Title: Mother's Little Rhyme Book
Illustrator: H. Willebeek le Mair
Release date: June 11, 2019 [eBook #59735]
Language: English
Credits: Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Lisa Corcoran and the Online
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No. 2 of
OLD NURSERY RHYMES
Illustrated by
H. Willebeek Le Mair
AUGENER Ltd., LONDON
David McKay,
604-608 South Washington Square,
Philadelphia.
Printed in England
Oh! where is my little dog gone?
Oh where, oh where can he be?
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long,
Oh, where, oh, where can he be?
Young Lambs to sell! Young Lambs to sell!
Young Lambs to sell! Young Lambs to sell!
If I’d as much money as I could tell
I would not come here with young Lambs to sell.
Two for a penny, eight for a groat,
As fine young Lambs as ever were bought.
Three blind mice—see how they run!
They all ran after the farmer’s wife,
Who cut off their tails with the carving knife,
Did you ever hear such a tale in your life
As three blind mice?
Little Polly Flinders
Sat among the cinders
Warming her pretty little toes.
Her mother came and caught her,
And smacked her little daughter
For spoiling her nice new clothes.
There came to my window one morning in Spring
A sweet little Robin; she came there to sing.
The tune that she sang, it was prettier far
Than any I heard on the flute or guitar.
Her wings she was spreading to soar far away,
Then resting a moment seemed sweetly to say:
“Oh happy, how happy the world seems to be!
Awake, Little Girl and be happy with me!”
But just as she finished her beautiful song,
A thoughtless young man with a gun came along.
He killed and he carried my sweet bird away,
She no more will sing at the dawn of the day.
Tom he was a piper’s son,
He learnt to play when he was young;
But all the tune that he could play
Was—“Over the hills and far away.”
Over the hills and a great way off
The wind shall blow my top-knot off!
Tom with his pipe made such a noise
That he pleased both the girls and boys;
And they stopped to hear him play
“Over the hills and far away.”
Over the hills and a great way off
The wind shall blow my top-knot off.
“Where are you going to, my pretty maid?”
“Where are you going to, my pretty maid?”
“I’m going a-milking, Sir,” she said,
“Sir,” she said, “Sir,” she said,
“I’m going a-milking, Sir,” she said.
“May I go with you, my pretty maid?”
“You’re kindly welcome, Sir,” she said, etc.
“What is your father, my pretty maid?”
“My father’s a farmer, Sir,” she said, etc.
“What is your fortune, my pretty maid?”
“My face is my fortune, Sir,” she said, etc.
“Then I can’t marry you, my pretty maid,”
“Nobody asked you, Sir,” she said, etc.
1. London Bridge is broken down,
Dance over, my Ladye Lea;
London Bridge is broken down
With a gay Ladye!
2. How shall we build it up again
Dance over, my Ladye Lea;
How shall we build it up again?
With a gay Ladye!
3. Silver and gold will be stole away, etc.
4. Build it up with iron and steel, etc.
5. Iron and steel will bend and bow, etc.
6. Build it up with wood and clay, etc.
7. Wood and clay will wash away, etc.
8. Build it up with stone so strong!
Dance over, my Ladye Lea;
Huzza, ’twill last for ages long,
With a gay Ladye!
I had a little Nut Tree,
Nothing would it bear
But a Silver Nutmeg
And a Golden Pear.
The King of Spain’s daughter
Came to visit me,
And all for the sake of
My little Nut Tree.
Polly, put the kettle on.
Polly, put the kettle on.
Polly, put the kettle on.
We’ll all have tea.
Sukey, take it off again.
Sukey, take it off again.
Sukey, take it off again.
They’ve all gone away.
WILLEBEEK CHILDREN’S BOOKS
with colour illustrations by
H. WILLEBEEK LE MAIR
WILLEBEEK NURSERY SONG BOOKS
Full page Illustrations in colour with the original best known Nursery Songs
Vol. I.—OUR OLD NURSERY RHYMES
Vol. II.—LITTLE SONGS OF LONG AGO
Vol. III.—OLD DUTCH NURSERY RHYMES
Other Works
THE CHILDREN’S CORNER
LITTLE PEOPLE
Each book containing 16 Pictures and Verses from Child Life
SCHUMANN
Piano Album of Children’s Pieces
CHILDREN’S POST CARDS
11 sets of 12 cards
NURSERY RHYME BOOKS:
1. GRANNIE’S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
2. MOTHER’S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
3. AUNTIE’S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
4. NURSIE’S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
5. DADDY’S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
6. BABY’S LITTLE RHYME BOOK
Augener Ltd. London
David McKay, 604-608 South Washington Square, Philadelphia
Printed in England