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Young Canada's Nursery Rhymes

Illustrated by: Constance Haslewood

Part 1
Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

Part 1

A was an apple pie;
B bit it;
C cut it;
D dealt it;
E eat it;
F fought for it;
G got it;
H had it;
J joined it;
K kept it;
L longed for it;
M mourned for it;
N nodded at it;
O opened it;
P peeped in it;
Q quartered it;
R ran for it;
S stole it;
T took it;
V viewed it;
W wanted it;
X, Y, Z and &, all wish'd for a piece in hand.

There was a crooked man and he went a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile:
He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
and they all lived together in a little crooked house.

Curly locks, curly locks, wilt thou be mine?
Thou shalt not wash dishes, nor yet feed the swine;
but sit on a cushion, and sew a fine seam,
and feed upon strawberries, sugar and cream.

My little old man and I fell out,
I'll tell you what it was all about;
I had money and He had none,
and that's the way the noise begun.

Bow-wow-wow, whose dog art thou?
Little Tom Tucker's dog, bow-wow-wow.

Multiplication is vexation,
Division is as bad;
the Rule of Three doth puzzle me,
and Practice drives memad.

See a pin and pick it up,
all the day you'll have good luck;
see a pin and let it lay,
bad luck you'll have all the day.

Jack Sprat could eat no fat,
his wife could eat no lean;
and so betwixt them both, you see,
they made the platter clean.

Higher than a house,
higher than a tree,
Oh! whatever can that be?
A star

Little Miss Muffett
She sat on a tuffett,
eating of curds and whey;
there came a great spider
who sat down beside her,
and frightened Miss Muffett away

Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep
and cannot tell where to find them;
leave them alone and they'll come home,
and bring their tails behind them.

Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

 

1 This pig went to market;
2 This pig stayed at home;
3 Thi pig had a bit of meat;
4 and this pig has none;
5 This pig said:"Wee, wee, wee!
6 I can't find my way home!".

Little Polly Flinders
sate among the cinders
warming her pretty little toes!
Her mother came and caught her,
and whipped her little daughter,
for spoiling her nice new clothes.

Dance little baby, dance up high,
never mind baby, mother is nigh;
Crow and caper, caper and crow,
there little baby, there you go;
up to the ceiling, down to the ground
backwards and forwards, round and round.
Dance little baby, mother will sing,
with the marry coral, ding, ding, ding.

Here sits the Lord Mayor (forehead)
Here sits his two man (eyes)
Here sits the cock (right cheek)
Here sits the hen (left cheek)
Here sits the little chickens (tip of nose)
Here they run in (mouth)
Chin-chopper, chin-chopper, chin-chopper, chin! (chuck the chin)

To market, to market, to buy a fat pig;
home again, home again, jiggety jig.
To market, to market, to buy a fat hog;
home again, home again, jiggety jog.

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
to fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down, and broke his crown
and Jill came tumbling after.

Swan, swan, over the sea;
swim, swan, swim.
Swan, swan, back again,
well swam, swan.

Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall;
all the king's horses and all the king's men,
cannot put Humpty-Dumpty together again.

I had a little hobby horse,
and it was dapple grey;
its head was made of pea-straw,
its tail was made of hay.
I sold it to an old woman
for a copper groat
and I'll not sing my song again
without a new coat.

 

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