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THE ORIGINAL 
 
 Mother Goose's Melody, 
 
 AS FIRST ISSUED BY 
 
 JOHN NEWBERY, OF LONDON, 
 
 ABOUT A. D., 1760. 
 
 Reproduced \n facsimile from the edition as reprinted by 
 
 ISAIAH THOMAS, OF WORCESTER, MASS. 
 
 ABOUT A. D., 1785, 
 
 WITH INTRODUCTORY NOTES BY 
 
 WILLIAM H. WHITMORE. 
 
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 ALBANY: 
 '■ JOEL MUNSELL'S SONS. 
 1889. 
 
 COPYRIGHTED BY W. H. WHITMORE 
 

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 PREFACE. 
 
 MOTHER GOOSE'S MELODY. 
 
 T?EW books in the Englifh language Have had fo great and perflftent 
 circulation as the colle6lion of Nurfery Rhymes known as Mother 
 Goofe's Melody. In prefenting a reprint of the earlieft known edition, 
 fome bibliographical notes may be in place. 
 
 According to my prefent knowledge, I feel fure that the original name is 
 merely a tranfiation from the French ; that the colledtion was firft made for 
 and by John Newbery, of London, about A. D. 1760 ; and that the great 
 popularity of the book is due to the Bofton editions of Munroe ^ Francis, 
 A. D. 1824-1860. 
 
 Firft, as to the name. Writing at the great difadvantage of locality, on 
 this fide of the Atlantic, in regard to EngliQi books, I can only fay that I 
 have found no early mention of Mother Goofe as an Englifti perfonage. 
 She does not appear to be a charadter known before the feventeenth cen- 
 tury ; and with due humility, I venture to fuggeft that fuch perfonifications 
 of animals feem to be foreign to Englifh modes. 
 
 I defire to difmifs, entirely, the idea that Mother Goofe was a name 
 which originated in Bofton, Mafs. In 1870, the late William A. Wheeler 
 edited for Hurd & Houghton a beautiful edition of thefe melodies, and then 
 claimed to identify Mother Goofe with Elizabeth Goofe, widow of one 
 Ifaac Vergoofe or Goofe, and mother-in-law of Thomas Fleet, a well- 
 known Bofton printer, who came here in 171 2, and died in 1758. He mar- 
 ried in 1715, and is faid to have printed, in 1719, the firft colledlion of 
 iMother Goofe's Melodies. 
 
 It is true that Fleet's wife was of the Vergoofe family, and that the name 
 was often contracted to Goofe. The reft of the ftory depends entirely upon 
 
2 Preface. 
 
 the unfupported ftatement made by the late John Fleet Eliot (a defcendant 
 of the printer), that in 1856 the late Edward A. Crowninfhield, of Bofton, 
 faid that he had feen a broadfide of Fleet's edition in the library of the 
 American Antiquarian Society. Repeated fearches at Worcefter have failed 
 to bring to light this fuppofed copy, and no record of it appears on any cata- 
 logue there. No other copy has ever been difcovered elfewhere, and it 
 feems reafonable to fuppofe that Mr. Eliot mifunderftood the remarks made 
 to him. 
 
 Until fuch an example fhall be found, it is ufelefs to repeat this ftory, and 
 I fhall wafte no more time upon it ; referring the inquirer to the New En- 
 gland H'tjiorical and Genealogical Regijier for 1873, pp. 144 and 31 1, and the 
 Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Odlober, 1888, pp. 406— 
 410. If there had been an edition printed in Bofton in 1719, we can fafely 
 fay that Benjamin Franklin would have had a copy. Yet in the recent 
 reprints of his Prefaces, Proverbs and Poems, as contained in the Poor 
 Richard Almanacs (fee Knickerbocker Nuggets, New York, 1890), we find 
 nothing that fuggefts a fingle one of thefe Melodies or any of the characters 
 therein. It feems to be fimply impoflible, on reading Franklin's annotations 
 in thefe Almanacs, to believe that he had ever read Mother Goofe and yet 
 refrained from quoting or imitating them. It is, moreover, a very doubtful 
 point, whether in 17 19 a Bofton printer would have been allowed to pub- 
 lifti fuch trivial rhymes. Bofton children at that date were fed on Gofpel 
 food, and it feems extremely improbable that an edition could have been fold. 
 
 But, on the other hand, the equivalent of Mother Goofe is certainly of 
 confiderable antiquity in the French language. Its great popularity dates 
 back to 1697, when Charles Perrault publiftied the Nurfery Tales entitled 
 " Hiftoires ou Contes du Terns Paffe, avec des Moralitez." On the front- 
 ifpiece is an old woman fpinning and telling tales to a man, a girl, a little 
 boy and a cat. On a placard is written 
 
 "CONTES 
 DE MA 
 
 MERE 
 LOYE." 
 
 Thefe particulars I copy from the edition of Perrault, edited by Andrew 
 Lang, Oxford, 1888, p. xxvii. 
 
Preface. 3 
 
 There feems to be no doubt that " Contes de ma mere I'Oye," or Tales 
 of Mother Goofe," was a popular fynonym for fairy ftories. 
 
 Lang (p. xxiv) fays, " the term occurs in Loret's La Mufe Hiftorique 
 (lettre v, 11 Juin, 1650), 
 
 ' Mais le cher motif de leur joye, 
 Comme un conte de la Mere Oye, 
 Se trouvant fabuleux et faux, 
 lis deviendront tous bien penauts.' " 
 Deulin (p. 10) fpeaking of that period quotes a remark that *'the tales of 
 Miletus are fo puerile that they are fufficiently honored by comparifon with 
 our tales of ' Peau d' Ane ' or ' Mere V Oye.^ " 
 
 *■'■ Peau d' Ane" was then the typical ftory (with which infants were huflied 
 to deep), and fuch were indifferently ftyled by either name. 
 
 Other examples can be found, and fome writers conneft the legend of. 
 Mother Goofe with Queen Goofe-fout (Reine Pedauce), faid to be the 
 mother of Charlemagne. At all events it is as clear that flie belongs to 
 French folk-lore, as that fhe is not to be found in Englifh tradition. 
 
 Very ftrangely I am unable to ftate when Perrault's book was firft 
 tranflated into Englifh. In the London Athenceum^ for 1887, I note an in- 
 quiry for the Englifli edition of 17 19, but no copy was reported. Lang fays 
 (Perrault's Tales, p. xxxiv), " An Englifli verfion, tranflated by Mr. Samber, 
 printed for J. Pote, was advertifed, Mr. Auftin Dobfon tells me, in the 
 Monthly Chronicle, March 1729." In 1745 the Tales were printed at the 
 Hague, with an Englifli tranflation. (Ibid.) 
 
 Samber's edition, of 1729, feems to be verified as probably the firft, by 
 the following fa<3: : I have a copy of a book entitled "Tales of Paffed 
 Times, by Mother Goofe, With Morals, written in French by M. Perrault, 
 and Engliflied by R. S., Gent. To which is added a new one, viz.: The 
 Difcreet Princefs. The Seventh Edition, Corrected, and adorned with fine 
 Cuts. New York : Printed for J. Rivington, Bookfeller and Stationer, 
 No, 56 Pearl-ftreet, 1795. 12 mo. pp. 227." 
 
 It contains the Englifli and French verfions on oppofite pages, but the 
 *' fine cuts " are not to be feen. The tranflator, R. S,, is undoubtedly 
 Robert Samber, who is recorded in Allibone as tranflating a work from the 
 French in 1719. 
 
 We may alfo prefume that the reprint is from the feventh or fixth Englifli 
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4 Preface. 
 
 edition, as I know of no earlier American iflues. Pp. 151 - 227 are covered 
 by " The Difcreet Princefs," whereof the French title-page fays, " Im- 
 prime Tan mdccxcv," and the Englifh " Printed in the year mdcclxiv." 
 The French is dedicated to the Comtefle de Murat; the Englifh, to the 
 right honorable, the Lady Mary Montagu, daughter of John, Duke of 
 Montagu. As this peer died in 1749, I fufpe£t an error in the date of pub- 
 lication.* 
 
 Until, however, more is known of the bibliography of this volume, I 
 think we muft accept the following fa6ts as to the name: That Mother 
 Goofe was a French character, originally, and that her tales were firfl pub- 
 liftied in 1696 and 1697, by Perrault ; that in 1729 their fame reached En- 
 gland, and they were tranflated by Robert Samber ; when, for the firft time, 
 {he was introduced to Englifh readers. 
 
 * * * 
 
 So much for Mother Goofe's profe " Tales," which comprifed Little 
 Red-Riding-IIood, The Fairy (the fifters who drop diamonds and toads, re- 
 fpe6tively, from their mouths), Blue-Beard, The Sleeping Beauty, Pufs in 
 Boots, Cinderilla, Riquet with the Tuft, and Little Thumb ; eight ftories 
 in all. 
 
 We have now to confider her " Melody." Here we are brought at once 
 to John Newbery, the famous publifher, of St. Paul's Churchyard, London, 
 whofe Life, under the title of " A Bookfeller of the Laft Century," has 
 been charmingly told by Charles Wellh (London, Griffith, Farran, Okeden 
 & Welfh, 1885). Newbery was the firft Englifh publifher to prepare little 
 ftory-books for children, and his fuccefs is amply fhown in the notices of his 
 contemporaries and fuccefTors. In 1765 he publifhed The Hiftory of Little 
 Goody Two-Shoes (reprinted in fac-fimile by Charles Welfh, in 1882), a 
 ftory very generally afcribed to Oliver Goldfmith. At all events Gold- 
 fmith was a conftant writer for Newbery from 1762 to 1767, when the 
 latter died ; and feme of this literary work was undoubtedly for the chil- 
 dren's books. 
 
 * Lang says, p. xxvi, " by some unexplained accident a story of Madamoiselle L'Heritier's ' V Adreite Prin- 
 £•««,' slipped into editions of Perrault's Ci7«/<rj, in 1721, if not earlier, and holds its place, even now. The 
 author was Mile. L'Heritier de Villaudon, a relation of Perrault's." She printed her volume in 1696. Charles 
 Deulin (Les Contes de Ma Mere L'Oye,avant Perrault, Paris, 1878), says, p. 38, that Finette,ou V Adroite Prin- 
 cesse, was long attributed to Perrault, though now restored to the right owner : that it was dedicated to the Comt- 
 esse de Murat, and (p. 21) that it appeared in the same year as Perrault's " La Belle au Bois Dormant," which 
 latter was printed first, in 1696, in Moetjen's Receuil, vol. v, printed at The Hague. 
 
 It is a matter of doubt whether the real collector of these Tales was not Charles Perrault's son, and that the 
 father merely revised them and added the poetry. 
 
Preface. 5 
 
 In Mr. Welfh's careful lift of Newbery's publications, we find nnention 
 of " Mother Goofe's Tales." He fays : *' The feventh edition was 
 printed May i6th, 1777, and between that date and March, 1779, Carnan 
 & Newbery took 1,710 out of the 3,000 copies printed by Collins of Salis- 
 bury. It confifted of four-and-a-half (heets, long primer. Three thoufand 
 copies coft £18 13.6. The eighth ifl'ued September 4, 1780." 
 
 It is impoflible at prefent to learn when Newbery firft iffued the Tales, or 
 whether the feven editions were thofe printed by him or were numbered 
 from the firft Englifli iflue. It is evident, however, that we have brought 
 together the title, " Mother Goofe," and the publiftier, Newbery. 
 
 December 28, 1 780, Thomas Carnan entered for copyright, *' Mother 
 Goofe's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle, etc.," giving the full title as 
 printed in the lift in our American reprint, Carnan was the ftepfon of John 
 Newbery, and fucceeded to the bufinefs, in partneilhip with Francis New- 
 bery, nephew of John. Francis died in 1780, but the firm continued fome 
 two years. Mr. Welfti kindly informs me that he thinks it probable that 
 1780, the date of the copyright, was not neceflarily that of the firft ifliie of 
 the book, but rather that the copyright was taken out in conne6lion with the 
 winding-up of the copartnerftiip, on Francis Newbery's death. 
 
 So far as we now know, no publiftier, except Newbery, was ufing the 
 title of "Mother Goofe," from 1760 to 1780; the profe Tales had evi- 
 dently been a fuccefs ; and, to quote Mr. Welfti's opinion, as that of a 
 moft competent judge, " it is quite in accordance with Newbery's pra6tice 
 to have utilized it for his Melodies for the Nurfery." 
 
 If, as feems moft probable, the firft edition of " Mother Goofe's Melody " 
 was iffued prior to John Newbery's death, in 1767, there is an interefting 
 queftion as to who prepared the coUedlion for the prefs. The rhymes are 
 avowedly the favorites of the nurfery, but the preface and the foot notes are 
 an evident burlefque upon more pretentious works. The firft and moft 
 natural conclufion is that we may trace therein the hand of Goldfmiih, an 
 opinion held by Mr. VVelfti. The probability, or even poflibility, of this 
 idea, would give an added intereft to this colle6lion. 
 
 Forfter, in his Life of Goldfmith, gives proof that Goldfmith was very 
 fond of children and was familiar with nurfery rhymes and games. Thus 
 he writes (Vol. II, p. 71), that Mifs Hawkins fays : " I little thought what 
 I fhould have to boaft, when Goldfniith taught me to play "Jack and Jill, by 
 two bits of paper on his fingers." 
 
