THREE

THREE children sliding on the ice

Upon a summer's day,
As it fell out, they all fell in,

The rest they ran away.
Now had these children been at home,

Or sliding on dry ground,
Ten thousand pounds to one penny,

They had not all been drown'd.
You parents all that children have,
And
you

that have got none,
If you would have them safe abroad,

Pray, keep them safe at home.

146.
OH, !
0
H, dear, what can the matter be!
Two old women got up in an apple-tree;

One came down,
And the other staid up till Saturday.

HAVE you ever heard of Billy Pringle’s pig?

?

It was very little, and not very big;
When it was alive it lived in clover,
But now it is dead, and that's all over.
Billy Pringle he lay down and died;
Betsy Pringle she sat down and cried.

So there's an end of all the three,
Billy Pringle he, Betsy Pringle she, and poor

piggy wigee.

little

148.
HUMPTY
UMPTY Dumpty sat on a wall,

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Could not set Humpty Dumpty up again.

L
ITTLE Tommy Tacket
Sits
upon

his cracket; Half a yard of cloth will make him coat and

jacket; Make him coat and jacket,

Breeches to the knee; And if you will not have him, you may let

him be.

a

I

WILL sing you a song,

Though it is not very long, Of the woodcock and the sparrow, Of the little dog that burned his tail, And the little boy that must be whipp'd to

morrow.

151.

THREE

THREE blind mice,

See, how they run! They all ran after the farmer's wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife. Did ever you hear such a thing in your life

As three blind mice ?