St. Nicholas/Volume 40/Number 3/Mother Goose
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I The Man in the Wilderness asked me |
II Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, |
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III
A carrion-crow sat on an oak,
Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi-ding do,
Watching a tailor mend his cloak;
Sing heigh, sing ho, the carrion-crow,
Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi-ding do!
Wife, bring me my old ben’ bow,
Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi-ding do,
That I may shoot yon carrion-crow;
Sing heigh, sing ho, the carrion-crow,
Wife, bring me my ol Fol de nddle, lol de
Wife, bring me my old ben’ riddle, hi-ding do!
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The tailor shot, but he missed his mark,
Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi-ding do,
And he shot the old sow right through the heart;
Sing heigh, sing ho, the carrion-crow,
Fol de riddle, lol de riddle, hi-ding do!
IV
Little Miss Muffett |
There came a great spider |