6 Preface. 
 
 But the moft curious bit of evidence is the following from Vol. II, p. 122 : 
 
 January 29, 1768, Goldfmith's play of the "Good-natured Man" was 
 produced. He went to dine with his friends after it. " Nay, to imprefs 
 his friends Itill more forcibly with an idea of his magnanimity, he even fung 
 his favorite ibng, which he never confented to fing but on fpecial occafions, 
 about An old Woman tojjed in a Blanket feventeen times as high as the Moon^ 
 and was altogether very noify and loud." 
 
 Our readers will find this identical " favorite fong " in the preface to 
 Newbery's ••' Mother Goofe's Melody," p. 7, dragged in without any excufe, 
 but evidently becaufe it was familiar to the writer. This coincidence is 
 certainly of fome force. 
 
 Newbery and Carnan did not fucceed in keeping a monopoly of thefe 
 Rhymes. In the American Antiquarian Society's Proceedings for 1888, I 
 found a ftatement that in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, there were two 
 copies of Mother Goofe, printed about A. D. 1700. I am informed by 
 Mr. Allnutt that this is entirely wrong. One copy is on paper which has 
 the water mark of 1803, and the other has the imprint "London, Printed 
 and Sold by John Marfhall, No. 4, Aldermary Church-Yard, Bow-Lane, 
 and No. 17 Queen Street, Cheapfide. Price Three-Pence, Bound and Gilt." 
 
 This John Marfhall, he adds, was a contemporary and rival of Carnan, 
 and publifhed children's books during the latter half of the i8th century 
 and beginning of the prefent. " The contents are identical with yours, but 
 fome of the pieces toward the end are fomewhat differently arranged. The 
 ciits are very fimilar with the addition of a frontifpiece reprefenting a family 
 group at leffons. There are 92 pages, followed by a lift of children's books 
 fold by John Marfhall. 
 
 Not improbably it was fome fuch piracy as this which made Carnan 
 copyright his book in December, 1780, as already noted. 
 
 It may be mentioned here, however, that with the diflblution of the New- 
 bery firm, and with the change in the tafte for children's books, at the be- 
 ginning of the prefent century, the Englifti chain of evidence is broken, 
 happily to the reftored in this country, as will be ftiown. Mother Goofe's 
 Melodies are again to be found in Englifti nurferies, but in fome inftances, 
 at leaft, they are reprinted from American exemplars. 
 
 * * * 
 
 In 1842 the late James O. Halliwell edited for the Percy Society, " The 
 Nurfery Rhymes of England, Collected principally from Oral Tradition." 
 In his preface, he writes, " thefe traditional nonfenfe-fcraps have come 
 
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 down to us in fuch numbers, that in the (hort fpace of three years the editor 
 of the prefent volume had colle6led confiderably more than a thoufand. A 
 
 fele6lion is here prefented to the reader I may here alfo take 
 
 the opportunity of ftating, that it was originally my intention to have intro- 
 duced, alfo, a colle6lion of merriments, upon which many of thefe rhymes 
 are founded, but the proje6l was over-ruled by a gentleman who gave it as 
 his opinion, that the Society would, by their publication, be involved in an 
 awkward queftion of copyright. I was not previoufly aware that 'Goody- 
 Two-Shoes,' and romances of this kind were regarded so jealoufly by the 
 
 trade." 
 
 He adds : " I am in pofleffion of a curious and clever fatirical pamphlet, 
 entitled, ' Infant Inftitutes,' 8vo, London, 1797, to which I am indebted for 
 fome interefting fcraps," 
 
 Leaving Halliwell for the moment, with the remark that he does not men- 
 tion Jofeph Ritfon's " Gammer Gurton's Garland," of 1810, I will take up 
 the " Infant Inftitutes." 
 
 In Notes and ^eries for June, 1875 (5th S. iii, 441), the late learned 
 muiician, Prof. Edward F. Rimbault, defcribed an o6lavo pamphlet of 69 
 pages, entitled, "Infant Inftitutes, part the firft, or, a Nurferical EfTay on 
 the Poetry, Lyric and Allegorical, of the Earlieft Ages, ^c. London : 
 printed for and fold by F. y C. Rivingtons, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1797." 
 It is afcribed to Rev. Baptift Noel Turner, M.A., re6lor of Denton, 
 CO. Line, and of Wing, co. Rutland. Dr. Rimbault fays : " The eflay 
 (hows confiderable learning, and was evidently intended to ridicule the 
 Shakefperian commentators. It is now chiefly interefting, as giving us 
 the earliefi printed verfions of fome of our well-known nurfery ditties.- 
 Thefe rhymes were firft colle6led by Ritfon, in his Gammer Gurton's Gar- 
 land, printed for R. Triphook, in 18 10, and have fince been reproduced by 
 Halliwell and a hoft of imitators. None of thefe colle£lors, as far as I am 
 aware, has referred to Mr. Turner's Effay." He then cites various, Nurfery 
 Rhymes, and points out the variations in Ritfon's copies. 
 
 In the Gentleman's Magazine for 1826, part ii, pp. 467-9, is an obituary 
 of Rev. B. N. Turner, prepared in part from his own notes. It mentions 
 various of his writings and ftates that " in 1791 he publiftied a political fatire 
 called 'Infant Inftitutes,' 'fraught,' he obferves, 'with matter so eccentric 
 and laughable as might chance to arreft the attention and raife the fpirit of 
 the public' " This difpofes of any doubts as to the authorftiip of this col- 
 leilion of nurfery rhymes. 
 
 It is a ftrange fa6t, however, that Ritfon's " Garland " confifts of four 
 
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 parts ; and his brief preface reads as follows : " Parts I and II were firft 
 colleded and printed by a literary gentleman, deceafed, who fuppofed he had 
 preferved each piece according to its original edition ; an opinion not eafily 
 refuted, if worth fupporting. Parts III and IV are now firft added." 
 
 As I have been unable to fee a copy of the " Infant Inftitutes," I cannot 
 fay whether it is identical with Parts I and II of Ritfon. If it be, the 
 inference is that Ritfon was mifinformed as to the author, as Mr. Turner 
 was a prominent clergyman and was alive when Ritfon wrote, dying May 
 18th 1826, aged 86. If it be not, we have ftill to find a copy of the book 
 on this fubje<a " firfl collected and printed by a literary gentleman deceafed," 
 before 1810; and alfo to explain why Ritfon knew nothing of the Infant 
 Inftitutes of 1797.* Very poflibly the hS: will be proved that prior to 
 1797, fome '^ literary gentleman " had publiftied the book which Ritfon ufed, 
 and that it ferved as the model for Turner to travefty as "a political fatire." 
 At all events, here is one volume, if not two, treating on Nurfery Rhymes, 
 printed between Newbery's "Mother Goofe's Melody," of 1780, and 
 Ritfon's " Gammer Gurton's Garland," of 18 10. Whoever firft printed 
 Parts I and II of Ritfon's " Garland," certainly abfDibed therein almoft the 
 whole of Newbery's book; of courfe from a printed copy. This fadt is 
 indifputable, becaufe Newbery's *' Mother Goofe " contains fifty-two Nur- 
 fery Rhymes, and of tliefe, thirty-feven are in Ritfon, moft of them in iden- 
 tical words, and feveral in the fame confecutive order. 
 Ritfon's colleftion is the following : 
 
 "Gammer Gurton's Garland; or, the Nurfery ParnaflTus. A choice 
 colle6lion of pretty fongs and verfes, for the amufement of all little good 
 children who can neither read nor run. London: printed for R. Friphook, 
 37 St, James ftreet, by Harding^ Wright, St. John's fquare, 1810." i2mo. 
 pp. 46. It is divided into four parts, and contains many rhymes not in 
 Newbery's book, but which have fince been incorporated into "Mother 
 Goofe's Melody," as ufed for the lafc half century. 
 
 In 1842, Halliwell printed his coUeftion, pp. 192, for the Percy Soci- 
 ety. Although he does not mention Ritfon's book, it is evident that he 
 pofiTefiTed and ufed it, as nearly all of Ritfon is contained in his book. Hal- 
 liwell, being a great colledor and annotator of Shakefperian literature, en- 
 riched his work with fome valuable notes. His book, being much larger 
 than its predeceflbrs, has been the ftore-houfe from which later editions of 
 " Mother Goofe " have been increafed in fize, often to the injury of their 
 
 * Dr. Rimbanlt must have read Ritson very carelessly, as he cites two rhymes which, he says, are in the " In- 
 stitutes," and not in Ritson. Yet both are in Ritson's Part III . 
 
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 fitnefs. It is undoubtedly fair to abate fomewliat Halliwell's claim that his 
 rhymes were " collefted principally from oral tradition," fince he utilized 
 three printed predecefTors. It is very unfortunate, alfo, that he did not ac- 
 knowledge the fources from which he copied, and devote a few pages to the 
 bibliography of the fubje6t. 
 
 In Notes and ^eries for 20th January, 1877 (5th S., vii, 54), I note that 
 the preface to a fifth edition of Halliwell is dated December, 1853 ' ^"^ ^^^^ 
 there was a iixth edition of 333 pages, printed for John Ruffell Smith, of 
 London. In 1877 the copyright was owned by Frederick Warne "^ Co., 
 and the book " has been incorporated with Mrs. Valentine's Nurfery 
 Rhymes, Tales and Jingles." 
 
 We muft now refume the hiftory of Newbery's original "Mother Goofe's 
 Melody " The Englifh editions have pra6tically difappeared ; at leaft Mr. 
 Welfti writes that he has never been able to fee an example of Newber^^'s 
 print. But, fortunately, Ifaiah Thomas, of Worcefter, Mafs., soon after 
 the Revolution, took up the bufinefs of reprinting ftory books for children, 
 and copied many of Newbery's favorite iflaes. A number of thefe are 
 cited in the advertifement annexed to this " Melody." The moft noted, 
 perhaps, of all thefe Newbery books, was the Hiftory of Little Goody Two- 
 Shoes. A reprint of this was iflued by Mr. Welfh (London, 1882), a fac- 
 fimile of the third edition of 1766. The beft authorities attribute this little 
 ftory to Goldfmith. In the Bofton Public Library is a beautiful copy of 
 Thomas's reprint, dated Worcefter, 1787, which is a page-for-page repro- 
 dudlion, but probably from Newbery's firft edition. The cuts are evidently 
 done over, and imitate very well the originals ; but towards the end of the 
 book they vary in details from Mr. Welfti's example. There is no neces- 
 fity, therefore, to prefume that Thomas imported the cuts which had been 
 ufed by Newbery. He did, indeed, flightly alter the publiftier's perfonal 
 notes, which Newbery was fond of inferting, fubftituting Worcefter for Lon- 
 don, etc. 
 
 In 1787 Thomas printed the following : 
 
 " The Juvenile Biographer ; containing the Lives of little Mafters and 
 Miffes; including a Variety of Good and Bad Chara6lers. By a little 
 Biographer. The firft Worcefter edition. Worcefter (Maflachufetts), 
 printed by Ifaiah Thomas, and fold at his Book Store. Sold, alfo, by E. 
 Battelle, Bofton. M. D. CC. LXXX VII." Pp. 119. 
 
lO 
 
 Preface. 
 
 Annexed is the following very full lift of other publications, including 
 Mother Goofe's Melody : 
 
 The Brother's Gift. 
 
 The Sifter's Gift. 
 
 The Father's Gift. 
 
 The Mother's Gift. 
 
 The Fairing. 
 
 The Sugar-Plumb. 
 
 The Hiftory of Little Goody Two 
 
 Shoes. 
 Tom Thumb's Exhibition. 
 Mother Goofe's Melody. 
 Little Robin Red Breaft. 
 Tom Thumb's Play-Book. 
 The Little Puzzling Cap. 
 The Big Puzzling Cap. 
 
 The Travels of Robinfon Crufoe. 
 Hagar in the Defert ( from the 
 
 French). 
 The Beauty and the Monfter. 
 Hiftory of the Holy Jefus. 
 Be Merry and Wife. 
 The Natural Hiftory of Four-footed 
 
 Beafts. By Tommy Trip. 
 The Holy Bible abridged. 
 The Hiftory of Little King Pippin. 
 A Bag of Nuts. By Thomas 
 
 Thumb. 
 Nurfe Truelove's New Year's Gift. 
 
 I am informed by E, M. Barton, Efq., that in the American Antiquarian 
 Society's Library there are copies of the "Hiftory of the Holy Jefus," 
 " Nurfe Truelove's New Year's Gift," and the " Entertaining Stories," all 
 iflued by Thomas in I786,]and all containing the advertifeinent of" Mother 
 Goofe's Melody." We feem, therefore, juftified in placing the firft iffiie 
 of this latter at about 1785. 
 
 By the kindnefs of Miss Caroline M. Hewins, of the Public Library, 
 Hartford, Coim., I have a full copy of one of Thomas"'s moft chara6ler- 
 iftic reprints, which I place here on account of the full and interefting lift 
 of his publications. The book is entitled, " The Pidture Exhibition, con- 
 taining the Original Drawings of eighteen Difciples. To which are added, 
 Moral and Hiftorical Explanations, Publiftied under the Infpe6lion of 
 Mr. Peter Paul Rubens, Profeflbr of Polite Arts. Printed at Worcefter, 
 Maflachufetts, by Ifaiah Thomas, and fold, Wholefale and Retail, at his 
 Bookftore. M DCC LXXX VHL" 
 
 No. 
 
