Ring o' Roses: A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book — Chapter 2

There I met an old man That would not say his prayers: I took him by the left leg, And threw him downstairs.

HUMPTY DUMPTY

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall;

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;

All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again.

BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP

Baa, baa, Black Sheep, Have you any wool?

Yes, marry, have I, Three bags full: One for my master, And one for my Dame, And one for the little boy That lives in the lane!

THE THREE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM

Three wise men of Gotham Went to sea in a bowl: If the bowl had been stronger, My song would have been longer.

THIS LITTLE PIG WENT TO MARKET

This little pig went to market;

This little pig stayed at home;

This little pig had roast beef;

This little pig had none;

This little pig cried "Wee, wee, wee!

I can't find my way home!"

JACK AND JILL

Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water;

Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after.

SIMPLE SIMON

Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair;

Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware."

Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Do you mean to pay?"

Says Simon, "Yes, of course I do!"

And then he ran away.

Simple Simon went a-fishing For to catch a whale: All the water he had got Was in his mother's pail.

THERE WAS A CROOKED MAN

There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile: He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a crooked little house.