Nursery Rhyme. DXCII. Accumulative Stories.

    I sell you the key of the king's garden:
    I sell you the string that ties the key, & c.
    I sell you the rat that gnawed the string, & c.
    I sell you the cat that caught the rat, & c.
    I sell you the dog that bit the cat, & c.

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Nursery Rhyme. CLX. Songs.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXLI. Love And Matrimony.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXIV. Love And Matrimony.

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Nursery Rhyme. LXIV. Tales.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXXIII. Games.

    This is the key of the kingdom.
    In that kingdom there is a city.
    In that city there is a town.
    In that town there is a street.
    In that street there is a lane.
    In that lane there is a yard.
    In that yard there is a house.
    In that house there is a room.
    In that room there is a bed.
    On that bed there is a basket.
    In that basket there are some flowers.
    Flowers in the basket, basket in the bed, bed in the room, & c. & c.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXL. Games.

    This pig went to market,
        Squeak mouse, mouse, mousey;
    Shoe, shoe, shoe the wild colt,
        And here's my own doll, Dowsy.

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Nursery Rhyme. CXCVII. Riddles.

    There was a king met a king
        In a narrow lane,
    Says this king to that king,
        "Where have you been?"

    "Oh! I've been a hunting
        With my dog and my doe."
    "Pray lend him to me,
        That I may do so."

    "There's the dog take the dog."
        "What's the dog's name?"
    "I've told you already."
        "Pray tell me again."

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Nursery Rhyme. DXIV. Natural History.

    I had a little dog, and they called him Buff;
    I sent him to the shop for a hap'orth of snuff;
    But he lost the bag, and spill'd the snuff,
    So take that cuff, and that's enough.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCV. Riddles.

        [Currants.]

    Higgledy piggledy
        Here we lie,
    Pick'd and pluck'd,
        And put in a pie.
    My first is snapping, snarling, growling,
    My second's industrious, romping, and prowling.
    Higgledy piggledy
        Here we lie,
    Pick'd and pluck'd,
        And put in a pie.

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Nursery Rhyme. CXLII. Songs.

    My father he died, but I can't tell you how,
    He left me six horses to drive in my plough:
                With my wing wang waddle oh,
                Jack sing saddle oh,
                Blowsey boys bubble oh,
                Under the broom.

    I sold my six horses and I bought me a cow;
    I'd fain have made a fortune but did not know how:
            With my, &c.

    I sold my cow, and I bought me a calf;
    I'd fain have made a fortune, but lost the best half:
            With my, &c.

    I sold my calf, and I bought me a cat;
    A pretty thing she was, in my chimney corner sat:
            With my, &c.

    I sold my cat, and bought me a mouse;
    He carried fire in his tail, and burnt down my house:
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