 Contents. 
 The Moufetrap, by Mafter Hayman. 
 A Battle Scene, by Mafter Broughton. 
 A Winter Piece, by Mafter Vandyke. 
 Rural Simplicity, by Mifs Grignion. 
 The Taking of the Birds' Neft, by Mafter Avis. 
 
Preface. 
 
 II 
 
 No. 6. 
 
 7- 
 8. 
 
 10. 
 
 II. 
 
 12. 
 
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 14. 
 
 15 
 
 16. 
 
 17- 
 18. 
 
 The Idler, by Mafter Johnfon. 
 
 The Shadowift ; a Fancy Piece, by Mafter ZofFani. 
 
 The Waftiing of the Lions at the Tower, by Mafter Green. 
 
 The Judgment of Areopagus ; a Hiftorical Piece ; by Mafter 
 
 Clement. 
 The Creation of the World, by Mafter Adam. 
 A Dog, by Mafter Lane. 
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 The Temple of Fame, by Mafter Ravenet. 
 The Hunting of the Cat, by Mafter Nimrod. 
 A Time Piece, by Mifs Prudence. 
 The Lottery, by Mafter Rubens. 
 Leap Frog, by Mr. Godfery Kneller. 
 The Dreamer, a Fancy Piece, by Mafter Dormer. 
 
 The advertifement has no fpec'al value, but the annexed lift of Thomas's 
 publications is very full and interefting. I have numbered the titles for con- 
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 The following are all price four Cents each, or four federal coppers, viz : 
 
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 3. The Brother's Gift ; or, the naughty Girl reformed. 
 
 4. The Sifter's Gift ; or, the naughty Boy reformed. 
 
 5. The Little Puzzlmg Cap *, or, a Collection of pretty Riddles. 
 
 6. The Royal Alphabet; or. Child's beft Inftruflor ; to which is added 
 
 the Hiftory of a little Boy found under a Haycock. 
 
 7. The Death and Burial of Cock Robbin ; with the tragic Death of 
 
 A, Apple Pye. 
 
 8. The remarkable Hiftory of Tom Jones, a Foundling. 
 
 9. Tom Thumb's Folio; or, a Three penny play Thing for Little Giants; 
 
 to which is added an Abftradl of the Life of Mr. Thumb. 
 
 10. Entertaining Tales, for General Instruction. 
 
 11. Jacky Dandy's Delight ; or, the Hiftory of Birds and Beafts. 
 
 12. The renowned Hiftory of Giles Gingerbread, a little boy who lived on 
 
 learning. 
 
12 Preface. 
 
 13. The Hiftory of Mafter Jackey and Mifs Harriot; with iMaxims for 
 
 the Improvement of the Mind. 
 
 14. The Travels of Robinfon Crufoe. Written by himfelf. 
 [With many others of the fame Size and Price.] Alfo, 
 
 15. Tom Thumb's Play Boole, to teach children their Letters as foon as 
 
 they can fpeak. Being a new and pleafant method to allure 
 little ones in the firft Principles of Learning. Price only two 
 Pence. 
 
 The following are all price eight Cents each": 
 
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 inations. 
 
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 his Birth, Life, Death, Refurredtion and Afcenfion into 
 Heaven; and his coming again at the great and laft Day of 
 Judgment. 
 
 The following are to be fold at eight Pence each, viz . 
 
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 be good. In two volumes. 
 
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 25. The big Puzzling Cap ; or, a Collection of Riddles. 
 
 26. Mother Goofe's Melody, or Sonnets for the Cradle; being a CoUeftion 
 
 of all the famous Songs of nurfes, ornamented with numerous 
 Cuts. 
 
 27. A Bag of Nuts, ready cracked; being a Colle6lion of Fables, Riddles 
 
 and Conundrums. 
 
 28. The Lottery Book; with Mr. C.'s Alphabet fet to mufick. 
 
 29. The Beauty and the Monfter. Tranflated from the French. 
 
Preface. 13 
 
 The following are fold at one Shilling each : 
 
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 tament. Illuftrated with Notes and adorned with Cuts. For 
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 Maxims. 
 
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 Killer ; to which is added a little Song Book, and Rules for 
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 40. Mafter Columbus's Natural Hiftorv of Birds and Beafts. In 2 vols. 
 
 41. Solomon Winlove's approved Colleilion of Entertaining Stories. 
 
 42. Vice in its Proper Shape ; or, the wonderful and melancholy Trans- 
 
 formation of feveral naughty Mafters and Mifles into thofe 
 contemptible Animals which they moft refembled in Difpofi- 
 tion. Printed for the Benefit of all good Boys and Girls. 
 
 The following are price i^. 2d. each : 
 
 43. A poetical Defcription of Song Birds, with a Drawing of each ; inter- 
 
 fperfed with Songs, Fables and Tales. 
 
 44. The adventures of a Pincufhion. Defigned chiefly for the ufe of 
 
 Young Ladies. 
 
14 Preface. 
 
 45. Memoirs of a Peg Top. 
 
 46. The Holiday Prefent, containing Anecdotes of a worthy Family. 
 
 The following are price is, 8^. each. 
 
 47. The Remarkable and Surprifing Adventures of David Simple; con- 
 
 taining an account of his Travels through the cities of Lon- 
 don and Weftminfter. 
 
 48. The Adventures of Roderick Random ; containing the Remarkable 
 
 Accidents which happened to him and his friend Strap, the 
 Barber. 
 
 49. The Hiftory of Amelia; or, a Defcription of a Young Lady; who, 
 
 from a great Fortune was reduced almoft to Poverty ; 
 with an Account of her recovering it ; for which he [j/V.] 
 was hanged. 
 
 50. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, &c. 
 [With many others of the fame Size and Price.] 
 
 Two fpecimens of Thomas's reprint of Mother Goofe's Melody, each 
 lacking the title page, have been preferved ; and it is from one now owned 
 bv the prefent editor that the following pages are printed in fac-fimile. It 
 will be noted that the original confifts of very fmall pages, four being placed 
 on a page of our copy. 
 
 It is impoflible to fay how long thefe A-Ielodies were iflued by Thomas ; 
 we only ftrike fure ground in the editions printed at Bofton, for Munroe ^ 
 Francis. 
 
 Edmund Munroe and David Francis, printers and bookfellers, began bufi- 
 nefs in 1 801. In 1822 and 1823 they kept at 4 Cornhill, which was the 
 foutherly corner of the prefent Wafliington and Water ftreets. From 1825 
 to 1840, their ftore is called 128 Wafhington ftreet ; after 1841 they were 
 in Devonfhire ftreet, corner of Spring Lane. 
 
 The name of Cornhill was changed to Wafhington ftreet in 1824, and 
 although they remained in the fame ftore, the defignation was altered. They 
 iflued an edition of Mother Goofe, which I am about to defcribe, and 
 though undated, it defcribes them as at 128 Waftiington ftreet. The very 
 perfect copy now owned by Jofeph W, Robbins, of Bofton, has infcribed 
 in it by his infant hand, " in the year 1827." We are thus afllired that the 
 iflTue was not earlier than 1824 "or ^^^s*" ^^an 1827. So, again, on p. 115, 
 
Preface. 15 
 
 we find the early fong of " See-faw facradown, which is the way to Bofton 
 town," amended by the addition of thefe two lines : 
 
 " Boston town's changed into a city, 
 But I've no room to change my ditty." 
 
 As we know, Bofton was chartered in 1822. 
 
 The feventy cuts are there, and are very creditable to the artifts. Bowen's 
 name is figned to one, and his initials to feveral more. N. D., /'. e. Nathan- 
 iel Dearborn, is on feveral, and one is figned, apparently, " Chicket's, fc." 
 Evidently, Munroe y Francis intended to do their beft. 
 
 The laft page is figned " Jemima Goofe," which is interefting, as evidence 
 that no one then aflbciated the book with Elizabeth Vertigoofe, the mother- 
 in-law of John Fleet. 
 
 The book is about four and a half inches tall and three and a half inches 
 wide; the type three and nine-fixteenths inches tall, two and feven-eighths 
 inches wide. 
 
 It feems certain that the compiler of this edition had accefs to Newbery's 
 original, or, more probably, to Thomas's reprint. On p, 44, the footnote 
 is reprinted from one of thefe, almoft verbatim : and no two independent 
 writers would have fo agreed. Again, on p. 80, Newbery's title is copied, 
 *' A logical fong, or, the conjurer's reafon for not getting money." More- 
 over, this fong leems to be peculiar to Newbery, not being in Gammer 
 Gurton's Garland. So, again, Munroe y Francis's book- has the well known 
 quatrain, "Jog on, jog on, the foot path way," which is in Newbery, in 
 the fecond or Shakefperian portion. It is not in Ritfon nor Halliwell. It 
 is to be found in the " Winter's Tale," acS: iv, fcene iii. It is curious to 
 note that the fecond line in Shakefpeare reads, 
 
 "And merrily hent the stile, a." 
 
 This verb '■ hent," being obfolete in the laft century, is replaced here by 
 "mend;" but later it is tranflated as "jump," which feems to be the 
 meaning. 
 
 In iddi. an exa£t comparifon fhows that out of fifty one titles in Newbery 
 forty-eight are in the Bofton edition. The three omitted are — 
 
 p. 23. There was an old woman. 
 
 p. 57. A long tailed pig. 
 
 p. 72. Piping hot. 
 
 AH of which would be defervedly omitted now. 
 
 —3 
 
i6 Preface. 
 
 It is much more difficult to decide whence Munroe y Francis obtained 
 the additions which fo increafed their book. A portion is evidently modern, 
 as for example Sir Walter Scott's " Pibroch of Donnell Dhu," which ap- 
 peared in 1816. But many of thofe melodies which are not in Newbery's 
 book, and are in this, are to be found in Ritfon ; they are, beyond queftion, 
 of confiderable antiquity. 
 
 The outlide cover of this book reads, on the front, 
 
 BOSTON : 
 Printed by Munroe & Francis, 
 128 Washington Street. 
 
 Then comes the true title, as ftiown in fac-Jimi/e : 
 
 ^0t%<t ^00$^'$ G^mvt0 1 
 
 OR 
 
 SOME OP WHICH 
 
 HIVE RECSNTLT BEEN DISCOTEBED AMOBTO THE 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS IN HERCULANEUM, 
 
 AND OF COUaSE BATE BT^TER BEFORE APPEARED IS PaiHT 
 
 THE OTHERS 
 
 OILIOCKTLT COMPARED WITH TBE EMENDATIONS OP, THE HOST 
 
 APPROVED ANNOTATORS, 
 
 THE TROE BSADI5G9 RESTORED, AND CORRUPTIONS EXPnNO.BO. 
 
 WITH COPIOUS EffCRjinftGS. 
 
 COSTON : 
 
 PUBLISHED BY MONROE AND FRANCIS, 
 Na I2« WASHINGTON SXaEET 
 
Preface. 17 
 
 Then follow 118 pages, and I give 2i fac-fimile of the laft page. The 
 outfide cover, rear, reprefents an old woman fitting in a chair, talking to a 
 little boy and girl; under this cut, 128 Waftiington Street: 
 
 118 MOTHER GOOSEYS MELODIES 
 
 WW«/W« 
 
 John O'Gudgeon was a wild man, 
 He wbipt his children now and then. 
 When he whipt theili he made them dance 
 Out of Ireland into Franc©* 
 
 Little Jack Nor/ 
 
 Told -me a story. 
 How he try*d cock-horse to ride. 
 Sword and scabbard by his side, 
 Sacldle, leaden spurs, and switches. 
 His pocket tight with cents a;ll bright. 
 Marbles, tops, counters, props. 
 Now he's put in jacket and breeches. 
 
 %w\w«v 
 
 Ofle-ery, you-ery, e-kery, haven, 
 HoUow-bone, tollow-bone, ten or eleven. 
 Spin, spon, must be done, 
 Hollow..bone, tollofW \^<ix\t, twenty-one> 
 
 JEMIMA GOOSE 
 
 As this edition, as will be fliown, is fubftantially the fame as that copy- 
 righted in 1833, and is the parent of all later iffues, I fubjoin a table of con- 
 tents. The pages cited in the left-hand margin are thofe of the edition of 
 1833. The items marked with a ftar are thofe found in Newbery's and 
 Thomas's edition. Thofe marked C. have a wood-cut; in many cafes the 
 illufbration takes the greater part of the page. 
 
 A few of the more interefting and peculiar rhymes are quoted in full. It 
 fhould be added, that in this edition of Munroe y Francis, quite a number 
 of verbal changes were made from Thomas's text ; but it is needlefs to 
 fpecify them: 
 
i8 Preface. 
 
 Contents. Munroe iff Francis Edition, 1824. 
 
 The north wind doth blow. 
 
 a. Little boy blue, blow your horn. 
 
 b. In the month of fweet April. [Altered in 1833.] 
 
 c. Shoe the horfe and flioe the mare. 
 Baa, baa, black fheep. [N. p. 59.] 
 
 a. This little pig went to market. [N. p. 54.] 
 
 b. Let us go the wood fays this pig. 
 
