"It will serve for a grunter,"
Said little Jack Sprat.

Then Joan went to market
To buy her some fowls,
She bought a jackdaw
And a couple of owls;
The owls were white,
The jackdaw was black,
"They'll make a rare breed,"
Says little Joan Sprat.

Jack Sprat bought a cow,
His Joan to please,
For Joan could make
Both butter and cheese;
Or pancakes or puddings
Without any fat;
A notable housewife
Was little Joan Sprat.

Joan Sprat went to brewing
A barrel of ale,
She put in some hops
That it might not turn stale;
But as for the malt--
She forgot to put that;
"This is a brave sober liquor."
Said little Jack Sprat.

Jack Sprat went to market
And bought him a mare,
She was lame of three legs,
An as blind as she could stare.
Her ribs they were bare,
For the mare had no fat;
"She looks like a racer,"
Said little Jack Sprat.

Jack and Joan went abroad,
Puss looked after the house;
She caught a large rat,
And a very small mouse,
She caught a small mouse,
And a very large rat,
"You're an excellent hunter,"
Said little Jack Sprat.

Now I've told you the story
Of little Jack Sprat,
Of sweet Joan Cole
And the poor one-ear'd cat;
Now Jack he loved Joan,
And good things he taught her,
Then she gave him a son,
Then after a daughter.

Now Jack has got rich,
And has plenty of pelf;
If you know any more
you may tell it yourself.

[Illustration: Monkey Grabbing Man's Nose.]

Cross Old Man

There was a cross old man and what do you think,
He lived on nothing but victuals and drink;
Victuals and drink were his principal diet,
Yet this crabbed old man would never be quiet.

He teased a poor monkey, who lived in a cage,
Till the animal got in a terrible rage,
And seized on his nose with finger so strong,
That it stretched it until it was quite a yard long.

Old Man in the Moon

The man in the moon came tumbling down,
And asked his way to Norwich,
He went by the south, and burnt his mouth,
With supping cold pease-porridge.

A Funny Man

There was a man of Newington,
And he was wondrous wise,
He jump'd into a quickset hedge
And scratch'd out both his eyes.
But when he saw his eyes were out
With all his might and main
He jump'd into another hedge.
And scratched them in aga