Up in the air an d over the wall ,
Till I can se e s o wide,
Rivers an d tr ees an d cattl e an d all
Over the cou ntryside
Ti ll I l ook down o n the gar den gre e n ,
Down on the r oof so br own
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up i n the ai r an d down !
Matthew, Ma rk, Luke, an d John
Guar d the bed that I lie on
Four com ers t o my bed,
Four angel s r ou nd my hea d ;
On e to watch, one to pray,
And t wo to he ar my soul away .
Mistr ess Mary, quite contrary,
How does your gar den gr ow
With cockl e- S hell s, an d si l ver bell s,
And pr etty maids all in a r o w .
Ol d King Col e
Wa s a mer ry Ol d soul ,
And a merry Old soul was he ;
He called fo r his pipe,
And he call ed f o r his bowl , And he call ed f o r his fiddl e r s thre e .
Every fiddl er , he had a fiddl e, And a very fin e fiddl e ha d he
Twee tweedl e dee, tweedl e dee, went the fid
dl e r s .
Oh, ther e ’ s none so rar e,
As can compar e
With Ol d Ki n g Col e an d his fiddl e r s thr ee
Ol d Mother Hubbar d
Went to the cupboar d,
To get he r poor dog a bone ;
But when she came ther e,
The cupboar d w as bar e,
And s o the poor dog had none .
She went to the baker ’ s
To b uy him s ome br ead
But when she came back, The poor dog w as dead .
She went to the joiner ’ s
To buy him a coffin ;
But when she came back,
The poor dog wa s l aughing.
She took a cl ean dish
TO get him some tripe
But when she came back, He was smoking hi s pipe .
She we nt to the fishm0n ge r ’ s
TO buy him some fish ;
And when she came back, He was licki n g the dish .
She went to the al e - house
To get him some beer
But when she came back,
The dog sat i n a chair .
She went t o the tavern
Fo r white wine an d re d
But when she came back,
The dog stood on hi s he ad.
She went to the hatt er ’ s
To buy him a hat ;
But when she came back, He w as feeding the cat .
She went to the bar ber ’ s
To buy him a wig ;
But when she came back,
H e was dan cing 9. !ig.