 I had a little hufband no bigger than my thumb. 
 
 a. Cold and raw the north winds blow. 
 
 b. Bye, baby bunting. 
 
 c. Hufti-a-bye baby, lie ftill with thy daddy. 
 
 a. When I was a little boy, I lived by myfelf. [N. p. 51.] 
 
 b. Great A, little a, bouncing B. [N. p. 28] 
 
 a. " Ride a cock horfe to Banbury crofs 
 To fee what Tommy can buy." [N. p. 33.] 
 
 b. Ride away, ride away, Johnny fliall ride. 
 Sing, fing, what fhall I fing? 
 Jack Sprat could eat no fat. [N. p. 43.] 
 
 a. Telltale tit. [N. p. 45.] 
 
 b. Peafe porridge hot. [N. p 41.] 
 
 a. Little King Boggen he built a fine hall. 
 
 b. How many days has my baby to play. 
 
 c. Wafh me and comb me. 
 [^Cut here in white line Chiket's fc] Cufliy cow, bonny, 
 
 let down your milk. 
 
 a. Three wife men of Gotham. [N. p. 21.] 
 
 b. Harry come parry, when will you marry. 
 Robert Barns, fellow fine. 
 
 a. Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker's man. [N. p. 49.] 
 
 b. Ride a cock horfe to Banbury crofs. 
 To fee an old woman jump on a black horfe. [Altered in 
 
 1833-] 
 
 c. How many miles to Babylon. 
 There was an old woman lived under a. hill. [N. p. 24.] 
 [N.D.] Hark, hark, the dogs do bark. 
 [AB.] The man in the moon came down too foon. 
 
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 1.883 1824 Contents, etc.— Continued. 
 
 edition, edition. ' 
 
 Page. Page. 
 
 18. *24. a. Shoe the colt. [N. p. 30.] 
 
 28. b. Lavender blue and Rofemary Green. 
 
 c. Rain, rain, go awa/. 
 
 There was an old woman who lived in a (hoe. 
 Hey, my kitten, my kitten. [N. p. 53.] 
 I'll fing you a fong, of the days that are long. 
 
 a. The lion and the unicorn. 
 
 b. Arthur O'Bower has broken his band. 
 To bed, to bed, fays Sleepy-Head. 
 Blefs you, blefs you, burnie-bee, 
 
 Tell me where my true love be. [10 lines, modern.] 
 Hufh-a-bye, baby, upon the tree-top. [N. p. 39,] 
 
 a. Diglety diddledy, my mammy's maid. 
 
 b. There was a man of our town. [N. p. 55.] 
 Ding, dong, bell, PulTy cat's in the well. [N. p. 25.] 
 
 a. Little Johnnie Pringle had a little pig. [N. p. 15.] 
 
 b. The rofe is red, the violet blue. 
 Sing a fong of fixpence. 
 
 a. Continued. 
 
 b. Lady bird, lady bird, fly away home. 
 *37. C. a. Who comes here, a Grenadier. [N. p. 42.] 
 
 b. "Kit and Kitterit and Kitterit's mother. 
 All went over the bridge together-, 
 The bridge broke down, they all fell in, 
 'Good luck go with you,' fays Tom Bolin." 
 Johnny (hall have a new bonnet. 
 [Bowen, fc.J Bobby Shaftoe's gone to fea. 
 
 a. "Hey! rub-a-dub, ho! rub-a-dub, three maids in a tub, 
 And who do you think were there.'' 
 The butcher, the baker, the candlefl-ick maker, 
 And all of them gone to the fair." 
 
 15. * b. Alfred and Richard were two pretty men. [N. p. 60.] 
 
 50. 41. C. a, Tom, Tom, the piper's fon. 
 64. b. Jog on, jog on, the footpath way. 
 
 And merrily jump the ftyle, a'. [N. p. 91.] 
 *42. a. Little Jack Horner. [N. p. 40.] 
 
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20 Preface. 
 
 1833 .1824 Contents, etc. — Continued. 
 
 edition, edition. ' 
 
 Page. Page. 
 
 77. b. There was a piper had a cow. 
 
 53. 43. C. Pretty John Watts, We are troubled with rats. 
 
 *44. a. fHigh diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle. [N. p. 32.] 
 
 f[FooT NOTE. — "Surely it muft have been a little dog, for a great dog 
 would have been too wife to laugh at fuch nonfenfe."] 
 b. Robin a bobbin, the big bellied hen. 
 [Same as cover.] 
 45. C. Little Mifs Muffett. 
 15. *46. C. a. Round about, round about, Goofeberry pie. [N p 36.] 
 73, * b. The fow came in with a faddle. [N. p. 63.] 
 
 57. *47. C. Boys and girls come out to play. [N. p, 66.] 
 
 48. a. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. 
 
 b. As I went in the garden, I faw five brave maids. 
 69. c. The girl in the lane. That could not fpeak plain. 
 
 37. 49. C. a. There was an old woman and what do you think. 
 b. "Oneery, you-ery, ekery, Ann, 
 Phillify, follyfy, Nicholas, John. 
 Quee-bee, quaw-bee, Irifli Mary, 
 Stinkle-em, ftankle-em, buck." 
 There were two birds fat upon a flone. [N. p. 38.] 
 Little Johnny Tucker, Sing for your fupper. [N. p. 26,] 
 
 a. "There was a little man, And he had a little gun, 
 And his bullets were made of lead ; 
 He fhot John Sprig, Through the middle of his wig, 
 And knocked it right off his head." 
 
 b. There was a man and he had naught. 
 Jemmy Jed went into the fhed. 
 
 a. PufTy cat, pufTy cat, where have you been. 
 
 b. ''Liar, liar, lickfpit. 
 Turn about the candleftick; 
 What is good for liars 
 Brimftone and fires." 
 
 55. C. "See -faw, down in my lap, 
 Up again on her feet ; 
 Little girl loft her white cap. 
 Blown away in the ftreet.** 
 
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Preface. 21 
 
 1833. 1824. Contents, etc. — Continued. 
 
 edition, edition. 
 Page. Page. 
 
 60. *56. Trip upon trenchers (flightly altered). [N. p. 17.] 
 *57. C. "Three children playing on the ice 
 
 All on a fummer's day ; 
 As it fell out, they all fell in, ^ 
 
 The reft they ran away. 
 
 '* Now had thefe children been at fchool, 
 Or playing on dry ground, 
 Ten thoufand pounds to a fingle cent 
 
 They had not all been drowned." [N. p. 47.] 
 
 4. 58. a. There was a mad man. And he had a mad wife. 
 27. b. Hogs in the garden, catch 'em Towfer. 
 
 30. 59. C. You owe me five (hillings, fay the bells of St. Helen's. 
 60. a. Continued [ii verfes]. 
 65. b. When I was a little he. 
 
 61. 61. C. a. What's the news of the day.? 
 
 5. b. " To market, to market, to buy a penny bun, 
 
 Home again, home again, market is done." 
 14. 62. a. There were two blind men went to fee. 
 
 38. b. The little black dog ran 'round the houfe. 
 
 c. " [Wardrobe of the renowned Thomas Thumb, Efq., of 
 Thumb hall, Thumbfliire.]" 
 An oaken leaf he had for his crown, etc. 
 " Tom, Tom, of Iflington, 
 Married a wife on Sunday." 
 a. One, two, buckle my fhoe. 
 
 Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my fon John. 
 Puffy fits behind the log. 
 a. There was an old woman toft up in a blanket. 
 Jacky, come give me thy fiddle. 
 Smiling girls, rofy boys. 
 Continued. [Modern.] 
 Away pretty Robin. [Modern.] 
 Continued. 
 
 Fa, fe,'fi, fo, fum, I fmell the blood of an Engliftiman. 
 Pretty bee, do not buzz about over the flower. [Modern.] 
 Coniinued. 
 
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22 Preface. 
 
 1833 1824 Contents, etc. — Contents. 
 
 edition, edition. ' 
 
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 b. The cuckoo's a bonny bird. 
 73. C. <7. Bow, wow, wow. [N. p. 58.] 
 
 b. Drunken Tom, with jacket blue. 
 74. a. Saturday night fhall be my whole care. 
 
 * b. 1 won't be my father's Jack. [N. p. 20.] 
 
 c. " Hey, ding a ding, I heard a bird fing, 
 The parliament foldiers are gone to the King." 
 
 *75. C. What care I how black I be. [N. p. 44.] 
 *76. a. We're three brethren out of Spain. [N. p. 64.] 
 
 b. Once in my life I married a wife. 
 77. C. When the fnow is on the ground. [Modern.] 
 ""■78. a. Here's A. B. C. [N. p. 70; altered in 1833.] 
 
 * b. There was an old man, And he had a calf. [N. p. 22. J 
 *79. C. Is Mafter Smith within.? [N. p. 31,] 
 *8o. a. A logical fong, or, the conjurer's reafon for not getting 
 
 money. [N. p. 68.] 
 
 b. An Indian giant's fifliing tackle. 
 
 47. 81. C. Bonny lafs, bonny lafs, will you be mine ? 
 
 81. 62. a. Mary, Mary, quite contrary. 
 
 20. b. I'll tell you a ftory. About Mother Morey. 
 
 c. Thirty days hath September. 
 
 84. *83. C. a. One, two, three, four, five. [N. p. 46.] 
 88. b. Milkman, milkman, where have you been. 
 
 a. When the twifter a twifting will twift him a twine. 
 
 b. Cock a doodle doo. My dame has loft her fhoe. [N. 
 
 P- 34-] 
 C. As I was going to fell my eggs. 
 Cut '^B." 
 
 a. I had a little hobby-horfe, And it was dapple-gray. 
 
 b. Go to bed, Tom. 
 
 c. There were two black birds fitting on a hill. [N. p. 65.] 
 C. a. Little Robin Redbreaft fat upon a tree. 
 
 b. Blefs you, blefs you, Burny bee, 
 
 Say, when will your wedding be ? [4 lines.] 
 
 a. TafFy was a Welchman. 
 
 b. One mifty, moifty morning. 
 
 c. Shake a leg, wag a leg, when will you gang } 
 
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 53- 
 
 
Preface. 
 
 23 
 
 1833 1824 Contents, etc. — Continued. 
 
 edition, edition. ' 
 
 Page. Page. 
 
 6. 90. C. a. The man in the wildernefs afked me. 
 
 80. b. See-faw, Jack-a-daw. 
 71. 91. C. Pibroch of Donnell Dhu. 
 
 92. Continued. 
 
 93. a. do. 
 
 42. b. Old Miftrcfs M'Shuttle. 
 
 80. c. Rock-a-by, baby, thy cradle is green. 
 
 89. *94. C. a. There was an old woman, 
 
 She fold puddings and pies. [N. p. 62.] 
 
 66. b. Charley loves good cake and ale. 
 
 92. 95. C. Willy boy, Willy boy, where are you going .? 
 
 75. *96. C. a. Hickory, dickory, dock. [N. p. 73.] 
 
 II. b. When I was a little boy, I waftied my mammy's difhes. 
 
 87. *97. C. See, faw, Margery Daw. [N. p. 27.] 
 
 *98. a. When I was a little boy, I had but little wit. [N. p. 50.] 
 
 85. b. As I was going to St. Ives. 
 20. 99. C. Sweep, fweep, chimney fweep. 
 
 67. 103. C. a. Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater. 
 
 86. * b. Crofs patch draw the latch. 
 69. 101. C. Goofey, goofey, gander. 
 
 58. 102. C a. Ride a cock-horfe to Banbury crofs. 
 
 To buy little Johnny a galloping horse. 
 b, " One-erzol, zu-erzol, zig-erzol zan, 
 Bob-tail, vinegar, little tall Tan, 
 Harum, fcarum. Virgin Marum, blindfold." 
 82. 103. C. When I was a little boy my mother kept me in, 
 
 16. 103. We will go to the wood, fays Richard to Robin. 
 
 104. Continued. 
 
 [The pagination wrong in this form.] 
 48. 106. London Bridge is broken down. 
 
 107. do. 
 
 108. a. do. 
 
 34. b. Hey, ding-a-ding, what fhall I fing .? 
 
 78. 109. C. a. Handy-fpandy, Jacky Dandy. 
 
 65. b. I had a little doll, the prettieft ever feen. 
 
 no. a. Fee, fau, foe, fum. [See p. 70.] 
 
 68. * b. Jack and Jill went up the hill. [N. p. 37.] 
 
24 
 
 1833 1824 
 
 edition, edition, 
 
 Page. Page. 
 
 20. 
 
 
 63. 
 
 III. C 
 
 
 *II2. 
 
 
 »i3- 
 
 
 114. 
 
 8. 
 
 115. c 
 
 64. 
 
 * 
 
 Preface. 
 
 Contents, etc. — Continued. 
 
 c. Nofe, nofe, jolly red nofe. 
 
 Up in a green orchard there is a green tree. 
 There was a little man, and he wooed a little maid, 
 do. 
 do. (Altered.) [N. p. 11.] 
 
 a. Snail, fnail, come out of your hole. 
 
 b. " See, faw, facradown, facradown. 
 Which is the way to Bofton town ? 
 
