i,

Goosey, Goosey Gander.

OOSEY, Goosey Gander, where did you wander?
Upstairs and downstairs, and in the lady’s chamber.
Upstairs he wandered, and there to eat found nothing;
Downstairs he wandered, and there he found sage stuffing.
Up again he wandered, but then twas in a dish,
As nicely dressed by our old cook as any one could wish.

 

The Cat up the Plum-tree.

IDDLE-ME, riddle-me, rumty,
There’s a black cat a-top of our plum-tree ;
I'll bet you a crown that I'll soon fetch her down,
Riddle-me, riddle-me, rumty.

See, here is a stone; and now it is thrown,
Riddle-me, riddle-me, rumty.

Oh, it’s just missed her head, smashed a window instead,
And the cat’s still a-top of our plum-tree.

Nebuchadnezzar.

EBUCHADNEZZAR, I find from the Wews,*
Has sold his young wife for a pair of old shoes:
Now, p’raps you'll consider the bargain dirt-cheap,
If you do, at conclusions you take a sad leap ;—
For I’ve learnt from the man who concluded the barter,
She was dear at the price, for he’d purchased a tartar.

* The Matrimonial News, 3a. weekly.