Nursery Rhyme. CCCXII. Games.

    Ride a cock-horse to Coventry-cross;
    To see what Emma can buy;
    A penny white cake I'll buy for her sake,
    And a twopenny tart or a pie.

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Nursery Rhyme. CLXXVI. Songs.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXVI. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXCVIII. Games.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXLIII. Games.

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    Here comes a poor woman from baby-land,
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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXXII. Games.

                        Highty cock O!
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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXLVIII. Games.

        [A game-rhyme.]

    Trip and go, heave and hoe,
    Up and down, to and fro;
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    A-maying, a-playing;
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