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NURSERY RHYMES.

 

CCCXLII.

A LITTLE old man of Derby,

How do you think he served me?
He took away my bread and cheese,
And that is how he served me.

CCCXLITL.

THERE was an old man,
And he had a calf,
And that’s half;
He took him out of the stall,
And put him on the wall;
And that’s all.

CCCXLIV.

FATHER SHORT came down the lane,
Oh! I’m obliged to hammer and smite
From four in the morning till eight at night,
For a bad master and a worse dame.

CCCXLV.

THERE was an old woman called Nothing-at-all,
Who rejoiced in a dwelling exceedingly small ;

A man stretched his mouth to its utmost extent,
And down at one gulp house and old woman went.