Childhoods Favorites and Fairy Stories | Page 7

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Old Mother Goose, when She wanted to wander, Would ride through
the air On a very fine gander.
Mother Goose had a house, 'T was built in a wood, Where an owl at the
door For sentinel stood.
She had a son Jack, A plain-looking lad; He was not very good, Nor yet
very bad.
She sent him to market, A live goose he bought: "Here! mother," says
he, "It will not go for nought."
Jack's goose and her gander Grew very fond; They'd both eat together,
Or swim in one pond.
Jack found one morning, As I have been told, His goose had laid him
An egg of pure gold.
Jack rode to his mother, The news for to tell. She called him a good
boy, And said it was well.
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Goosey, goosey, gander, Where shall I wander? Upstairs, downstairs,
And in my lady's chamber. There I met an old man Who would not say
his prayers; I took him by the left leg, And threw him downstairs.
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I'll tell you a story About Mary Morey, And now my story's begun, I'll
tell you another About her brother, And now my story's done.

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Three wise men of Gotham, Went to sea in a bowl; If the bowl had
been stronger, My song had been longer.
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There was a crooked man, And he went a crooked mile, He found a
crooked sixpence Upon a crooked stile: He bought a crooked cat, That
caught a crooked mouse-- And they all lived together In a little crooked
house.
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There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise, He jumped
into a bramble bush, And scratched out both his eyes; But when he saw
his eyes were out, With all his might and main, He jumped into another
bush, And scratched 'em in again.
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Hey! diddle diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the
moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, While the dish ran
away with the spoon.
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Hickory, dickory, dock, The mouse ran up the clock; The clock struck
one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.
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There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, She had so many
children she didn't know what to do; She gave them some broth without
any bread, She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
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Little Miss Muffet Sat on a tuffet, Eating her curds and whey; There

came a great spider, And sat down beside her, And frightened Miss
Muffet away.
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If all the seas were one sea, What a great sea that would be! And if all
the trees were one tree, What a great tree that would be! And if all the
axes were one axe, What a great axe that would be! And if all the men
were one man, What a great man he would be! And if the great man
took the great axe, And cut down the great tree, And let it fall into the
great sea, What a splish splash that would be!
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There was an old man, And he had a calf, And that's half;
He took him out of the stall, And tied him to the wall, And that's all.
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The man in the wilderness asked me, How many strawberries grew in
the sea? I answered him as I thought good, As many as red herrings
grew in the wood
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If all the world were apple-pie, And all the sea were ink, And all the
trees were bread and cheese, What should we have for drink?
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I saw a ship a-sailing, A-sailing on the sea; And it was full of pretty
things For baby and for me.
There were sweetmeats in the cabin, And apples in the hold; The sails
were made of silk, And the masts were made of gold.
The four-and-twenty sailors That stood between the decks, Were
four-and-twenty white mice. With chains about their necks.

The captain was a duck, With a packet on his back; And when the ship
began to move, The captain cried, "Quack, quack!"
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My dear, do you know, How a long time ago, Two poor little children,
Whose names I don't know, Were stolen away on a fine summer's day,
And left in a wood, as I've heard people say.
And when it was night, So sad was their plight!