And John Block made the stock, But John Ball shot them all. John Clint made the flint, And John Puzzle made the muzzle, But John Ball shot them all. John Patch made the match, And John Clint made the flint, And John Brammer made the rammer, But John Ball shot them all. VIII GUESS-ME-QUICKS Riddle me, riddle me, riddle me ree, Perhaps you can tell me what this may be. In marble walls as white as milk, No doors there are to this stronghold, Thirty white horses upon a red hill, Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still. Black within and red without; Four corners round about. Little Nan Etticoat, The longer she stands, The shorter she grows. As round as an apple, as deep as a cup, And all the King's horses can't pull it up. Long legs, crooked thighs, Higher than a house, higher than a tree, Down in a dark dungeon I saw a brave knight, 6 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; Not all the King's horses, nor all the King's men, Could set Humpty Dumpty up again. |