 One foot up the other foot down, 
 That is the way to Bolton town. 
 Bofton town's chang'd into a city, 
 But I've no time to change my ditty." [N. p. 29.] 
 52. 116. a. Little lad, little lad, where waft thou born ? 
 
 89. b. A cow and a calf. 
 
 61. * c. There was an old man in a velvet coat. [N. p. 35.] 
 
 40. 117. a. Dear fenfibility, O la ! 
 
 36. b. Daffy down dilly is new come to town. 
 
 67. 118. a. John O'Gudgeon was a wild man. 
 
 91. h. Little Jack Nory, told me a ftory. 
 
 118, c. One-ery, you-ery, ekery, haven. 
 
 Hollow-bone, tollow bone, ten or eleven. 
 
 Spin, fpun, muft be done, 
 
 Hollow-bone, toUow-bone, twenty-one." 
 
 Jemima Goose. 
 
 In 1833 i^unroe & Francis iffued a new edition, for which they fecured 
 copyright. As will be feen by the table of contents juft given, nearly all 
 the rhymes of the firft iffue were retained in this, but the order was entirely 
 altered. The additions are very few and trifling, except the following 
 three : 
 
 " 'Twas once upon a time, when Jenny Wren was young." 
 *' As I was going to Derby, upon a market day." 
 "When good King Arthur ruled the land." 
 
Preface. 
 
 25 
 
 The title is as follows, the covers bearing a cut of a woman with agoofe's 
 head, etc. : 
 
 MOTHER GOOSE'S 
 
 MELODIES. 
 
 The only Pufe Edition. 
 
 ALL THAT HAVE EVE ft COME TO LIGHT OP ,HEE 
 MBMORABX.E WRITINGS, 
 
 TftOrrHEK 
 
 WITH THOSE WHICH HAVB BEiJ* DISCOVERED AMONG THB'MSS. OF 
 
 HERCULANEUM: 
 
 LIKtWIJB 
 
 B7KRT ONB RCCEITTLV FOnMD IN THE SAME STONB BOX 
 
 WHICH BOLD TBB OOLOEM PLATES OF THE BOOR OF MOEKOS. 
 
 THE WHOLE 
 
 COMPARED, REVISED, AND SANCTIONED, 
 BT one or 
 
 THE ANNOTATORS OF THE GOOSE FAMILY. 
 
 WITH MANT NEW ENaHAVINOS. 
 
 Entered, tecorHini; to Act of Congress, in the year 1833, by Mcimoi Sc Prarcu, j 
 (a the C)erb'« office, of the Dtstoct Coart of MaafacbuMtta. j 
 
 jlrtn^nrkjnlilSnatnti: 
 
 C. S. FRANCIS AND COMPANY. 
 
 Ninety-fix pages, beginning on p. 3. Page i is title, p. 2 is an addrefs 
 
26 
 
 Preface. 
 
 to the readers. The pages are 3!^ in. wide by 4.^ in. high, and have a ruled 
 border. The laft page is here given m fac-fimile : 
 
 GOOSE'S QUARTO 
 
 WITH SEVENTY ENGRAVINGS. 
 
 96 
 
 ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 My young friends, when yon have read the Verses 
 
 in this Booi[, I recommend that you 
 
 purchase my new volume of 
 
 raiHEI, MYiES h JIIILES, 
 
 WmOH CONTAHTS THE BZMAtinnft OV 
 
 BESIDES SOME NEW STORIES, SUCH AS FOLLOW :— 
 
 * THE KID THAT WOITLDN'T GO.* 
 
 * HITTERY TITTERY, WHO WENT UP CHIMNEY.* 
 
 * THE DEATH OP LITTLE JENNY WREN, AND WHAT THE 
 DOCTORS SAID ABOUT HER.' 
 
 * THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT/ 
 
 &C. &C. &C. 
 
 Illustrated with new and beautiful Pictures, 
 
 Although I have not feen this book, I prefume that it was printed, and 
 may yet be found. 
 
 In i860 a new copyright was obtained by James Miller, 647 Broadway, 
 New York, fuccefTor to C. I. Francis ^ Co., but the changes are not very 
 great from the Bofton edition. 
 
 I believe that this particular edition is no longer in print, and the rival 
 
Preface. 
 
 27 
 
 ifTues of McLoughlin Bros., of New York, and others, feem to hold the 
 market. 
 
 A friend in Bofton, poflefles a copy, given him in 1843, °^ ^ different 
 colledlion. It is entitled, " Mother Goofe's Quarto, or, Nurfery Melodies, 
 embelliflied with two hundred engravings. New York : Publiftied by 
 Edward Dunigan, 151 Fulton Street." No date, 94 pages, not numbered. 
 
 Among curiofities I would clafs an edition copyrighted in 1848, by 
 George S. Appleton, of Philadelphia, ftyled " Mother Goofe in Hieroglyph- 
 ics;" and one iffued by George Routledge & Sons, New York, illuftrated by 
 Kate Greenway, *'as originally engraved and printed by Edmund Evans." 
 What this laft phrafe means I do not know. 
 
 Englifli publifhers, alfo, now fend forth enormous editions, and this little 
 book feems to promife to reach wherever babies are taught the Englifh lan- 
 guage. 
 
 As to the merits of Newbery's collection, little need be faid. Moft of 
 the rhymes thus brought together are ftill in vogue; two or three are coarfe 
 or trivial, and are unworthy of continuance. In Ritfon I find many added 
 which are now favorites, and Halliwell has a few. It has been abundantly 
 pointed out, efpecially by Halliwell, that fome of thefe rhymes were in ufe 
 in Shakefpeare's time and even earlier. 
 
 "The Queen of Hearts, fhe made fome tarts," four long ftanzas, is 
 quoted in Notes and ^eries^ 3d S., viii, 133, from the European Magazine^ 
 1782, vol. i, p. 252. Again in Notes and ^eries, 5th S., v, 366, Dr. Rim- 
 bault writes : 
 
 "In a fong entitled *The London Medley,' printed in The Aviary^ 1744? 
 the following are quoted: 
 
 ' Colly, my cow.' 
 
 'Tom Farthing.' 
 
 ' Old Obadiah fings Ave Maria.' 
 
 'Sing, lullaby, baby, on the tree top.' 
 
 'An old woman and her cat fat by the fire.' 
 
 ' There was an old woman fold puddings and pies.' " 
 
 In "The Faftiionable Lady, or, Harlequin's Opera," 1730, mention is 
 made of "London bridge is broken down;" and in "The Grub Street 
 Opera," 1731, the finale is dire£led to be fung to the tune of "Little Jack 
 Horner." 
 
28 Preface. 
 
 In Notes and ^eries, 4th S., vii, 386, it is ftated that in Grajion's Chroni- 
 cle^ dated 1570, is the following: 
 
 " Thirty days hath November, 
 April, June and September, 
 February hath twenty-eight alone 
 And all the rest have thirty-one." 
 
 In Winder's Almanac for 1636, printed at Cambridge, is this verfion: 
 
 " April, June and September 
 Thirty days have, as November ; 
 Each month else doth never vary 
 From thirty-one save February, 
 Which twenty-eight doth still confine 
 Save on leap-year, then twenty-nine." 
 
 This rhyme, although not to be found in Mother Goofe, is fo univerfally 
 taught to children, that I hope its introdu£tIon here is excufable. 
 
 As to what fliould conftitute a ftandard edition of Mother Goofe, I ven- 
 ture to make a clofing suggeftion. 
 
 Corruptions of the text have crept into many of the late editions, and mod- 
 ern imitations have been foifted in too often. It is to be hoped that hereafter 
 thefe objectionable features will difappear, and that future generations of 
 babies will be carefully foothed only by fuch verfes as have been duly ap- 
 proved by their predeceflbrs, and handed down, not fimply by oral tranfmis- 
 fion, but by the fafeguard of an immaculate text. 
 
 As a contribution to this end, I would fuggeft that the ftandard text 
 fhould confift of Newbery's book (omitting the rhymes on pp. 11-14, 15, 
 16, 62 and 68), and fuch additions from Ritfon and Halliwell as bear internal 
 evidence of antiquity, and are true ''Nurfery Rhymes." Many of thofe 
 which are wanting in Newbery's firft colieition, have fince been added, and 
 have become fo endeared to later generations, that their omiflion would be 
 unjuftifiable. But for the nurfery ufe, a wife difcrimination fhould be ftiown, 
 and many rhymes rejected which are old, indeed, but unfuitable. 
 
 That fuch a text may be prepared, and that this attempt to trace the lite- 
 rary hiftory of a moft remarkable volume, may be of fervice therefor, is the 
 fincere wifh of the present editor. 
 
 W. H. W. 
 
 Boston, Sept. 6th, 1890. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 By a very Great Writer of 
 very Littie Books. 
 'UCH might be faid in favour of 
 this colleclion, but as we have 
 no room for critical difquifitions we 
 (hall only obferve to our readers, 
 that the cuftom of fingingtheferongs 
 and lullabies to children is of great 
 antiquity : It is even as old as the 
 time of the ancient Druids. Cliarac 
 tatus, King of the Britons, was rocK.- 
 ed in his Cradle in the lile of Mona, 
 now called /inglefea^ and tuned to 
 fleep by Tome of ihefe foporiferous 
 fonnets. As the beft things howev. 
 er, may be made an ill uic of, fo ibis 
 kind of compofitions has been em- 
 ployed in a fatirical manner of 
 which we havea rcmaxkablc instance 
 fo ftr back as the reign of king Hen- 
 ry Jhe fifth. When that great monarch 
 
 i* R £ F A C ^. 
 
 _ tr 
 
 
 ■■^3z 
 
 PREFACE. vil 
 
 turned his arms agaiiift. JViinrr, he 
 compofed the preceding march to 
 lead his troops to Battle, well know- 
 ing that mufick had often the power 
 of Infpiring courage, efpecially in 
 theminds of good men. Of this his 
 cndmiestook advantage, and. as our 
 happy nation, even at that time, was 
 never without a faftion, fame of the 
 malcontents adopted the following 
 words to the king's own march, in 
 order to ridicule his majefty, and to 
 fheW the folly and impoflibility of 
 his undertaking. 
 There waj an oil woman tofs''d in a blanket. 
 
 Seventeen times as high as ;he nsoon j 
 But where fhe ^as £oirg nc mortal could tell. 
 
 For under l-erarrri ihe firtiec a hroom. 
 Old wonvao, old wdrnan, old womai;, feidl 
 Whtiher, ah whither, «h whither fo' hii;!) ? 
 
 To rWeep the cc)"6wel>s froih the /ky. 
 
 And rUiwivitli/dttby and by. 
 
 Kcre 
 
 viii PREFACE. 
 
 Here the king is reprefented as an, 
 old woman, engaged in a purfuit the 
 moft abfurd and extravagant imagin- 
 able ; but when he had routed the 
 whole French army at the battle of 
 Jlgincourt^ taking their king ahd the 
 ilower of their nobility prifoncrs, 
 and with ten thoufand men only 
 jTjadc himfclf mafter of their king- 
 dom ; the very men who had ridi- 
 culed him before, began to think 
 nothing was too arduous for him to 
 furmount, they therefore cancelled 
 the former fonnct, which they were 
 now afhamed of, and fubftitutedthis 
 jn its ftead, which you will pleafe 
 to obferve goes to the fume tunc. 
 So vaftis the pr iweft of Harry the Grear« 
 
 He'll pluck a-Ha-rfrom the pale fac'<l mooa i 
 Or a Ion familiarly.take-iy^he tooth, 
 
 And lead him abaat4l^p,i4^]ca4 ^ha^oon. 
 
 All, 
 
i^ 
 
 PREFACE. 
 
 JX 
 
 All Princes and potentates under the fun, 
 Through fear into corners and holes away run 
 While no dangers nor dread his fwift progrefs 
 
 retards, 
 For he deals about kingdoms as w£ do our cards. 
 
 When this was fhewn to his maj- 
 cfty he fmilingly fafd that folly al- 
 ways deall in extravagancies, and 
 that knaves fometimes put on the 
 garb of fools to promote in that dif- 
 guife their own wicked defigns, 
 ** The flattery in the laft (fays he) is 
 more infulting than the impudence 
 of the firft, and to weak minds might 
 do more mifchief ; but wc have the 
 old proverb in our izvo\xr—If we do 
 notjlatter ourf elves ^ thtjlatUry of oth' 
 ers will never hurt us.!' 
 
 We cannot conclude without ob- 
 ferving, the great probability there 
 is that the cuftom of making Non- 
 fen/e Verjcs in our fchools was bor- 
 
 or PREFACE. 
 
 rowed from this praftice among the 
 old Brilijh nurfes ; they have, in- 
 deed, been always the firft precep- 
 tors of the youth of this kingdom, 
 and from them the rudiments of taftc 
 and learning are naturally derived. 
 Let none therefore fpeak irreverent- 
 ly of this ancient maternity, as they 
 maybeconfideredas the great grand- 
 mothers of fcicnce and knowledge. 
 
 Mother GOO^E's^ Melody 
 
 ^LOVE SONG 
 
 THERE was a little man, 
 Who wooed a little maid ; 
 And he faid, little Maid^ will you 
 
 ' wed, wed, wed ? 
 I have little more to fay. 
 So "Will you aye or nay, 
 - sr the lead faid is fooneft men-dcd^ 
 ded, ded» 
 
 II. Then 
 
 12 Mother GOOSE'S Melody, 
 
 ir. 
 
