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NURSERY RHYMES.

 

CCCCLXXI.

THERE was a man and he was mad,
And he jumped into a pea-swad ;
The pea-swad was over-full,

So he jumped into a roaring bull;
The roaring bull was over-fat,

So he jumped into a gentleman’s hat;
The gentleman’s hat was over-fine,

So he jumped into a bottle of wine;
The bottle of wine was over-dear,

So he jumped into a bottle of beer;
The bottle of beer was over-thick,

So he jumped into a club-stick;

The club-stick was over-narrow,

So he jumped into a wheelbarrow;
The wheelbarrow began to crack,

So he jumped on to a hay-stack ;
The hay-stack began to blaze,

So he did nothing but cough and sneeze!

CCCCLX XII.

My true love lives far from me,

Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.

Many a rich present he sends to ne,

Petrum, Partrum, Paradise, Temporie,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Dominie.

He sent me a goose without a bone;
He sent me a cherry without a stone.

Petrum, &c.