310 NURSERY RHYMES.

 

DXXIX.

THERE was an old woman who lived in a shoe,

She had so many children she didn’t know what to do;
She gave them some broth without any bread,

She whipped them all well and put them to bed.

DXXX.

CoME, dance a jig

To my granny’s pig,
With a raudy, rowdy, dowdy ;

Come, dance a jig

To my granny’s pig,
And pussy-cat shall crowdy.

DXXXI.

LITTLE Dicky Dilver

Had a wife of silver,

He took a stick and broke her back,
And sold her to the miller ;

The miller wouldn’t have her,

So he threw her in the river.

DXXXII.

OLD woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing ?
Speak a little louder, sir,—I am very thick of hearing.
Old woman, old woman, shall I love you dearly?
Thank you, kind sir, I hear you very clearly.