COMING HOME FROM MARKET.

Two little maids went marketing
One very cold winter’s day ;
With a big umbrella, in case of bad weather,

These maidens trotted away.

_ They had such a lot of things to buy—
Two pounds of butter, and soap,
And eggs and cheese, and bacon and peas, —

_ And sixteen yards of rope!

But they got them all, and set off home,
When, oh! it began to snow! od ee

They came to the river, and said with a shiver,
“ What shall we do? Oh! oh!”

But Tom the ploughboy saw them there,
And shouted across with a cheer, |
“Let me get afloat in my big boat,

And I'll bring you safe, never fear!”