Nursery Rhyme. XXV. Historical

        [A song on King William the Third.]

    As I walk'd by myself,
    And talked to myself,
        Myself said unto me,
    Look to thyself,
    Take care of thyself,
        For nobody cares for thee.

    I answer'd myself,
    And said to myself
        In the self-same repartee,
    Look to thyself,
    Or not look to thyself,
        The self-same thing will be.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCXCIII. Lullabies.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXXXVI. Love And Matrimony.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCLXI. Gaffers And Gammers.

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Nursery Rhyme. XCIX. Proverbs.

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Nursery Rhyme. CLXXXVI. Riddles.

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    When I was taken from the fair body,
        They then cut off my head,
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Nursery Rhyme. XVIII. Historical

        [The following is partly quoted in an old song in a MS. at Oxford, Ashmole, No. 36, fol. 113.]

    As I was going by Charing Cross,
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Nursery Rhyme. XI. Historical

    At the siege of Belle-isle
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Nursery Rhyme. XXIV. Historical

        [The following nursery song alludes to William III and George prince of Denmark.]

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Nursery Rhyme. XXVI. Historical

        [From MS. Sloane, 1489, fol. 19, written in the time of Charles I. It appears from MS. Harl. 390, fol. 85, that these verses were written in 1626, against the Duke of Buckingham.]

    There was a monkey climb'd up a tree,
    When he fell down, then down fell he.

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    When he was gone, then there was none.

    There was an old wife did eat an apple,
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    There was a horse going to the mill,
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    There was a butcher cut his thumb,
    When it did bleed, then blood did come.

    There was a lackey ran a race,
    When he ran fast, he ran apace.

    There was a cobbler clowting shoon,
    When they were...

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