A for the Aconite, first of the year,
B for the Buttercup, able to hold Dewdrop
and rain in its chalice of gold.
C for the Cowslip, sweet joy of the spring;
When cowslips are blooming the nightingales sing.
D for the Daisy, white star of the grass,
Lifting its bright eye to us as we pass.
E for the Eglantine, lovely [...]

As round as an apple,
As deep as a cup.
And all the king’s horses,
Can’t fill it up.

Hie to the market
Jenny came trot,
Spilt her buttermilk
Every drop ;every drop
And every dram,
Jenny came home
With an empty can.

A was a archer and shot an arrow
B was a big baker eating bread and buns
C was a captain with curly hair
D was a dreamer who rode a donkey
E was an esquire and his elegant elephant
F was a farmer having fun following his plough
G was a goat and a goose was her friend
H was a [...]

A-tisket, a-tasket,
A green and yellow basket.
I wrote a letter to my love,
But on the way I dropped it.
I dropped it, I dropped it,
And, on the way I dropped it.
A little boy picked it up,
And put it in his pocket.

A swarm of bees in May,
Is worth a load of hay.
A swarm of bees in June,
Is worth a silver spoon.
A swarm of bees in July,
Isn’t worth a fly.

If you are to be a gentleman,
As I suppose you’ll be,
You’ll neither laugh nor smile,
For a tickling of the knee.

I know a little girl called Ruth,
With laughing eyes blue as the sky.
Alas S She never tells the truth,
And yet she never told a lie.
But if you ask what is the cause
Of this strange thing. I quickly say–
She cannot talk at all because
She’s only one year old to-day.

A Slippery Gap
As I went up a slippery gap
I met my Uncle Davy,
With timber toes and an iron nose-
Upon my word he would frighten the crows!

Peter Pratt was so very very fat,
A fat fat boy was Peter,
He washed his face in a sugar basin,
To make his manners sweeter.
He thought it funny to swallow honey.
And treacle he loved to lick,
Hark! what a warning!—One dreadful morning
He changed into a sugar stick.