Says Simpl e Simon to the pi e man , Let m e tas te you r war e . ”
Says the pieman to Simpl e Simon, Show m e fir st your penny ;
Says Simple Sim on to the pieman, Indee d, I have not an y.
Simpl e Simon went a- fishin g
Fo r to catch a whal e ;
All the water he had got
Was i n his mother ’ s pai l .
Simpl e Simon went to l ook
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If pl um s gr ew on a thistl e ;
He pricked his finger s very much,
Which made poor Simon whi stle .
PRETTY COW .
Thank yo u , pr ett y co w, that made
Plea sant mi lk to soak my br ead,
Every day an d ever y night,
War m , an d fr esh , an d sweet, an d
DO not chew the heml ock rank,
Gr owing On the weedy bank ;
But the yell ow cowslips cat ,
That will make i t very sweet.
Wher e the pur pl e viol et gr ows,
Wher e the bubbling water flows,
Wher e the gr ass is fr esh an d fin e ,
Pr et ty co w , go ther e an d dine .
How I wonder what yo u ar e
Up above the w or l d so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the gl orious sun is se t ,
When the grass with de w is wet,
Then yo u s how your little light,
Twinkle, t winkl e, all the night .
In the dark bl u e sky yo u keep,
And Often thr ough my cur tain s pe e p
Fo r yo u never shu t your eye
Ti ll the sun is in the sky .
As your bright an d tiny spark,
Lights the tr avell er i n the dar k,
Though I know not what yo u ar e ,
Twinkle, twinkle, li t tl e star .
I ts flee c e w as white as n o w ;
An d everywhere tha t Mary we n t,
The lamb was sure to go .
He foll owe d he r to sc hoo l o n e day,
That was a gai n s t t he r ul e ;
It ma de the chi l dr en laugh an d play,
To se e a lamb at sc hool .
So the teacher tur ned him o ut,
But still he li n gere d near ,
An d wai t ed patientl y about,
Till Mar y did a ppea r .
Then he ran to he r , an d laid
Hi s hea d upon he r ar m,
As if he said, I ’m not afraid,
Y o u ’ 11 kee p me fr om all harm .
What makes the l am b l ove Mary so
The eager chi l dr en cry.
Oh, Mary l oves the l amb, yo u know,
The teacher did r eply .