Category: The Real Mother Goose
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Mother Goose: Mary’s Canary
MARY’S CANARYMary had a pretty bird, Feathers bright and yellow,Slender legs–upon my word He was a pretty fellow! The sweetest note he always sung, Which much delighted Mary.She often, where the cage was hung, Sat hearing her canary.
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Mother Goose: Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARYMary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow?Silver bells and cockle-shells, And pretty maids all of a row.
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Mother Goose: Little Jack Horner
LITTLE JACK HORNERLittle Jack HornerSat in the corner, Eating of Christmas pie:He put in his thumb,And pulled out a plum, And said, “What a good boy am I!”
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Mother Goose: As I was Going Along
AS I WAS GOING ALONG As I was going along, along,A-singing a comical song, song, song,The lane that I went was so long, long, long,And the song that I sang was so long, long, long,And so, I went singing along.
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Mother Goose: Casar’s Song
CAESAR’S SONG Bow-wow-wow!Whose dog art thou?Little Tom Tinker’s dog, Bow-wow-wow!
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Mother Goose: Ladybird
LADYBIRDLadybird, ladybird, fly away home!Your house is on fire, your children all gone,All but one, and her name is Ann,And she crept under the pudding pan.
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Mother Goose: Old Grimes
OLD GRIMESOld Grimes is dead, that good old man, We ne’er shall see him more;He used to wear a long brown coat All buttoned down before.
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Mother Goose: Over the Water
OVER THE WATEROver the water, and over the sea,And over the water to Charley,I’ll have none of your nasty beef,Nor I’ll have none of your barley;But I’ll have some of your very best flourTo make a white cake for my Charley.
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Mother Goose: Candle-Saving
CANDLE-SAVING To make your candles last for aye,You wives and maids give ear-O!To put them out’s the only way,Says honest John Boldero.
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Mother Goose: A Cock and Bull Story
A COCK AND BULL STORYThe cock’s on the housetop blowing his horn;The bull’s in the barn a-threshing of corn;The maids in the meadows are making of hay;The ducks in the river are swimming away.