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THE REAL MOTHER GOOSE (Selected Rhymes)
Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright
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THE OLD MAN

There was an old man
In a velvet coat,
He kissed a maid
And gave her a groat.
The groat it was crack’d
And would not go,--
Ah, old man, do you serve me so?

Illustration for the nursery rhyme, The Old Man, by Blanche Fisher Wright - from The Real Mother Goose


A COUNTING-OUT RHYME

Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7,
Alabone, Crackabone, 10 and 11,
Spin, spun, muskidun,
Twiddle ‘em, twaddle ‘em, 21.


HOT BOILED BEANS

Ladies and gentlemen come to supper--
Hot boiled beans and very good butter.



T’OTHER LITTLE TUNE

I won’t be my father’s Jack,
I won’t be my father’s Jill;
I will be the fiddler’s wife,
And have music when I will.
T’other little tune,
T’other little tune,
Prithee, Love, play me
T’other little tune.

Illustration for the nursery rhyme, T'Other Little Tune, by Blanche Fisher Wright - from The Real Mother Goose



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The complete text and the illustrations of "The Real Mother Goose" displayed here are, to the best of my knowledge, in the public domain.