h e y a r e r o u n d a n d s o u n d a n d p r e t t y

And f i t fo r t he g i r l s o f t he c i t y .

C o m e , w h o w i ll b u y t h e m o f m e ?

B u t t o n s , a f a r t h i n g a p a i r .


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b u t t o n [ bAtn]

a fa r th ing [ fa:6ir)] pa i r [ ]

they a re round and sound [ saund] and pre t ty [ pnti]

,

t o fit

J i n g l e , B e l l s

J i n g l e , b e l l s J i n g l e , b e l l s

J i n g l e a ll t h e w a y ;

O h , w h a t fu n i t i s t o ride

I n a o n e - h o r s e o p e n s le i gh .

J in g l e ['d3irjgl], b e l ls ,

a ll t h e w ay

w ha t fun i t is t o ride

o p en s le igh [slei]

T e a - T i m e

P o l l y , p u t t h e k e t t l e o n ,



W e ' l l a l l h a v e t e a .


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S u k e y , t a k e i t o f f a g a i n ,



T h e y ' v e a ll g o n e a w a y .

p u t t h e k e t t l e o n

t a k e i t off ( )

t h e y ' v e (t h e y h a v e ) a ll g o n e [g on ] a w a y [s 'w e i]

H a r v e s t S o n g

T h e b o u g h s d o s h a k e a n d t h e b e l l s d o r i n g ,

S o m e r r i l y c o m e s o u r h a r v e s t i n ,

O u r h a r v e s t i n , o u r h a r v e s t i n ,

S o m e r r i l y c o m e s o u r h a r v e s t i n .

W e h a v e p l o u g h e d , w e h a v e s o w e d ,

W e h a v e r e a p e d , w e h a v e m o w e d ,

W e h a v e b r o u g h t h o m e e v e r y l o a d ,

H i p ,

h i p , h i p , h a r v e s t h o m e

h a r v e s t

[ harvist]

th e bo ug hs [bauz] do sh ak e and th e be l ls do ring

,

m e r r i l y [ menh] ,

we have p loughed [p laud] , we have sowed [soud]

,

w e h av e r ea pe d , w e h av e m ow ed [m oud ] ,

we have brought [bro: t ] home every

[ evn]

load [ loud]

h ip


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T h e B r a v e O l d D u k e o f Y o r k

O h , t h e b r a v e o l d D u k e o f Y o r k ,

H e h a d t e n t h o u s a n d m e n ;

H e m a r c h e d t h e m u p t o t h e t o p o f t h e h i l l

A n d h e m a r c h e d t h e m d o w n a g a in .

A n d w h e n t h e y w e r e u p , t h e y w e r e u p ,

A n d w h e n t h e y w e r e d o w n , t h e y w e r e d o w n .

A n d w h e n t h e y w e r e o n l y h a l f - w a y u p ,

T h e y w e r e n e i t h e r u p n o r d o w n .

t h e b ra v e old d u k e [dju:k]

h e m a r c he d t he m up t o t h e t o p of t h e hill

n e i t h e r [ naida] . . . n o r [no:] . . . . . .

***

H i g h e r t h a n a h o u s e ,

H i g h e r t h a n a t r e e ;

O h , w h a t e v e r c a n t h a t b e ?

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T h i r t y w h i t e h o r s e s

U p o n a r e d h i l l ,

N o w t h e y s t a m p ,

N o w t h e y c h a m p ,

N o w t h e y s t a n d s t il l.

t o s t am p .

t o c h a m p

th e y s ta n d s til l

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T w o b r o t h e r s w e a r e ,

G r e a t b u r d e n s w e b e a r ,

O n w h i c h w e a r e b i t t e r l y p r e s s e d ;

T h e t r u t h i s t o s a y ,

W e a re fu ll a l l t h e d a y ,

A n d e m p t y w h e n w e g o t o r e s t .

g r ea t [greit ] bu r den s [ 'b s dn z ] we be a r [ ]

w e a re b itte rly ['brtali] p ressed

t h e t r u th [tru :0] is t o sa y

e m p ty [ 'em pti] ,

L i t t le N a n c y E t t i c o a t

W i t h a w h i t e p e t t i c o a t ,

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S h e h a s n o f e e t o r h a n d s

T h e l o n g e r s h e s t a n d s

T h e s h o r t e r s h e g r o w s .

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I p i c k e d u p s o m e t h i n g g o o d t o e a t ;

N e i t h e r f i s h , f l e s h , f o w l , n o r b o n e ,

I kep t i t t i l l i t r an a lone .

as I was walking [ wo:kirj]

w he a t [wi:t]

t o p ick u p

n e i t h e r

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B e c a u s e h e c o u l d n o t find i t ,

H o m e w i t h h i m h e b r o u g h t i t.

w ood

c a u g ht [ko:t]

h e s a t h im d ow n [ d a u n] a n d s o u g h t [so:t] it

t o find [faind]

E l i z a b e t h , E l s p e t h , B e t s y a n d B e s s ,

T h e y a ll w e n t t o g e t h e r t o s e e k a b i r d ' s n e s t ;

T h e y f o u n d a b i r d ' s n e s t w i t h five e g g s i n ,

T h e y a l l t o o k o n e , a n d le ft f o u r i n .

t o s e ek ,

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nd runs away with one

leg;

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Catches up three legs,

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leg.

