Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales / A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England
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- POPULAR RHYMES AND NURSERY TALES.
- PREFACE.
- I.—NURSERY ANTIQUITIES.
- II.—FIRESIDE NURSERY STORIES.
- TEENY-TINY.
- THE STORY OF MR. VINEGAR.
- THE STORY OF CHICKEN-LICKEN.
- THE MISER AND HIS WIFE.
- THE THREE QUESTIONS.
- THE CAT AND THE MOUSE.
- THE PRINCESS OF CANTERBURY.
- LAZY JACK.
- THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL.
- THE MAIDEN AND THE FROG.
- THE STORY OF MR. FOX.
- THE OXFORD STUDENT.
- JACK HORNBY.
- MALLY DIXON AND KNURRE-MURRE.
- THE BULL OF NORROWAY.
- PUSS IN BOOTS.
- JACK AND THE GIANTS.
- TOM HICKATHRIFT.
- TOM THUMB.
- III.—GAME-RHYMES.
- TOE-GAMES.
- THE FIVE FINGERS.
- FACE-SONGS.
- KNEE-SONGS.
- BO-PEEP.
- MISCELLANEOUS PUERILE AMUSEMENTS.
- SEE-SAW.
- HITTY-TITTY.
- BEANS AND BUTTER.
- DROP-CAP.
- MY SOW HAS PIGGED.
- NIDDY-NODDY.
- SLATE GAMES.
- GAME OF THE CAT.
- HANDY-DANDY.
- BARLEY-BRIDGE.
- THE TOWN LOVERS.
- MARY BROWN. FAIR GUNDELA.
- MY DAUGHTER JANE.
- HEWLEY-PULEY.
- THE DIAMOND RING.
- THE POOR SOLDIER.
- THE BRAMBLE-BUSH.
- THE GAME OF DUMP.
- DANCING LOOBY.
- DROP-GLOVE.
- NETTLES GROW IN AN ANGRY BUSH.
- GAME OF THE GIPSY.
- GAME OF THE FOX.
- THE OLD DAME.
- THE POOR WOMAN OF BABYLON.
- QUEEN ANNE.
- COUNTING-OUT RHYMES.
- IV.—ALPHABET RHYMES.
- A. APPLE-PIE.
- V.—RIDDLE-RHYMES.
- THE FOUR SISTERS.
- THE DEMANDS JOYOUS.
- VI.—NATURE-SONGS.
- THE RAINBOW.
- WEATHER-RHYMES.
- SNOW.
- THE WIND.
- THE MOON.
- THE CUCKOO.
- THE ROBIN AND THE WREN.
- THE OWL.
- MAGPIES.
- WHO KILL'D COCK ROBIN.
- CROWS.
- PIGEONS.
- LAPWING AND RINGDOVE.
- THE WOOD-PIGEON.
- DOMESTIC POULTRY.
- DRAGON-FLIES.
- THE SNAIL.
- APPLES.
- THE WALNUT-TREE.
- THE ASH.
- PEAS.
- PIMPERNELL.
- MARUM.
- BIRD-SHOOER'S SONG.
- THE GNAT.
- THE TROUT.
- TOBACCO.
- JACK-A-DANDY.
- VII.—PROVERB-RHYMES.
- TIT FOR TAT.
- LAZY LAWRENCE.
- VIII.—PLACES AND FAMILIES.
- ELTON.
- NOEL.
- COLLINGWOOD.
- THE CAULD LAD OF HILTON.
- FELTON.
- SIR RALPH ASHTON.
- PRESTON.
- LANCASHIRE.
- LEYLAND.
- HUGH OF LINCOLN.
- CUCKSTONE.
- SAINT LEVAN.
- ROLLRIGHT.
- HAMPDEN.
- RIBCHESTER.
- HAWLEY.
- GOTHAM.
- BUCKLAND.
- COLEBROOK.
- GILLING.
- SHREWSBURY.
- JACK ROBINSON.
- WRANGHAM.
- LEICESTERSHIRE.
- BROCKLEY-HILL.
- STANTON DREW.
- SEVERN.
- SHERSTON MAGNA.
- NORTH ACRE.
- BELLASIS.
- KELLOE.
- ROSEBERRY-TOPPING.
- LINCOLN.
- SKIDDAW.
- INGLEBOROUGH.
- THE KIRBY FEIGHT.
- THORNTON.
- ISLE OF MAN.
- EARSDON.
- IX.—SUPERSTITION-RHYMES.
- CHARM-RHYMES.
- BUCKEE BENE.
- THE OX.
- LOVE DIVINATIONS.
- ST. AGNES' NIGHT.
- KALE.
- BALL-DIVINATION.
- THE EVEN-ASH.
- DOCK.
- THE YARROW.
- VERVAIN.
- FINGER-NAILS.
- DAYS OF BIRTH.
- COLOURS.
- THE MAN IN THE MOON.
- X.—CUSTOM-RHYMES.
- CHRISTMAS.
- CHRISTMAS MUMMERS' PLAY.
- NEW YEAR'S DAY.
- TWELFTH-NIGHT.
- CATHERNING.
- VALENTINE'S DAY.
- YOULING.
- BOY'S BAILIFF.
- PACE-EGGING.
- COLLOP-MONDAY.
- ISLE OF WIGHT SHROVERS.
- EASTER-GLOVES.
- LENT-CROCKING.
- CARE-SUNDAY.
- APRIL-FOOL-DAY.
- MAY-DAY.
- HARVEST-HOME.
- THE BARLEY MOW.
- ALL-SOULS' DAY.
- FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.
- BARBERS' FORFEITS.
- COCKLE-BREAD.
- A DRINKING CUSTOM.
- XI.—NURSERY-SONGS.
- BILLY, MY SON.
- MY COCK LILY-COCK.
- JACK SPRAT.
- DABBLING IN THE DEW.
- HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE!
- TOMMY LINN.
- THE BEGGARS OF RATCLIFFE FAIR.
- CONCLUSION.
- Transcriber's Note Spelling varieties have been maintained. ERRATUM—P. 181, l. 25, for εσι read εστι—has been corrected—> So says Plato, των ορθως δοθεντων αφαιρεσις ουκ εστι. Musical symbols are represented by an Abc-notation. Title: Lavender blue. Time signature: 6/8. Default note length: 1/16. Key: C. The lower notes of a song are shown by UPPERCASE, the higher notes by lowercase letters. Examples: The UPPERCASE letter C is used to describe a sixteenth note of the Middle C (C4 or c'); a lowercase c2 depicts an eighth note of the next higher C (C5 or c"); c3 or G3 each represent a note length of three-sixteenth. Bb is used for a b'flat or Bb note; B marks b'natural.
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