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Identifier: cradlesongs00baby (find matches)
Title: Cradle songs
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Babyland. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Nursery rhymes
Publisher: Boston, D. Lothrop and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ILLUSTR BOSTOND. LOTHROP AND COMPANY 32 FRANKLIN STREET ■rCjt Copyright, 1882.D. Lothrop & Company. A SONG OF SIX-PENCE. Sing a song, a brand new song: Sing a song of six-pence, A pock-et full of rye.John and Jim-my both pickedsome, So they could have a pie. And when theyd filled theirpock-ets full,Down in the field of rye. A SONG OF SIX-PENCE. They found some cun-ninglit-tle birds,To put in-to the pie.Six pret-ty lit-tle hid-den nests, Down in the yel-low rye,Held four-and-twen-ty ba-bybirds,E-nough to fill the pie. They set them all with-in thedish,Lined with a crust of rye ;But soon the four-and-twen-tybirdsCried out in-side the pie. Then Jim-my turned andlooked at John, M
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A SONG OF SIX-PENCE. And John took up the pie,And back the lit-tle lad-dieswentIn-to the field of rye. The moth-er bird flew up andshrieked,O, have you baked thatpie?How can you bring the cru-eldish,And eat it in the rye!John — And soon they ate the pie ;The biids flew out and foundtheir nestsDown in the yel-low rye. PAYING BACK Seven happy little chicks walked outone day in June, Thought they would enjoy the wayby starting up a tune ; Seven ugly little ducks, whosenames I will not mention, Made up their minds to follow them,and spoil their good intention ; Now everybody knows that a duck-lings voice is deep, And everybody knows that quackwill make more noise than peep.

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