...it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside ; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried. The pig flew up in the air : The man in brown soon brought him down, GOOSEY, goosey, gander, Whither...

...big as my two thumbs. 14 THE OLD WOMAN UNDER A HILL. The King and Queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside : And what they could not eat that night, The Queen next morning fried. THE OLD WOMAN WHO LIVED UNDER A HILL. THERE was an old woman Lived under a hill ; And if she's not...

...the old Nursery Ehyme the ballad parodies, concerning the famous plum Pudding of King Arthur : — "The King and Queen ate of the same, And all the Court beside ; And what they could not eat that night, It is somewhat curious that Poets should so often select incidents in the lives of Royal personages...

...the king did make, And stuffed it well with plums ; The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside; And what they could not eat that night The queen next morning fried. 20 See, saw, Margery Daw, Johnny shall have a new master; He shall have but a penny a day, Because...

...it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The King and Queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside ; And what they could not eat that night. The Queen next morning fried." I tried to look as sorrowful as I could. " You know very well," I said, " that that is not true at...

...it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside ; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried. HE STOLE THREE PECKS OF BARLEY-MEAL I HAD a little nut-tree, nothing would it bear But a silver nutmeg...

...good that we ate what was left of it on the second day." This reminds me of a familiar couplet : — "And what they could not eat that night The queen next morning fried." Among the friends of that winter were Sarah and William Clarke, sister and brother of the Rev. James...

...it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside ; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried. HIGH diddle ding, Did you hear the bells ring? The parliament soldiers are gone to the King! Some they...

...it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried. ANONYMOUS. FROM "MAX AND MAURICE." PREFACE. An, how oft we read or hear of Boys we almost stand in...

...it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs. The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside ; And what they could not eat that night, The queen next morning fried. Rock-a-bye, baby, your cradle is green, Father's a nobleman, mother's a queen, And Betty's a lady,...