Bah! Bah! Black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes, marry, have I, Three bags full. One for my master, One for my dame, But none for the little boy Who cries in the lane. More recent version: (oral tradition) Baa, baa, black sheep,Have you any wool?Yes, sir, yes, sir,Three...
Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. Then the travellers in the...
Once upon a time there were two girls who lived with their mother and father. Their father had no work, and the girls wanted to go away to seek their fortunes. One day, one of the girls girl said she wanted to go to find work, and her mother said she might if she...
In the County of Cumberland lived a nobleman who had three sons. Two of them were fine and clever yong men, but the other was a natural fool, named Jack. He was usually in charge of the sheep: he was dressed in a colored coat, and a steeple-crowned hat with a tassel....
Newtown, or Franchville, as is was called before, is a sleepy little town upon the Solent shore. Sleepy as it is now, it used to be noisy enough, and what made the noise was—rats. The place was so infested with them that it was not worth living in the town. There...