 Then replied the little Maid, 
 
 Little Sir, you've Httle faid 
 
 To induce a little Maid for to wed, 
 
 wed, wed ; 
 You muft fay a little more, 
 Arid produce a little Ore, 
 E'er I make a little Prhit in your 
 
 Bed. Bed, Bed. 
 
 in. 
 
 Thpti the little Man reply'd, 
 If you'll be my little Bride, 
 I'll raife my Love Notes a little 
 
 higher, higher, higher ; 
 Tho' my offers are not meet, 
 Yet jny little Heart is great. 
 With the little God of Love all on 
 
 Fire, Fire, Fire. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Then the little Maid reply'd, 
 Should I be your little Bride, 
 
 —5 
 
Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 13 
 
 Pray wliat muft we have for to eal, 
 
 cat, cat ? A . , • 
 
 Wifi the Flame that you're fo rich m 
 Light a F>rc in the Kitchen, 
 Or the little God of Love turtv the 
 Sjpit; Spit, Spit ? 
 
 V. 
 
 Then the little man he fighM, 
 
 And, fome fay, a little cry'd, 
 
 For his little Heart was big wuk 
 
 Sorrow, Sorrow, Sorrow j 
 As I am your little Slave, 
 If the little that I have 
 Be too little, little, we will borrow, 
 
 borrow, borrow. 
 
 He who borrows is anothcir Man's 
 Slave, and pawns his Honour, his Liber- 
 ty, and fometimes his Nofe for the pay- 
 ment. Learo to Uvc on a little, and be 
 independent. P«tck on Prudence. 
 
 VI. Then 
 
 14 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Then the little Man fo gent, 
 Made the Utile Maid relent, 
 An<lfct.hcrlictielleartathink-k.jng 
 
 king, Uing* 
 Tho' his Offers were bu^ fmall, 
 She took his little All, 
 She could have but the Cat and her 
 
 Skin, Skin, Skin. 
 
 Motlier GOOSE'S Melody. 15 
 
 
 A DIRGE. 
 
 LITTLE Betty WinckU Ihelvad a 
 Pig, 
 It v.-as a little Pig itot Vtry big ? 
 When he was alive "he liv'd in Clo- 
 ver, 
 But now he's dead, and that's all 
 Johnny Winchk, he [over ; 
 
 Sale down and cry'd, 
 B''tly IVinckU fhc 
 
 Laid down anddy'd ; 
 So there was an End of one, two, 
 and three, 
 
 Johnny 
 
 i6 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 
 
 JoKnny WinckU He, 
 Betty W'znc.l&She, 
 And Piggy Wiggle. 
 
 A Dirge is a Song tnide for the Bead ; 
 but whether this was made for Bttty Winckle 
 or her Pig, is uncertain ; no Notice being 
 take^ of it by Camidtn^ or any of the fatnous 
 Antiquarians. |4 ) 
 
 JTa'/'f Syftemo£S<jnfe. 
 
 ^^ 
 
Mother GOOSE's Melody, r^ 
 
 A melancholy SONG. 
 
 TRIP upon Trenchers, 
 And dance upon Diflves, 
 My mother fcnt me for lome Bawn, 
 
 fome Bawn : 
 She bid mc tread lightly, 
 And cojme again q^uickly. 
 For fear the young Men fhould do 
 
 me fome Harm. 
 Yet did'nt you fee. 
 Yet did'nt you fee, [^on me 
 
 What naughty tricks they put up 
 
 i» Xhcy 
 
 1 8 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 They broke my Pitcher, 
 
 >\nd fpilt the Water, 
 
 And huffed my Mother, 
 
 Aud chid herX)aughter, 
 
 And kifs'd my^Slfter inflead of mc* 
 
 What a SucccfTion of misfortunes befcl tlii? 
 poor Girl ! But the laft Cjrcumlhnce was the 
 Mod affefting, and mfght have'provcd fatal. 
 fViri/lou's View of Bath. 
 
 t t ft t 
 
 Mother GOOSE-'s Melody. 19 
 
 CROSS Patch draw the Latch, 
 Set by the Fire and ipin ; 
 TaTce a cup and drink it tip, 
 Then call your Neighbours in, 
 
 A common Cafe this, to call in onr Nei;;h- 
 bours to rejoice when all the good Liquor :s 
 gpnc. i'tinj. 
 
 Amp.hiqm's 
 
 20- Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 Aiivuickii's SONG of EvT.y Vict, 
 
 IWONllberoy Father's Jack, 
 I. wd^*lbe mv Father's Gill', 
 X will be tKe Fiddler's Wife, 
 And have Mufick when 1 will. 
 T'ath^i tit't Je tunc, 
 T*otTter little Tune, 
 Prithee, Love, play me 
 T'other little Tune. 
 
 Ma«w.* There arts re th? mod valuable 
 fwhieh are of thcgrea.cil ufe. ^^j. „„ 
 
 —6 
 
/ /) 
 
 Mother COOSE^s Melody, at 
 
 ?3 
 
 ^HREEwife Men of Gotham 
 ^ They went to Sea in a Bowl» 
 Ami if the Bowl had been fttonger 
 My Song had been lotigeir. 
 
 It is long enough. N^ever laSMOt tie toCa 
 of what it not wo»h h&ving. Sejlt'- 
 
 THERE 
 
 32 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 TBlSRE was an old Man, 
 And he had a Calf, 
 And that's Half ; 
 He fook h'lBi out of the Stall, 
 And put him on the Wall, 
 4ind that's all. 
 
 Maxim, Thofe who are given to tell alt 
 th«y know generally tell more thabi they 
 know 
 
 THERE 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 23 
 
 THhRE Wub ati 01.. vv ouian 
 Liv'd under a Hill, 
 She put a fnoufe in a Ba^ 
 And fent it to Mill : 
 The Miller did fwcar 
 By the point of his Knife, 
 He never took Toll 
 Of a Moufe in his Life. 
 
 The only Inftance of 3" MflleY teTufing Toll, 
 snd for which the Cat has jvft CaufV of Com- 
 plaint r^aitvft bim; Ceh \ipoTiXi(tle'oti. 
 
 24 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 THERE was an old Woman 
 Liv'd under a HilU 
 And if Ihe isn't gone 
 She lives there ftill. 
 
 This is a Tclf evident Propofition, which ?i 
 the very EHence of Truth She lived tinier 
 the Hill, and if/he is ret gortejhr itvei there fiill. 
 Nobody will ti'refutne to conuadift this. 
 
 ' Crauja. 
 
 PLATO'S 
 
^ } 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 25 
 
 PLATO'S SONG. 
 
 DING dong Bell, 
 The Cat is in the Well. 
 Who put her in ? 
 Little Johnny Green. 
 What a naughty Boy was that. 
 To drojvn Poor Puffy Cat, 
 Who never did any Harm, 
 And kill'd the Mice ia his Father's 
 Barn, 
 
 Maxim. iTe thfft injures one t^reatn 
 ens an Hundred, 
 
 LITTLE. 
 
 s6 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 
 
 LITTLE Tom Txuker 
 Sings for his Supper j 
 What (Hall he eat ? 
 White Bread and Butter : 
 How will he cut it, 
 Without e're a Knife ? 
 How will he be marriedj 
 Without e^er a Wife ? 
 
 To be married without a wife i? a terrible 
 Thing, and to be married with a bad Wife is 
 
 fcmctlniig^wotfes .Howeyer, % gopd WUe that 
 fings well iitke 'ieit aufical lajftjiumfnt «p th« 
 
 Mother GOOSE's Melody. ^^ 
 
 SE faw, Margery Daw, 
 Jacky fhall have a new Mailer ; 
 jfacky muft have but a Penny a Day, 
 Becaufe he can work no fafter. 
 
 It !6a me&n and fcandalous Practice in Au- 
 thors to put Notes to Things that defervc no 
 ^]ouce. 
 
 Grotius, 
 
 CHEAT 
 
 28 Mother GOOSE'S Melody* 
 
 GREAT Ar little, a, 
 Bbuncing B ; 
 The Cat's in the Cupboard, 
 And (he can't fee. 
 
 . Ye» (he can fee that yott arc qaugHtXr ^^^ 
 4Q%'t mind yourJBook. "" 
 
 S£ 
 
Mother GOOSE'S Mclodjr. 29 
 
 SE faw, facaradowti. 
 Which is the Wzy to .Bojlori 
 I'own ? 
 One Foot up the other Foot down. 
 That is the Way to Bqfiori TbWn. 
 
 Or to any other Town upon the Face of the 
 £aith* 
 
 SHOE 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S MeIod>r. 3s 
 
 IS J^ohn Smith within ? 
 Yes, that he is. 
 Can he fet a Shoe ? 
 Aye, marry two. 
 Here a Nail, and there a Nail, 
 Tick, tack, too. 
 
 Maxim. Krtowled^e i» ^ Trealgre, but 
 Prjftice is the Key to it. 
 
 HIGH 
 
 30 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 
 
 SHOE the Colt, 
 Shoe the Colt, 
 Shoe the wild Mare j 
 Here a nail, 
 There a Nail, 
 Yet fhe goes bare. 
 
 Ay, ay, drive ^he Nail when it will go : 
 That's the Way of ihe World, and is ilie 
 Method pUrfoed by all our Financisis^ Poli- 
 ticians, and Necromancers. 
 
 IS 
 
 32 Mother GOOSE'S Melody, 
 
 HIGH diddle, diddle. 
 The Cat and the Fiddle, 
 The Cow jump'd over the Moon ; 
 The little Dog laugh'd 
 To fee fuch Craft, 
 
 And the Difh ran away with the 
 Spoon. 
 
 It xnuft be a little Dog that laugh'd, for a 
 great Dog would be afhwncd to laugh at fuch 
 Nonfenfe, 
 
 RIDE 
 
Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 33 
 
 
 IDE a Cock Horfe 
 To Banbury Crofs, 
 To fee what Tommy can buy ; 
 A Penny white Loaf, 
 A penny white Cake, 
 
 And a Two penny Apple Pye. 
 
 There's a good Boy, eat up your Pye and 
 hold your Tongue ; for Silence is ihe Ggn o£ 
 Wjfdora, 
 
 COCK 
 
 34 Mother GOOSE'« Melody. 
 
 COCK a doodle doo» 
 My Dame has loft her Shoe ; 
 My Maaefs loft his Fiddle Stick, 
 And knovs not what to do. 
 
 The Cock crows us up early in the Morn- 
 ing, ih-t we fray work for Our Bread, and not 
 live upf'n Cbau>y or upon Troft } /*' ^* ivho 
 lives iifon Charity f^aU bt often affronted^ end 
 6a that Hvtt H/en Tryjijhallfaj double^. 
 
 THERE 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 35 
 
 THERE was an old Man 
 In a Velvet Coat^ 
 He kifs'd a Maid 
 And gave her a Groat ; 
 The Groat it was crackt, 
 And would not go, 
 Ah, old Man, d'you ferve me fo? 
 
 Maxim, 
 
 If the Coat be ever fo fine that a Fool 
 wears, it is Hill but a fool's Coat. 
 
 ROUND 
 
 36 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 
 L^l 
 
 ^^^P 
 
 X' — '' 
 
 z^ 
 
 
 _-,_:,^ 31 
 
 Bkiiii 
 
 iiiiiiilillll 
 
 OUND about, round about, 
 Magotty Pye ; 
 My Father loves good Ale, 
 And fodo I. 
 
 Maxim, 
 
 Evil Company makes the Good bad aad 
 cbe Bad worfc. 
 
 JACK 
 
Mother GOOSE's Melody. 37 
 
 'TACK and Gill 
 J Went up the Hill, 
 
 To fetch a Pail of Water ; 
 Jack fell down 
 And broke his Crown, 
 
 And Gill came tumbling after, 
 
 Maxim* 
 
 The more you think of dyings the bettc< 
 you will live, 
 
 Aristotle's 
 
 38 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 Aristotle's STORY. 
 
 THERE were two JSirds fat on 
 & Stone, 
 
 Fa, la, la, la, lal, de ; [one. 
 One flew away, and then there was 
 
 Fa, la, la, la, lal, de ; 
 The other flew after, 
 And then there was none. 
 Fa, la, la, la, lal, de ; 
 And fo the poor Stone 
 Was loft all alone. 
 
 Fa, la, la, la, lal, de. 
 VcisTRSfi^rve i\ ^ Chapter of Coafrquence 
 Jn tlte next new Book of Logick. 
 
 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 39 
 
 HUSH a by Baby 
 On the Tree Top, 
 When the Wind blows 
 The Cradle will rock 
 When the Bough breaks 
 
 The Cradle will fall, 
 Down tumbles baby, 
 Cradle and all. 
 
 This may ferve ax a Warning to tfic Proud 
 «nd Ambitious, who climb fo high that the/ 
 generally fall at laft. 
 
 Cootect turns all it touches into Gold. 
 
