THE LITTLE GIRL WITH A CURLThere was a little girl who had a little curlRight in the middle of her forehead;When she was good, she was very, very good,And when she was bad she was horrid. note: horrid means very unpleasant or disagreeable:

COFFEE AND TEA Molly, my sister and I fell out,And what do you think it was all about?She loved coffee and I loved tea,And that was the reason we couldn’t agree.

DAPPLE-GRAYI had a little pony,    His name was Dapple-Gray,I lent him to a lady,    To ride a mile away.She whipped him, she slashed him,    She rode him through the mire;I would not lend my pony now    For all the lady’s hire.

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo Oh, my pretty cock, oh, my handsome cock,  I pray you, do not crow before day,And your comb shall be made of the very beaten gold,  And your wings of the silver so gray.

THE BLACKSMITH“Robert Barnes, my fellow fine,Can you shoe this horse of mine?”“Yes, good sir, that I can,As well as any other man;There’s a nail, and there’s a prod,Now, good sir, your horse is shod.”

TOMMY SNOOKSAs Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks  Were walking out one Sunday,Says Tommy Snooks to Bessy Brooks,  “Wilt marry me on Monday?”

COCK-CROWCocks crow in the morn    To tell us to rise,And he who lies late    Will never be wise; For early to bed    And early to rise,Is the way to be healthy    And wealthy and wise.

COMICAL FOLK     In a cottage in Fife    Lived a man and his wifeWho, believe me, were comical folk;    For, to people’s surprise,    They both saw with their eyes,And their tongues moved whenever they spoke!     When they were asleep,    I’m told, that to keepTheir eyes open they could not contrive;    They both walked on their feet,    And ’twas thought what they eatHelped,…

I LOVE SIXPENCEI love sixpence, a jolly, jolly sixpence,  I love sixpence as my life;I spent a penny of it, I spent a penny of it,  I took a penny home to my wife. Oh, my little fourpence, a jolly, jolly fourpence,  I love fourpence as my life;I spent twopence of it, I spent twopence of it,  And I…

POOR OLD ROBINSON CRUSOE!Poor old Robinson Crusoe!Poor old Robinson Crusoe!   They made him a coat   Of an old Nanny goat.I wonder why they should do so!   With a ring-a-ting-tang,   And a ring-a-ting-tang,Poor old Robinson Crusoe!