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I N D E X O F F I R S T L I N E S

A

A m a n i n t h e w i l d e r n e s s a s k e d m e 5 8

A s I w a s w a l k i n g i n a f ie l d o f w h e a t 7 7

A s I w e n t t o B o n n e r 5 4

A s w a r m o f b e e s i n M a y 2 4

A w i s e o l d o w l s a t i n a n o a k 11

B a a , b a a , b l a c k s h e e p 14

B l i n d m a n , b l i n d m a n 7 0

B o w - w o w , s ay s t h e d o g 7

B u t t o n s , a f a r t h i n g a p a i r 7 2

C h o o k , c h o o k , c h o o k , c h o o k , c h o o k 12

C o m e , b u t t e r , c o m e 6 9

C u c k o o , c u c k o o , w h a t d o y o u d o ? 10

C u t t h i s t l e s i n M a y 2 3

D

D a m e T r o t a n d h e r c a t 3 5

D i c k e r y , d i c k e r y , d a r e 5 1

D i d d l e , d i d d l e , d u m p l i n g , m y s o n J o h n 5 1

D o c t o r F o s t e r w e n t t o G l o u c e s t e r 5 3

E

E l i z a b e t h , E l s p e t h , B e t s y a n d B e s s 7 8

E l s i e M a r l e y is g r o w n s o f i n e 3 3

E v e n i n g r e d a n d m o r n i n g g r e y 2 5


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F

F o r w a n t o f a n a i l 3 9

G

G i l l y S i ll y J a r t e r 5 4

G o t o b e d l a t e 3 2

G o t o b e d , T o m 2 7

G r a n d f a ' G r i g 14

G r e g o r y G r i g g s , G r e g o r y G r i g g s 3 4

H

H e c t o r P r o t e c t o r w a s d r e s s e d a l l i n g r e e n 3 6

H e w e n t t o t h e w o o d a n d c a u g h t i t 7 8

H e y d i d d l e , d i d d l e 5 0

H i c k o r y , d i c k o r y , d o c k 5 0

H i g g l e t y , p i g g l e t y , p o p 4 9

H i g h e r t h a n a h o u s e 7 5

H o w m a n y d a y s h a s m y b a b y t o p l a y ? 2 7

H u m p t y - D u m p t y s at o n a w a l l 51

I

I f a l l t h e s e a s w e r e o n e s e a 6 1

I f a l l t h e w o r l d w a s p a p e r 6 1

I f b e e s s t a y a t h o m e 2 4

I f I ' d a s m u c h m o n e y a s I c o u l d s p e n d 7 1

I f I ' d a s m u c h m o n e y a s I c o u l d t e l l 7 2

I h a d t w o p i g e o n s b r i g h t a n d g a y 12

I lo ve l i t t l e p u ss y 16

I t ' s r a i n i n g , i t ' s p o u r i n g 2 1

I t ' s r a i n i n g , i t ' s r a i n i n g 2 1


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J

J e r r y H a l l 2 8

J i n g l e , b e l l s J i n g l e , b e l l s 7 3

L

L a d y - b i r d , l a d y - b i r d 8

L i t t l e B e t t y B l u e 3 0

L i t t l e f i s h e s i n a b r o o k 2 8

L i t t l e g i r l , l i t t l e g i r l 30

L i t t l e Ja ck Sp rat 13

L i t t l e N a n c y E t t i c o a t 7 6

L i t t l e R o b i n R e d b r e a s t 9

L i t t l e R o b i n R e d b r e a s t s a t u p o n a t r e e 9

L i tt l e T o m m y T i t t l e m o u s e 2 9

L i tt l e T o m T i t t l e m o u s e 5 3

M

M a c k e r e l s k y 2 6

M a r c h , m a r c h , h e a d e r e c t 7 0

M a r c h w i n d s a n d A p r i l s h o w e r s 2 2

M o t h e r , m a y I g o o u t t o s w i m ? 5 2

O h , t h e b r a v e o l d D u k e o f Y o r k 7 5

O l d A b r a m B r o w n i s d e a d a n d g o n e 3 8

O n c e I s a w a l i t t l e b i r d 11

O n e , t w o 7 0

O n e , t w o , t h r e e , f o u r 2 9

O n e , t w o , t h r e e , f o u r , five 2 9


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T h i r t y w h i t e h o r s e s 7 6

T h i s is t h e h o u s e t h a t J a c k b u i l t 4 3

T h i s is t h e k e y o f t h e k i n g d o m 4 1

T h r e e l i t t l e k i t t e n s 18

T h r e e w i se m e n o f G o t h a m 5 9

T w i n k l e , t w i n k l e , l i t t l e s t a r 2 1

T w o b r o t h e r s w e a r e 7 6

T w o l e g s s a t u p o n t h r e e l e g s 7 9

W

W a s h , h a n d s , w a s h 6 9

W h a t a r e l i tt l e b o y s m a d e of, m a d e o f ? 3 1

W h e n c l o u d s a p p e a r 2 3

W h e n I w a s a l i t t l e b o y 5 2

W h e n t h e d e w is o n t h e g r a s s 2 5

W h e n t h e w i n d b l o w s 2 2

W h e r e a r e y o u g o i n g 17

W h o ' s t h a t ringing a t m y d o o r - b e l l ? 15

W i l l i a m M c T r i m b l e t o e 3 3


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