tle pankaik
A bit of bread o' your baikin',
Or a little truckle cheese o' your maikin',
If you'll gie me a little I'll ax no more,
If you don't gie me nothin' I'll rottle your door.
As I was going along, long, long,
Singing a comical song, song, song,
The way that I went was so long, long, long,
And the song that I sang was as long, long, long,
And so I went singing along.
What's in the cupboard?
Says Mr Hubbard.
A knuckle of veal,
Says Mr Beal.
Is that all?
Says Mr Ball.
And enough too,
Says Mr Glue;
And away they all flew.
Won't be my father's Jack,
Won't be my mother's Gill;
I will be the fiddler's wife,
And have music when I will.
T'other little tune,
T'other little tune;
Pr'ythee, love, play me
T'other little tune.
Daddy Neptune one day to Freedom did say:
"If ever I lived upon dry land,
The spot I should hit on would be little Britain,"
Says Freedom: "Why, that's my own island!
Oh, it's a snug little island,
A right little, tight little island,
Search all the globe round, there's none can be found
So happy as this little island!"
Did you ever see the Devil,
With his little spade and shovel,
Digging 'taties by the dozen
With his tail cocked up?
The man in the moon as hard as your hat,
He stole some bushes out of a gap,
If he'd went by, and let 'em alie,
He'd never been man in the moon so high.
One to make ready,
Two to prepare,
Three to be off,
And four to be there.
Rum-ti-tum-tum,
The soldiers are come,
With a great piece of beef,
And a bottle of rum.
If wishes were horses,
Beggars would ride,
And all the world
Be drowned in pride.
First take an old woman and toast her,
And then rub her over with cheese,
Then lay her out on a frosty night,
And ten to one but she'll freeze;
Next, bring her in in the morning,
And rub her all over with straw,
Then lay her down by a good coal fire,
And ten to one but she'll thaw.
"Fire! fire!" says the Crier,
"Where? where?" says Lord Mayor.
"In the town," says Billy Brown.
"Has it done much damage?" says Billy Cabbage.
"Only burnt a few fellows," says Billy Bellows,
"Is that all?" says Billy Ball.
"Yes, and
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