Name: Traditional Nursery Songs of England With Pictures by Eminent Modern Artists
Author: Henry Cole
ISBN: 9781722603724

Traditional Nursery Songs of England With Pictures by Eminent Modern Artists

By Henry Cole 29 Mar, 2019

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Excerpt...... A diller, a dollar, A ten o'clock scholar, What makes you come so soon? You used to come at ten o'clock, And now you come at noon. A long-tailed pig, or a short-tailed pig, Or a pig without a tail, A sow pig, or a boar pig, Or a pig with a curly tail. As I was going up Pippen Hill, Pippen Hill was dirty; There I met a pretty Miss, And she dropt me a curtsey. Little Miss, pretty Miss, Blessings light upon you, If I had half a crown a day, I'd spend it all upon you. Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, marry, have I, Three bags full; One for my master, and one for my dame, And one for the little boy that lives in the lane. Bless you, bless you, bonnie bee: Say, when will your wedding be? If it be to-morrow day, Take your wings and fly away. Bonnie lass! bonnie lass! wilt thou be mine? Thou shalt neither wash dishes nor serve the swine, But sit on a cushion and sow up a seam, And thou shalt have strawberries, sugar, and cream. BYE. O MY BABY Bye baby bunting, Father's gone a-hunting, To get a little rabbit-skin, To lap his little baby in. Bye, O my baby, When I was a lady, Oh then my poor babe didn't cry; But my baby is weeping, For want of good keeping, Oh! I fear my poor baby will die. Less

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