 LITTLE 
 
 40 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 LITTLE Jack Horner 
 Sat in a Corner, 
 Eating of Chrijimas Pye ; 
 He put in his Thumb, 
 And puird out a PJumb, 
 
 And what a good Boy was I, 
 
 yack was a Bov of excellent Taftc, as fhould 
 appear by his pulling out a Plumb ; it is there- 
 fore fiippolcd that his Father apprenticed him 
 to a Mince Pye maker, that he might improve 
 his Taftc from Year to Year ; no one flahding 
 in fo much Need of good Tafle as a Pailry 
 Couk, 
 
 Ben ley on the Sublime and Beautiful. 
 PEASE' 
 
Mother .GOOSE'S Melody. 41 
 
 PEASE Porridge jiot, 
 Peafe Porridge cold, 
 Peafe Porridge in the Pot 
 
 Nine Days old. 
 Spell me that in four Letters ? 
 1 will. That. 
 
 Maxim. 
 
 The poor are feWomer Cck for Want of 
 Food, than the Rich are by the £xcefs of it. 
 
 WHO 
 
 42 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 
 
 'IIO comes here ? 
 A Grenadier. 
 What dc you want ? 
 
 A Pot of Beer. 
 Where is your Money ? 
 I've forgot. 
 Get you gone 
 You drunken Sot. 
 
 Maxim, 
 
 Intemperance is attended with Difcafcs, 
 and Idlcnel's with Poverty. 
 
 JACK 
 
 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 43 
 
 JACK Sprat 
 J Could eat no Fat, 
 His Wife could eat no Lean j 
 And fo, betwixt them both. 
 They lick'd the Platter clean. 
 
 Ma 
 
 xim. 
 
 Better go to Bed fuppcrlefs, than rife m 
 Debt. 
 
 WHAT 
 
 44 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 'HAT Care I how black I be, 
 Twenty Pounds will mar- 
 ry me ; 
 If Twenty won't, Forty Ihall, 
 X am my Mother's bouncing Girl. 
 
 Maxim, 
 
 If we do not flatter ourfelves, the Flattery 
 of others would have aoefTefl* 
 
 TELL 
 
 —7 
 
Mother GOOSE'S Melody, 45 
 
 'T^ELL Tale Tit, 
 -*• Your Tongue fliall be flit. 
 And all the Dogs in our Towa 
 Shall have a Bit. 
 
 Maxim. 
 
 Point not at the Faults of others with a foul 
 Finger. 
 
 ONE. 
 
 4.6 Mother GOOSE'S Melody, 
 
 ONE, tv/o, three. 
 Four and Pive, 
 I caught a Hate alive ; 
 Six, feven, ei]ght. 
 Nine and ten, 
 I let him go again. 
 
 Maxim, 
 
 We may be as good as we pteale, if we 
 pleafe to be good. 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melod^r. 47 
 
 A DOLEFUL DITTY. 
 I. 
 
 q-»HREE Children Aiding on the 
 I- Upon a Summer's Day, £Ice 
 As it fell out they all fell in, 
 The reft they ran away. 
 
 Oh ! had thefe Children been at 
 School, 
 Or Aiding on dry Ground, 
 Ten Thoufand Pounds to one Pcn- 
 
 They had not then been drown'dL 
 
 IIL 
 
 48 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 in. 
 
 Ye Parents who have children dear, 
 And eke ye that have none. 
 
 If you would keep them fafe abroad 
 Pray keep them all at home. 
 
 There is fomething fo melancholy in this 
 Song, that it has occafioned many People to 
 make Water. It is almoft as diuretick as the 
 Tune which John the Coachman whiftles to 
 bis Horfcs. 
 
 TTumpington'i Travel*. 
 
 FATTY 
 
¥ 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S melody. 49 
 
 PATTY Cake, Patty Cake, 
 Baker's Man ; 
 That I will Mailer, 
 As fafl as I can ; 
 Prick it and prick it. 
 And mark it with a T, 
 And there will be enough 
 For Jfackty and me. 
 
 MaxtiHf 
 The fureft Way to gain oui Ends is to mod- 
 crate our t)crircs. ..,,,^», 
 
 D WHEN 
 
 50 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 WHEN I was a little Bov 
 1 had but liulc Wit', 
 »Tis a long Time ago. 
 
 And I have no more yet j 
 Nor ever, ever fball. 
 
 Until that I die, 
 For the longer I live, 
 The more Fool am I. 
 
 Maxim. 
 
 He t^jtwjll be his own M^r»ha» oJtcna 
 tooUoih^s Scholar. ^^^^ 
 
 ^fother GOOSE'S Melody; si 
 
 WHEN I was a little Boy 
 I liv'd bv myfelf, 
 And all the Bread 
 And Cheefe I got 
 
 I laid upon the Shelf ; 
 The Rats and the Mice 
 
 They made fuch a Strife, 
 That I was forc'd to go to Town 
 And buy me a Wife. 
 
 ir. 
 
 The Streets were fo broad, 
 The Lanes were fo narrow, 
 
 I was 
 
 5a Mother GOOSE'S Meloay. 
 
 r was forc'd to bring my Wife home 
 
 In a Wheelbarrow ; 
 The Wheelbarrow broke ; 
 
 And my Wife had a Fall. 
 Farcwel 
 
 Wheelbarrow, Wife and all. 
 
 Frovide agaioil the woift, and hope for the 
 heft. 
 
 snr 
 
 —8 
 
^\ 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 55 
 
 MY Kitten a Kitten, 
 And oh ! my Kitten, my Dea- 
 Such a fweet Pap as this fry, 
 
 There is not far nor neary ; 
 There we go up, up, Up, 
 Here we go down, down, down, 
 Here we go backwards and forwards. 
 And here we go round, round^ 
 round. 
 
 MaxiMt>\ 
 
 , Idlencfft hath no Advocate, but maay 
 Frieods. 
 
 THIS 
 
 54 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 
 
 npHIS Pfg went to Market, 
 ^ That Pig (laid at Home ; 
 This Pig had roaft Meat, 
 That Pig had none y 
 This Pig went to the Barn door. 
 And cry'd Week, Week, for more* 
 
 Maxim. 
 
 If we do not govern our Paflions our Paf- 
 ftont will govern us^ 
 
 ALEX. 
 
 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 5S 
 
 
 ALEXANDER'S SONG. 
 'T'HERE was a Man of Thejfaiy^ 
 '*' And he was wond'rous wife. 
 He jump'd into a Quick fct Hedge, 
 
 And fcratch'd out both his Eyest 
 And when he faw his Eyes were out^ 
 
 With all his Might and Main, 
 He jump'd into another Hedge, 
 
 And fcratch'd them in again* 
 
 HOW 
 
 56 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 How happy it was for the Man to fcratcli 
 his Eyes in again, when they were fcratch'd 
 out ! But he wai a Blockhead, or he would have 
 kept himfelf out of the Hedge, and not been 
 i'cratch'd at all. 
 
 lyifcvran's new Way to Wifdom. 
 
 4t * 
 
 * « * 
 
 • • * * 
 
 ALONG 
 
i^-y 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 57 
 
 ALONG tail'd Pig, or a fliort 
 tail'd Pig, 
 Or a Pig without any Tail i 
 A Sow Pig, or a Boar Pig, 
 Or a Pig with a curling Tail. 
 Take hold of the Tail and cat off 
 
 his Head ; 
 And then you'll be fure the Pig ho^ 
 is dead. 
 
 CJESAR.'f 
 
 58 MotheT GOOSE'S Melody, 
 
 CiESAR's SONG. 
 
 BOW, wow, wow, 
 Whofe Dog art thou ? 
 Little Tflwi Tinker's Dog, 
 Bow, wow, wow. 
 
 Tom TinktT*i Dog is a very good Dog, and 
 iaa hoaeilec £).eg tfaab his^aftetk 
 
 BAH, 
 
 MbtTiclr GOOSE'S McTodjr. 59 
 
 60 Mother GOOSE's Melody, 
 
 BAH, bah, black Slieep, 
 Have you any Wool ? 
 Yes, marry have I, 
 Three Bags full ; 
 One for my mailer, 
 
 One for my Dame, 
 But none for the little Boy 
 Who criei in the Lane. 
 
 Maxim, 
 
 Bad Habita axeea^er conquered Toclay than 
 TomoRow* 
 
 RORW 
 
 •DO BIN and Richard 
 
 Were two pretty Men, 
 They lay in Bed 
 
 'Till the Clock ftruck Ten 
 Then up ftarts Robin 
 
 And looks at the Iky, 
 Oh 1 Brother Richard, 
 
 The Sun's very high ; 
 You go before 
 
 With the Bottle and Bag, 
 And I will come after 
 
 On little 7acA Nag, 
 
 What 
 
4^ 
 
 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 6t 
 
 What lazy Rogues were thcfe to lie in Bed 
 fo long, I dare fay they have bo Clothes to 
 their Backs ; for Lamneft cUtbe: a Man with 
 Ragt. 
 
 • « « 
 
 ««• 
 
 THERE 
 
 6Z MotHer GOOSE'S Mdody*. 
 
 THERE was' ail old Woman, 
 And fhe fold Puddings and 
 She went to the Mill [Pies, 
 
 And the Duft flew into her Eyes : 
 Hot Pics 
 
 And cold Pies to fell^ 
 Wherever fhe goes 
 
 You may follow her by the Smell. 
 
 Maxim^ 
 
 tithcT fay riothing of the Abfent, or fpeak 
 )ikeft Fiiend. 
 
 THE 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. ^2 
 
 64 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 
 |i^iqffi|S|iH»iiiiii 
 
 Jii 
 
 1 
 
 B 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^d 
 
 THE Sow came in with. a Saddle, 
 The little Pig rock'd the Cradle, 
 The Difhjump'datopof the Table, 
 To fee the Pot walh the Ladle ; 
 The Spit that flood behind a Bench 
 Call'd the Difhclbut dirty Wench ; 
 Ods plut, fays the Gridiron, 
 
 Can't ye agree, 
 I'm the Head Conflable, 
 
 Bring 'cm to me. 
 
 Note, If he a£ts as Cbnftable in this Care, 
 tbc Cook muft furely be the Juftlce of Peace. 
 
 WE'RE 
 
 WE'RE three Brethren out of 
 Spain 
 Come to court your Daughter Jant : 
 My Daughter Janeihe is too young. 
 She has no fkill in a . flattering 
 
 Tongue, 
 Be fhe young, or be fhe old. 
 It's for her Gold fhe miifl be fold ; 
 So fare you well, my Lady gay. 
 We muft return another Day. 
 Maxim. Riches fervc a wife Man, and gov- 
 
 THERE 
 
Mother GOOSE'S MeJo<!y. 65 
 
 THERE M^ere two Blackhirds 
 Sat upon a Hill, 
 The one was nam'd Ja(-k^ 
 
 The other nam'd Gill, 
 Fly away Jack^ 
 
 Fly away Gill^ 
 Come again ^a-ck^ . 
 Come again GilL 
 
 Maxim. 
 
 A^Wi inUte Hafldis vrdrth t\fo. m th^ 
 BuQi. _ 
 
 E BOYS 
 
 65 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 
 
 BOYS and Girls come out to 
 play, 
 The Moon does Oiine as bright as 
 
 day ; 
 Come with a Hoop, and come with 
 
 a Call, 
 Come with a good Will or not at 
 
 all. 
 Loofe your. Supper, and loofe your 
 
 Sleep, 
 Come to your Play fellows in the 
 
 Street, 
 
 Up 
 
 Motlier GOOSE'S Melody. 67 
 
 Up the Ladder and down the Wall, 
 A Halfpenny Loaf will ferve las all. 
 But when the Loaf is gone, what 
 
 will you do ? 
 Thofe who would eat muft work*« 
 
 'lis true. 
 
 M, 
 
 axivt. 
 
 All Work ajid no Plajr makes Jacl a duU 
 Bojr^ 
 
 A Logical 
 
 68 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 A Logical SONG ; or the Conju- 
 ror's- Reafon for not getting 
 Money. 
 
 WOU'D, if I cou'd, 
 If I coud'nt how cou'd I ? 
 I coud'nt, without I cou'd, cou'd I ? 
 Cou'd you, without you cou'd, cou'd 
 ye ? 
 Cou'd ye, cou'd ye ? 
 Cou'd you, without you cou'd, cou'd 
 ye? 
 
 Notet 
 
Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 69 
 
 Note. 
 This is a new Way of handling an 
 old Argvmtnt^ /aid to be invented by a 
 famous Senator j but it has fomething 
 in it of Gothick ConJlruSlion, 
 
 3andeirron. 
 
 • 
 « ir « * 
 
 ^LEARNED 
 
 70 ivfbthet' GOOSE'S "Meloay. 
 
 /i LEARNED SONG. 
 
 HERE'S A, B, and C, 
 D, E, F, and G, 
 H,l, K, L,M. N,0,P,Q, 
 
 R, S, T, and U, 
 W.X,Y, andZ, 
 And here's the child's Dad, 
 Who is iagacioas and difccrning, 
 And know6 this is the Fount of 
 Leamiog. 
 
 Note 
 
 Motlier GOOSE S Melod/. 71 
 
 Note. 
 This is the moji learned Ditty in the 
 World ;foT indeed there is;jto Song can 
 be made without the Aid of ikis, it being 
 the Gamut and Ground Work of them 
 all, 
 
 Mope'^ Geography of the Mind. 
 
