Nursery Rhyme. XVII. Historical

    Over the water, and over the lee,
    And over the water to Charley.
    Charley loves good ale and wine,
    And Charley loves good brandy,
    And Charley loves a pretty girl,
    As sweet as sugar-candy.

    Over the water, and over the sea,
    And over the water to Charley,
    I'll have none of your nasty beef,
    Nor I'll have none of your barley;
    But I'll have some of your very best flour;
    To make a white cake for my Charley.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLXXIII. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCLXXXIV. Lullabies.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCIX. Jingles.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCXXVII. Riddles.

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Over the water, and over the lea,
And over the water to Charley;
And Charley loves good ale and wine,
And Charley loves good brandy,
And Charley loves a pretty girl
As sweet as sugar candy.

Over the water and over the sea,
And over the water to Charley;
I'll have none of your nasty beef,
Nor I'll have none of your barley.
But I'll have some of your very best flour
To make a white cake for my Charley.

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Nursery Rhyme. II. Historical

    When good king Arthur ruled this land,
        He was a goodly king;
    He stole three pecks of barley-meal,
        To make a bag-pudding.

    A bag-pudding the king did make,
        And stuff'd it well with plums:
    And in it put great lumps of fat,
        As big as my two thumbs.

    The king and queen did eat thereof,
        And noblemen beside;
    And what they could not eat that night,
        The queen next morning fried.

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Nursery Rhyme. XXIX. Historical

    Eighty-eight wor Kirby feight,
    When nivver a man was slain;
    They yatt their meaat, an drank ther drink
    An sae com merrily heaam agayn.

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Nursery Rhyme. CXLV. Songs.

    Trip upon trenchers, and dance upon dishes,
    My mother sent me for some barm, some barm;
    She bid me tread lightly, and come again quickly,
    For fear the young men should do me some harm.
        Yet didn't you see, yet didn't you see,
        What naughty tricks they put upon me:

        They broke my pitcher,
            And spilt the water,
        And huff'd my mother,
            And chid her daughter,
    And kiss'd my sister instead of me.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXLV. Love And Matrimony.

    "Where have you been all the day,
            My boy Willy?"
    "I've been all the day,
    Courting of a lady gay:
    But oh! she's too young
    To be taken from her mammy."

    "What work can she do,
            My boy Willy?
    Can she bake and can she brew,
            My boy Willy?"
    "She can brew and she can bake,
    And she can make our wedding cake:
    But oh! she's too young
    To be taken from her mammy."

    "What age may she be? What age may she be?
            My boy Willy?"
    "Twice two, twice seven,
    Twice ten twice eleven:
    But oh! she's too young
    To be taken from her mammy."

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLVI. Love And Matrimony.

    Up hill and down dale;
    Butter is made in every vale,
    And if that Nancy Cook
    Is a good girl,
    She shall have a spouse,
    And make butter anon,
    Before her old grandmother
    Grows a young man.

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