Mother Goose's Melody

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 60459 *** +Transcriber's Note+ 1. Typographical errors were silently corrected. 2. The text version is coded for italics and the like mark-ups i.e., (a) small-caps are indicated thus CAPS; (b) strong/bold text is indicated thus +strong+ (c) Images in the book are indicated as [Illustration] at the respective place. * * * * * [Illustration: cover-page] MOTHER GOOSE'S MELODY. [Illustration: logo] O, what a pretty little book So full of pictures too; I should like through it to look. I'll buy it--wouldn't you? CONCORD, N. H. PUBLISHED BY R. MERRILL. 1843. The Alphabet. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Mother Goose. [Illustration - Dog] Bow, wow, wow, Whose dog art thou? Little Tom Tinker's dog-- Whose dog art thou? * * * * * Three wise men of Gotham Went to sea in a bowl; And if the bowl had been stronger, My song had been longer. [Illustration - Beggers face to face] Hark! hark! the dogs do bark, The beggars have come to town; Some in rags, and some in tags, And some in velvet gowns. * * * * * Tom, Tom, the piper's son, Stole a pig, and away he run; The pig was eat, And Tom was beat, And Tom ran crying down the street. [Illustration - Horse] I had a little hobby horse, And it was dapple gray; His head was made of oat-straw, His tail was made of clay. He could amble, he could trot, He could carry a mustard-pot Through the town of Woodstock, Hey, boys, hey! * * * * * Rain, rain, go away, Come again, April day; Little Johnny wants to play In the meadow on the hay. [Illustration - Cock] The little black dog ran round the house, And set the bull a roaring, And drove the monkey to the boat, Who set the oars a rowing, And scar'd the cock upon the rock, Who cracked his throat with crowing. [Illustration - Bell] Ding dong bell, the cat's in the well. Who put her in? Little Johnny Green. Who pulled her out? Great Jack Stout. What a naughty boy was that, To drown poor pussy cat, Who never did him any harm, And killed the mice in his father's barn. [Illustration - Boy with Book] Little lad, little lad, Where were you born? Far off in Lancaster, under a thorn. I'm the stoutest boy you ever did see, I can carry a pocket-book bigger than me. * * * * * How many miles to Babylon? Threescore miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light? Yes, and back again. JUST PUBLISHED BY +R. MERRILL+, CONCORD N. H. +Webster's First Book+, Or Introduction to the Spelling Book. By NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D. Price 6 cents. +No. 1, or one Cent Toys+, containing 12 Nos. To be continued to 18 Nos. +No. 2, or two Cent Toys+, containing 12 Nos. of useful and amusing matter. +No. 4, or six Cent Toys+, in press, to contain 12 Nos.on natural history, &c. ALSO, +The Infant School Primer+, By Mrs. Teachem. The whole to be embellished with handsome wood cuts. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Mother Goose's Melody, by Anonymous *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 60459 ***