Nursery Rhyme. DLXXII. Natural History.

    On Christmas eve I turn'd the spit,
    I burnt my fingers, I feel it yet;
    The cock sparrow flew over the table;
    The pot began to play with the ladle.

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Nursery Rhyme. CLXXXVIII. Riddles.

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Nursery Rhyme. XCIV. Proverbs.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXV. Games.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXIX. Natural History.

    Little cock robin peep'd out of his cabin,
    To see the cold winter come in,
            Tit, for tat, what matter for that,
            He'll hide his head under his wing!

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXIII. Natural History.

    See, saw, Margery Daw,
    The old hen flew over the malt house,
    She counted her chickens one by one,
    Still she missed the little white one,
    And this is it, this is it, this is it.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXVI. Natural History.

    I had a little hen, the prettiest ever seen,
    She washed me the dishes, and kept the house clean:
    She went to the mill to fetch me some flour;
    She brought it home in less than an hour;
    She baked me my bread, she brew'd me my ale,
    She sat by the fire and told many a fine tale.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLIX. Natural History.

    A little cock sparrow sat on a green tree, ( tris)
    And he cherruped, he cherruped so merry was he; ( tris)
    A little cock-sparrow sat on a green tree,
    And he cherruped, he cherruped so merry was he.

    A naughty boy came with his wee bow and arrow, ( tris)
    Determined to shoot this little cock sparrow, ( tris)
    A naughty, & c.
    Determined, & c.

    This little cock sparrow shall make me a stew, ( tris)
    And his giblets shall make me a little pie too, ( tris)
    Oh, no! said ye sparrow I won't make a stew,
    So he flapped his wings and away he flew!

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXII. Natural History.

    Lady bird, lady bird, fly away home,
    Thy house is on fire, thy children all gone,
    All but one, and her name is Ann,
    And she crept under the pudding-pan.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXVIII. Natural History.

        [A north country version of a very common nursery rhyme, sung by a child, who imitates the crowing of a cock.]

    Cock-a-doodle-do,
    My dad's gane to ploo;
    Mammy's lost her pudding-poke,
    And knows not what to do.

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