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THE ROYAL BABY

VI

NURSERY NONSENSE

VI

NURSERY NONSENSE

Old Mother Goose, when
She wanted to wander,
Would ride through the air
On a very fine gander.

Mother Goose had a house,
'T was built in a wood,
Where an owl at the door
For sentinel stood.

She had a son Jack,

A plain-looking lad;
He was not very good,
Nor yet very bad.

She sent him to market,
A live goose he bought:
Here! mother," says he,
"It will not go for nought."

Jack's goose and her gander
Grew very fond;

They'd both eat together,
Or swim in one pond.

Jack found one morning,
As I have been told,
His goose had laid him
An egg of pure gold.

Jack rode to his mother,
The news for to tell.
She called him a good boy,
And said it was well.

Goosey, goosey, gander,
Where shall I wander?
Upstairs, downstairs,

And in my lady's chamber.
There I met an old man
Who would not say his

prayers;

I took him by the left leg,
And threw him downstairs.

I'll tell you a story
About Mary Morey,

And now my story's begun.
I'll tell you another

About her brother,

And now my story's done.

The lion and the unicorn

Were fighting for the crown;
The lion beat the unicorn

All round about the town.
Some gave them white bread,
Some gave them brown,
Some gave them plum-cake,
And sent them out of town.

Three wise men of Gotham,
Went to sea in a bowl;

If the bowl had been stronger,
My song had been longer.

There was a crooked man,

And he went a crooked mile,
He found a crooked sixpence
Upon a crooked stile:
He bought a crooked cat,

That caught a crooked mouse

And they all lived together

In a little crooked house.

Pussicat, wussicat, with a white foot, When is your wedding? for I'll come to❜t. The beer's to brew, the bread's to bake, Pussy-cat, pussy-cat, don't be too late.

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