A Groom used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but at the same time stole his oats, and sold them for his own profit. “Alas!” said the Horse, “if you really wish me to be …[Continue]
Hush a Bye Baby on the Tree Top — Illustrated by W.W. Denslow
Ride Away, Ride Away
Ride away, ride away, Johnny shall ride, And he shall have pussy-cat Tied to one side; And he shall have little dog Tied to the other, And Johnny shall ride To see his grandmother….[Continue]
The Dog and his Master’s Dinner
A Dog had been taught to take his master’s dinner to him every day. As he smelled the good things in the basket, he was sorely tempted to taste them, but he resisted the temptation and continued day after day …[Continue]
Jackie, Come Give Me Your Fiddle
“Jackie, come give me your fiddle. If ever you mean to thrive.” “Nay, I’ll not give my fiddle To any man alive.” “If I should give my fiddle, They’ll think that I’ve gone mad, For many a joyful day My …[Continue]
A Cat Came Fiddling Out of a Barn
A cat came fiddling out of a barn, With a pair of bagpipes under her arm. She could sing nothing but fiddle dee dee, The mouse has married the bumblebee. Pipe, cat; dance, mouse; We’ll have a wedding at our …[Continue]
The Ass Carrying the Image
An Ass once carried through the streets of the city a famous wooden Image, to be placed in one of its temples. The crowd as he passed along made lowly prostration before the Image. The Ass, thinking that they bowed …[Continue]
The Hare and the Hound
A Hound having started a Hare from his form, after a long run, gave up the chase. A Goat-herd, seeing him stop, mocked him, saying: “The little one is the best runner of the two.” The hound replied; “You do …[Continue]
Trip Upon Trenchers
Trip upon trenchers, And dance upon dishes, My mother sent me for some barm, some barm. She bid me go lightly, And come again quickly, For fear the young men should do me some harm. Yet didn’t you see, Yet …[Continue]
There Was An Old Woman Tossed Up In A Blanket
There was an old woman tossed up in a blanket Seventeen times as high as the moon. But where she was going, no mortal could tell it, For under her arm, she carried a broom. “Old woman, old woman, old …[Continue]
My Beard
There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, “It is just as I feared!— Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard.” Edward Lear…[Continue]
The Farmer and the Cranes
Some Cranes made their feeding grounds on some plough-lands newly sown with wheat. For a long time the Farmer, brandishing an empty sling, chased them away by the terror he inspired; but when the birds found that the sling was …[Continue]
