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CECILY PARSLEY'S NURSERY RHYMES
FOR LITTLE PETER IN NEW ZEALAND
BY
BEATRIX POTTER
Author of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc.
Though flattered by imitators galore Miss Potter's work stands supreme. Her
many picture stories should be among the first books owned by children.
Cecily Parsley lived in a pen,
And brewed good ale for gentlemen;
Gentlemen came every day, Till Cecily Parsley ran away.
Goosey, goosey, gander, Whither will you wander? Upstairs
and downstairs, And in my lady's
chamber!
This pig went to market; This pig stayed at home;
This pig had a bit of meat;
This little pig cried Wee!
wee! wee! I can't find my way
home.
Pussy-cat sits by the fire; How should she be fair? In
walks the little dog, Says “Pussy! are
you there?”
“How do you do, Mistress Pussy?
Mistress Pussy, how do you do?” “I thank you kindly, little dog, I fare as well as you!”
Three blind mice, three blind
mice, See how they run!
They all run after the farmer's wife,
And she cut off their tails with a carving
knife, Did you ever see such a thing
in your life As three blind
mice!
Bow, wow, wow! Whose
dog art thou? “I'm little Tom Tinker's
dog, Bow, wow, wow!”
We have a little garden, A garden of our own, And
every day we water there The seeds
that we have sown.
We love our little garden, And tend it with such care, You
will not find a faded leaf Or blighted
blossom there.
Ninny nanny netticoat, In
a white petticoat, With a red
nose,— The longer she
stands, The shorter she
grows.
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