I HAD four brothers over the sea,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Domine
And each one sent a gift to me,
Petrum, Partrum, Paradisi, Tempore,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Domine.
The first one sent a goose without a bone,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Domine.
The second sent a cherry without a stone,
Petrum, Partrum, Paradisi, Tempore,
Perrie, Merrie, Dixie, Domine.
The third sent a blanket without a thread,
Perrie, Merrie, [...]

Gregory Griggs,
Gregory Griggs
Had forty-seven
different wigs.
He wore them up,
He wore them down,
To please the people
of Boston town.
He wore them east,
He wore them west
But he could never tell
Which he loved best.

Green peas, mutton pies,
Tell me where my Jeannie lies,
And I’ll be with her ere she rise,
And cuddle her to my bosom.
I love Jeannie over and over,
I love Jeannie among the clover;
I love Jeannie, and Jeannie loves me,
That’s the lass that I’ll go wi.

BIRCH and green holly, boys,
Birch and green holly,
If you get beaten, boys,
‘Twill be your own folly.

Green cheese,
Yellow laces,
Up and down
The market places.

ROBIN the Bobbin, the big, greedy Ben,
He ate more meat than four score men;
He ate a cow, he ate a calf,
He ate a butcher and a half;
He ate a church, he ate a steeple,
He ate a priest and all the people!
A cow and a calf,
An ox and a half,
A church and a steeple,
And all the [...]

Great A, little A,
Bouncing B,
The cat’s in the
cupboard
And she can’t see me.

Gray goose and gander,
Waft your wings together,
And carry the good king’s daughter
Over the one-strand river.

Grandfather, grandfather, show your delight,
In comes Betty all in white;
White shoes and stockings, white curly hair,
Isn’t she a pretty girl to take to the fair?
Come up an’ see yer grannie,
Come up an’ see her noo,
Come up an’ see yer grannie,
Cos she’s all bran’ new.
She’s got a broken table ,
A chair without a back,
A door without [...]

These are Grandma’s spectacles,
This is Grandma’s hat.
This is the way she folds her hands,
And lays them in her lap.