NURSERY JINGLES
VII.
I'll sing you a song:
The days are so long.
The woodcock and the sparrow:
The little dog has burnt his tail,
And he must be hanged to-morrow.
VIII.
There was an old woman tossed in a blanket,
Seventeen times as high as the moon.
But where she was going no mortal could tell,
For under her arm she carried a broom.
Old woman! old woman! old woman! said I,
Whither, oh whither, oh whither so high?
I'm going to sweep cobwebs out of the sky,
And I will be with you by and by.
IX.
Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl,
If the bowl had been stronger
My story had been longer.
X.
Sing hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon,
The little dog laughed
To see such craft,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