 « * A 
 
 * 
 m 
 « 
 
 i<SEA 
 
 72 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 
 
 A SEASONABLE SONG. 
 
 PIPING hot, fmoaking hot, 
 "What I've got, 
 You know not, 
 Hot hot Peafe, hot» hot, hot ; 
 Hot are my Pcafe, hot. 
 
 There is more MuJiCk in this Song, on 
 a. told fr off y Night, than ever the Sy- 
 rens were p^JJ'-Jf^d of, who captivated 
 Ulylfes ^and the Lje&.s Jlick clofcr ta 
 thi Ribs. 
 
 Hiigi^leford on Hunger 
 DICK 
 
Mother GOOSE's Melody. 73 
 
 DICKERY, Dickery Dock, 
 The Moufe ran up the Clock ; 
 The Clock ftruck one, 
 The Moufe ran down, 
 Dickery, Dickery Dock. 
 
 Maxim. 
 
 Timejlays for no Mav^ 
 
 MOTHER GOOSE'S 
 
 MELODY. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 CONTAINING THE 
 
 LULLABIES of Shake/pear, 
 
 76 Mot^erGOOSE's Melody. 
 
 'HERE the Bee fucks, there 
 ' ., fuck I, 
 In a Cowflip's Beil I lie : 
 There I couch ; when Owls do cry, 
 On the Bat's Back I do fly, 
 After Summer, merrily. 
 Merrily, merrily fhall I live no^. 
 Under the Bloflbms that hang on 
 
 .the Bough, 
 
 YOU 
 
 —9 
 
^^ 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 77 
 
 YOU fpotted Snakes, with dou- 
 ble Tongue 
 Thorny Hedgehogs, be not feen ; 
 Newts and Blind worms, do no 
 Wrong ; 
 Come not near our fairy Queen. 
 Philomel, with Melody, 
 Sing in your fweet Lullaby ; 
 Luila, lulla, lulla, lullaby ; lulla, 
 
 lulla, lullaby. 
 Never, Harm, nor Spell, nor Charm, 
 Come our lovely Lady nigh ; 
 So jgood Night, -with lullaby 
 
 takp: 
 
 78 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 TAKE, oh ! take thofe Lips 
 away, 
 That fo fwertly were forefworn ; 
 And thofe Eyes, the Break of Day, 
 Lights that do miflead the Morn : 
 But my Kifles bring again. 
 Seals of Love, but feal'd in vain. 
 
 f+Htff+ff 
 
 4++H+++++ 
 
 SPRING 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody 79 
 SPRING. 
 
 WHEN Daifies pied, and Vi- 
 lets blue. [white ; 
 
 And Lady fmocks all Silver 
 And Cuckow buds of yellow Hue, 
 Do paint the Meadows with De- 
 light : 
 The Cuckow then on every Tree, 
 Mocks married Men, for thus fings 
 
 he ; 
 Cuckow ! [Fear, 
 
 Cuckow ! cuckow ! O Word of 
 Unpleafing to a married Ear ! 
 When Shepherds pipe on oaten 
 Straws, 
 And merry Larks are Plough- 
 men's Clocks : 
 When Turtles tread, and Rooks and 
 Daws, 
 
 And 
 
 80 Mother GOOSE'S MeIo3y. 
 
 An<l MaiHetis laleacll fhoh Sum- 
 mer fmocks ; 
 Thds Cuckow th^n' on.ievery Tree, 
 WJiSclsiriatrited Men, Tor thus, fing^ 
 
 Cuckow. i 
 
 CxJtkdW I cuclcQW ; O "Word of Fear, 
 
 tlji^teafiog^ to a. married Ear, 
 
 WINTER, 
 
m 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 8i 
 
 WINTER. 
 
 'HEN Icicles hang on the 
 Wall, 
 And Dick the Sheoherd blows his 
 
 Nail ; 
 And Tom bears Logs into the Hall, 
 And Milk comes frozen home in 
 Pail: 
 When Blood is nipt, and Ways be 
 
 foul, 
 Then nightly fings the flaring Owl, 
 Tu-whit! to-whoo ; 
 A merry Note, 
 
 While greafy Joan doth keel tho 
 Pot. 
 When all around the wind doth 
 blow. 
 And coughing drowns the Pan 
 ' fon's Sow J 
 
 F And 
 
 8^ Mother GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 And Birds fitbrooding in the fnow. 
 And Ma>m?i'sNofe looks red and 
 raw : 
 When roafted Crabs hifs in the 
 
 Bowl, 
 Then nightly fings the ftaring Owl, 
 Tu-whit ! To-whoo ! 
 A merry Note, 
 
 While greafy jfoan doth keel the 
 Pot. 
 
 TELL 
 
 Mother GOOSE's Melody. 83 
 
 nPELL mc where is Fancy bre«3^ 
 *■ Or in the Hearty or in the 
 
 Head? 
 How begot, how nourifiied ? 
 
 Reply, reply. 
 
 It isengender'd in the Eyes, 
 
 With gazing fed, and Fan-cy dies 
 
 In the Cradle where it lies ; 
 
 Let us all ring Fancy's knell. 
 
 Ding, dong. Bell ; 
 
 Ding, dong, Bell. 
 
 UN- 
 
 84 Kotner GOOSE's Melody. 
 
 UNDER the greenwood Tree, 
 Who loves to lie with me. 
 And tune his merry No.e, 
 Unto the fweet Bird's Throat : 
 Come hither, come hither, come 
 hither. 
 Here fball he fee 
 No Enemy, 
 But Winter and rough Weather. 
 
 WHO 
 
 •10 
 
A 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 85 
 
 'X'XTHO doth Aabition fliun, 
 
 V V And loves to lie i' th* Sun 
 Seeking the Tood he eats, 
 And pleas'd with what he gets ; 
 Come hither, come hither, come 
 hither , 
 
 Here fhall he fee 
 
 No Enemy, 
 But Winter and rough Weather, 
 If it do come to pafs, 
 That any Man turn Afs ; 
 Leaving his Wealth and Eafe, 
 A ftubborn Will to pleafe, 
 "Due ad me, due ad me, due ad me ; 
 
 Here fhall he fee 
 
 Grofs Fools, 
 And many fuch there be*. 
 
 BLOW 
 
 86 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 
 
 "D L W, blow, thou Winter 
 
 11 Wind, 
 
 Thou art not fo unkind 
 
 As Man's Ingratitude ; 
 Thy Tooth is not fo keen, 
 Becaufe thou art not feen, 
 
 Altho' thy Breath be rude. 
 Heigh ho ! fing, heigh ho i untothfi 
 
 green Holly ; 
 Moft Friendfhip is feigning ; mott 
 loving mere folly. 
 
 Then heigh ho, the Holly ! 
 
 This Life is mofl jolly. 
 Freeze, freeze, thou bitter fky, 
 That dofl not bite fo nigh. 
 
 As Benefits forgot : 
 Tho' thou the Waters warp, 
 Thy Sting is not fo fharp 
 
 As Friend remember'd not, 
 Beish hoi iing, &c. 
 
 * MIS. 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 87 
 
 f^ MISTRESS mine, where are 
 V^ you running ? 
 ftay you here, your true Love's 
 coming, 
 
 That can fmg both high and low. 
 Trip no farther, pretty Svveeting, 
 Journeys end in Lovers meeting, 
 
 Every wife Man's Son doih know. 
 What i^ Love ? 'tis not hereafter : 
 Prefent Mirth hath prefent Laugh- 
 
 ter. 
 What's to come, isftill unfure : 
 In Decay there lies no Plenty ; 
 Then come kifs me, fweet, and 
 twenty, 
 
 Youth's a Stuff will not endure. 
 
 WHAT 
 
 88 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 
 
 "fX THAT fhall he have that kill'd 
 VV the Deer ? 
 His leather fkin and horns to wear; 
 Then fing him home : — take thou 
 
 no Scorn 
 To wear the Horn, the Horn, the 
 
 Horn : 
 It was a Crefl ere thou wafl born. 
 Thy Father's Father wore it, 
 And thy Father bore it. 
 The Horn, the Horn, the lufty 
 
 Horn, 
 It not a Thing to laugh to fcorn. 
 
 WHEN 
 
Mother GOOSE'S melody. 89 
 
 'HEN DafFodils begin to 
 'pear, 
 
 With, heigh ! the Doxy over the 
 Dale ; 
 Why then comes in the fweet o'th* 
 Year, 
 Fore the red Blood rains in the 
 winter Pail, 
 The white Sheet bleaching on the 
 Hedge, 
 With heigh ! the fweet Birds, O 
 how they fing ! 
 Doth, fet my progging Tooth an 
 edge: 
 For a Quart of Ale is a difh for a 
 King. 
 The Lark, that tira lyra chants. 
 With, hey ! with hey I the Thrufli 
 and the Jay : 
 
 Are 
 
 90 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 
 
 Are fummer Songs for tne and my 
 AuntSj 
 "While we lay tumbling in the 
 Hay. 
 
 JOB 
 
 Mother GOOSE's Melody; 91 
 
 JOG on, jog on, the foot path 
 Way,, 
 And merrily mend the Style a, 
 A merry Heart goes all the Day, 
 Your fad tires in a Mile a. 
 
 ORPHEUS 
 
 94 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 
 
 ORPHEUS with his Lute made 
 Trees, 
 And the -Mountain Tops that 
 freeze. 
 Bow themfelvcs when he did 
 fing ; 
 To his Mufick, Plants and Flowers 
 Ever rofe, as Sun and Showers 
 
 There had made a lafting Spring. 
 Ev'ry Thing that heard him play, 
 Ev*n the Bellows of the Sea, 
 
 Hung their Heads, and then lay 
 by. 
 In (wect Mufick is fuch Art, 
 Killing Care, and Grief of Heart, 
 Tall afleep or hearing die. 
 
 HARK. 
 
5\ 
 
 Mother GOOSE'S Melody. 93 
 
 TTARK, hark ! the Lark at 
 XJ. Heav'n's Gate fmgs. 
 
 And Pk(zbus 'gin3 arife. 
 His Steeds to water at thofc Springs 
 
 On chalic'd Flowers that lies, 
 And winking May buds begin 
 
 To ope their golden Eyes, 
 With every thing that's pretty 
 
 My Lady fweet, arife j [been j 
 Arife, arife. 
 
 THB 
 
 94 Mother GOOSE's Melody, 
 
 ' 1 'HE poor Soul fat fingmg by a 
 -*- Sycamore tree, 
 Her Hand on her Bofom, her Head 
 
 on her Knee, 
 The frefh Streams ran by her, and 
 
 murmur'd her Moans, 
 Her fait Tears fell from her, and 
 
 foften'd the Stones ; 
 Sing, all a green Willow muft be 
 
 my Garland, 
 Let nobody blame him, his Scorn I 
 
 approve, 
 I call'd my Love, falfe Love ; but 
 
 what faid he then ? 
 If I court more Woitlen you'll think 
 
 of more Men, 
 
 ;f J N I s. 
 
 B K S/or the InJhuSllon and Amufe- 
 ment oJCbiUren, 'which luill make them 
 nuije and happy y printed and feld by I , 
 Thomas, in Worcefter, Majj'achujetts^ 
 near the Court Hoiife. 
 
 '■I "HE BROTHER'S GIFT ; or the 
 JL naughty Girl reformed, Publifli- 
 ed for the Advantage of the rifing Ge- 
 neration. 
 
 The SISTER'S GIFT ; or the naughty 
 Boy reformed. 
 
 The FATHER'S GIFT ; or the Way to 
 be wife and happy. 
 
 The MOTHER'S GIFT ; or a Prefent 
 for all little Chiidj"en who wifh to be 
 good. 
 
 Mother GOOSE's MELODY ; or Son- 
 nets for the Cradle. In two Parts, 
 Part ill, contains the moft celebrated 
 Songs and Lullabies of the old Britifii 
 Nnrles, calculated to amufe Children 
 and to excite them to Sleep. Part 2d, 
 thofe of that fweet Songfierand Nurfe 
 of Wit and Humour, Mafler William 
 Shakefpeare. EmbellKhed with Cuts, 
 and illuftiated with Notes and Maxims, 
 Hiftorical, Philofophical, and Cntiral. 
 
 BOOKS Sold by I. THOMAS. 
 
 Lttle ROBIN RED BREAST ; a Col- 
 leftion of pretty Songs, for Children, 
 entirely new. 
 
 The Hiftory of little GOODY TWO 
 SHOES ; otherwife called Mrs. Mar- 
 CERY Two Shoes— With the means 
 by which (he acquired her Learning 
 and Wifdom, and in confequence there- 
 of her Effate. 
 
 TOM THUMB'S EXHIBITION ; be- 
 ing an account of many valuable and 
 furprifing Curiofities which he has col- 
 letted in the Courfeof his Travels, for 
 ihe Inftruftion and Amufement of the 
 American Youth. 
 
 The FAIRING : Or, a golden Toy for 
 Children of all Sizes and Denomina- 
 tions. 
 
 In yAdch they may fee all the Fun of the Fair, 
 
 AndatHome be as happy as if they were there. 
 
 The SUGAR PLUMB ; or Sweet A- 
 mufement for Leifure Hours : Being 
 an Entertaining and inftruftive Collec- 
 tioi\ of Stories. Embelliihed with cu- 
 Xious Cuts. 
 
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