There was an old woman
Sold puddings and pies,
She went to the mill,
And the dust flew in her eyes.
While through the streets,
To all she meets,
She ever cries,
Hot Pies -- Hot Pies.

[Illustration]

A cow and a calf,
An ox and a half,
Forty good shillings and three.
Is not that enough tocher
For a shoemaker's daughter,
A bonny sweet lass
With a coal-black ee?

[Illustration]

The little Robin grieves
When the snow is on the ground,
For the trees have no leaves,
And no berries can be found.

The air is cold, the worms are hid,
For Robin here what can be done?
Let's strow around some crums of bread,
And then he'll live till snow is gone.

[Illustration]

Little Jack Nory
Told me a story
How he tried
Cock-horse to ride,
Sword and scabbard by his side,
Saddle, leaden spurs and switches,
His pocket tight
With cents all bright,
Marbles, tops, puzzles, props,
Now he's put in jacket and breeches.

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[Illustration]

There were two blackbirds sitting on a hill,
One name Jack, and the other name Jill;
Fly away, Jack -- fly away, Jill,
Come again, Jack -- come again, Jill.

[Illustration]

Willie boy, Willie boy,
Where are you going?
O let us go with you,
This sunshiny day.

[Illustration]

I'm going to the meadow,
To see them a mowing,
I'm going to help the girls
Turn the new hay.

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Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,
Upstairs and downstairs in his night gown;
Tapping at the window, crying at the lock,
"Are the babes in their beds, for it's now ten o'clock?"

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Errata (noted by transcriber)

In a cart and six horses, says John all alone [, missing]
The bell, the bell, the bell, [second , invisible]

[_In the three following passages, all periods (full stops) were
missing, apparently for reasons of space_]

You owe me five shillings,
Say the bells of St. Helen's.

When I grow rich,
Say the bells of Shoreditch.

I do not know,
Says the great Bell of Bow.

Let's strow around some crums of bread [_text unchanged_]

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