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                          +Transcriber's Note+

   1. Typographical errors were silently corrected.

   2. The text version is coded for italics and the like mark-ups i.e.,
      (a) small-caps are indicated thus CAPS;
      (b) strong/bold text is indicated thus +strong+
      (c) Images in the book are indicated as [Illustration] at
          the respective place.

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                          [Illustration: cover-page]




                             MOTHER GOOSE'S

                                 MELODY.

                          [Illustration: logo]

                      O, what a pretty little book
                        So full of pictures too;
                    I should like through it to look.
                       I'll buy it--wouldn't you?

                             CONCORD, N. H.

                        PUBLISHED BY R. MERRILL.

                                  1843.


                              The Alphabet.

                            A   B   C   D   E
                            F   G   H   I   J
                            K   L   M   N   O
                            P   Q   R   S   T
                              U   V   W   X
                                  Y   Z

                             a b c d e f g h
                              i j k l m n o
                              p q r s t u v
                                 w x y z




                              Mother Goose.


                         [Illustration - Dog]

   Bow, wow, wow,
   Whose dog art thou?
   Little Tom Tinker's dog--
   Whose dog art thou?

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 Three wise men of Gotham
 Went to sea in a bowl;
 And if the bowl had been stronger,
 My song had been longer.

                 [Illustration - Beggers face to face]

 Hark! hark! the dogs do bark,
   The beggars have come to town;
 Some in rags, and some in tags,
   And some in velvet gowns.

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 Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
 Stole a pig, and away he run;
     The pig was eat,
     And Tom was beat,
 And Tom ran crying down the street.

                        [Illustration - Horse]

 I had a little hobby horse,
   And it was dapple gray;
 His head was made of oat-straw,
   His tail was made of clay.
 He could amble, he could trot,
 He could carry a mustard-pot
 Through the town of Woodstock,
   Hey, boys, hey!

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   Rain, rain, go away,
   Come again, April day;
   Little Johnny wants to play
   In the meadow on the hay.

                         [Illustration - Cock]

 The little black dog ran round the house,
   And set the bull a roaring,
 And drove the monkey to the boat,
   Who set the oars a rowing,
 And scar'd the cock upon the rock,
   Who cracked his throat with crowing.

                         [Illustration - Bell]

 Ding dong bell, the cat's in the well.
 Who put her in? Little Johnny Green.
 Who pulled her out? Great Jack Stout.
   What a naughty boy was that,
   To drown poor pussy cat,
 Who never did him any harm,
 And killed the mice in his father's barn.

                    [Illustration - Boy with Book]

   Little lad, little lad,
   Where were you born?
 Far off in Lancaster, under a thorn.
 I'm the stoutest boy you ever did see,
 I can carry a pocket-book bigger than me.

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 How many miles to Babylon?
 Threescore miles and ten.
 Can I get there by candle-light?
 Yes, and back again.




                            JUST PUBLISHED BY

                              +R. MERRILL+,

                              CONCORD N. H.


   +Webster's First Book+, Or Introduction to the Spelling Book.
 By NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D. Price 6 cents.

   +No. 1, or one Cent Toys+, containing 12 Nos. To be continued
 to 18 Nos.

   +No. 2, or two Cent Toys+, containing 12 Nos. of useful and
 amusing matter.

   +No. 4, or six Cent Toys+, in press, to contain 12 Nos.on
 natural history, &c.

                                  ALSO,

                       +The Infant School Primer+,

                            By Mrs. Teachem.

 The whole to be embellished with handsome wood cuts.