Walter Crane

“ Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine.
4When the cherry’s in the blossom, there is no stone,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine;
When the goose is in the egg-shell, there is no bone.
Petrum, Partrum, Paradisi, Tempore,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine.
5When the wool’s on the sheep’s back, there’s no thread,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine:
When the book’s in the press, no man can read
Petrum, Partrum, Paradisi, Tempore,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixi, Domine.
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THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
There were three little kittens
Put on their mittens
To eat some Christmas pie. ”

“ Le Petit Chasseur. 52, 53. Gefunden. 54. Looby Light. 55. Margery Daw. 56. The Fly & the Humble Bee.
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POLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
Polly, put the kettle on,
Polly, put the kettle on,
Polly, put the kettle on,
We’ll all have tea.
Sukey, take it off again,
Sukey, take it off again,
Sukey, take it off again,
They’ve all gone away.
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HOT CROSS BUNS [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
Hot Cross Buns!
Hot Cross Buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot Cross Buns!
If you have no daughters,
If you have no daughters,
If you have no daughters,
Pray give them to your sons ”

“ Yet this plaguey old woman could never be quiet.
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THE OLD WOMAN TOSSED UP IN A BLANKET [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
There was an old woman tossed up in a blanket,
Seventeen times as high as the moon ”

“ For least said is soonest mended-ded-ded-ded.”
2The little maid replied,
(Some say a little sighed,)
“But what shall we have to eat, eat, eat?
“Will the love that you’re rich in
“Make a fire in the kitchen?
“Or the little god of love turn the spit, spit, spit?”
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THE JOLLY TESTER [Listen] [PDF] [MusicXML]
O dear Six-pence, I’ve got Six-pence,
I love Six-pence as I love my life ”

“ The Old Woman Tossed up in a Blanket. 18, 19. Buy a Broom. 20, 21. Hausegesinde. 21. Schlaf, Kindlein, Schlaf. 22, 23. Little Man and Maid. 24. The Jolly Tester. 25. Lucy Locket. 26. If all the World were Paper. ”