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OLD KING COLE
Old King Cole was a merry old soul,
and a very old soul was he;
he called for his pipe
in the middle of the night
and he called for his fiddlers three.
Every fiddler had a fine fiddle,
and a very fine fiddle had he;
Oh there's none so rare
as can compare with
King Cole and his fiddlers three.
I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND
I had a little husband
no bigger than my thumb,
I put him in a pint pot
and there I bade him drum.
I bought a little horse that galloped up and down,
I bridled him and saddled him and sent him out of town.
I gave him some garters to garter up his hose,
and a little silk handkerchief
to wipe his pretty nose.
LITTLE JACK HORNER
Little Jack Horner
sat in the corner eating a Christmas pie,
he put in his thumb and pulled out a plum
and said "what a good boy am I".
THE LION AND THE UNICORN
The lion and the unicorn
Were fighting for the crown;
The lion beat the unicorn
All around the town.
Some gave them white bread,
And some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum cake
And drummed them out of town.
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS
The Queen of Hearts
she made some tarts all on a summer's day;
the Knave of Hearts
he stole the tarts and took them clean away.
The King of Hearts called for the tarts
and beat the Knave full sore;
The Knave of Hearts
brought back the tarts
and vowed he'd steal no more.
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
Mary had a little lamb,
it's fleece was white as snow;
and everywhere that Mary went,
the lamb was sure to go.
It followed her to school one day,
which was against the rules;
it made the children laugh and play,
to see a lamb at school.
And so the teacher turned it out,
but still it lingered near,
and waited patiently about till Mary did appear.
Why does the lamb love Mary so?
the eager children cry;
why,Mary loves the lamb,
you know the teacher did reply.
PAT-A-CAKE
Pat-a-cake,Pat-a-cake,
baker's man;
bake me a cake as fast as you can;
Pat it and prick it and mark is with a 'B',
and put it in the oven for baby and me.
ELSIE MARLEY
Elsie Marley is grown so fine.
She won't get up to feed the swine
but lies in bed til eight or nine,
surely she does take her time.
SOLOMON GRUNDY
Solomon Grundy,
Solomon Grundy,
born on a Monday,
christened on Tuesday,
married on Wednesday,
took ill on Thursday,
worse on Friday,
died on Saturday,
buried on Sunday.
This is the end of Solomon Grundy.
FOR WANT OF A NAIL
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
SEE SAW MARJORY DAW
See saw,Marjory Daw
Johnny shall have a new master
He shall earn but a penny a day
because he can't work any faster
SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE
Sing a song of sixpence,
a pocket full of rye,
four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie,
when the pie was opened the birds began to sing,
wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the king?
The king was in his counting house
the queen was in the parlour eating bread and honey,
the maid was in the garden
hanging out the clothes,
along came a blackbird
and pecked off her nose.
