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From: Counihan <rep...@fi...> - 2009-08-27 23:54:15
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A grunt, Says little Jack Sprat. [Illustration] The man in the moon, Came tumbling down, And asked the way to Norwich. He went by the south, And burnt his mouth, With eating cold pease porridge. There was an old wo-man, and what do you think? She liv-ed up-on no-thing but vic-tuals and drink; Vic-tuals and drink were the chief of her diet, Yet the pla-guey old wo-man could ne-ver be qui-et. She went to the ba-ker's to buy some bread; And when she came home, her hus-band was dead. She went to the clerk, to toll the great bell; And when she came back, her hus-band was well. [Illustration] A Frog he would a-wooing go, Sing, heigho, says Rowley; Whether his mother would let him or no: With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinach; Heigho, says Anthony Rowley. So off he marched with his opera-hat, Heigho, says Rowley; And on the way he met with a rat, With a rowley, powley, &c. And when they came to mouse's hall, Heigho, says Rowley; They gave a loud knock, and they gave a loud call, With a rowley, powley, &c. "Pray, Mrs. Mouse, are you within?" Heigho, says Rowley; "Yes, kind sir, I am sitting to spin," With a rowley, powley, &c. "Pray, Mrs. Mouse, will you give us some beer?" Heigho, says Rowley; "For Froggy and I are fond of good cheer," With a rowley, powley, &c. Now while they all were a merry making, Heigho, says Rowley; The cat and her kittens came tumbling in, With a rowley, powley, &c. The cat she seized the rat by the crown, Heigho, says Rowley; The kittens they pulled the little mouse down, With a rowley, powley, &c. This put poor frog in a terrible fright, Heigho, says Rowley; So he took up his hat, and he wished them good night, With a rowley, powley, &c. But as Froggy was crossing over a brook, Heigho, says Rowley; A lily-white duck came and g |