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Peter Prickett.

ITTLE Peter Prickett, didn’t he love cricket !
Wasn't he a bowler! wasn’t he a batter!
He could hold a wicket,—he could stop a ball;
Wasn’t he a famous chap, the champion of us all!

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Simple Simon.

IMPLE Simon met a pieman
Going to the fair.
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
‘Let me taste your ware.’

Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
‘Show me first your penny.’

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
‘Indeed I’ve not got any.’

Simple Simon caught the pieman
Coming from the fair.

Simple Simon hails the pieman,—
‘I would taste your ware.’

‘But,’ says the pieman to Simple Simon,
‘Pies I’ve not got any.

‘Oh, bad luck!’ says Simple Simon,
‘’Cause I’ve found a penny.’

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My Mother and your Mother.

Y mother and your mother went over the way ;
Says my mother to your mother, ‘It’s chop-o’-nose day!’
I since have discovered the cause of the fray,—
They both went to ‘the public’ with nothing to pay.