+Transcriber's Note+
1. Typographical errors were silently corrected.
2. The text version is coded for italics and the like mark-ups i.e.,
(a) small-caps are indicated thus CAPS;
(b) strong/bold text is indicated thus +strong+
(c) Images in the book are indicated as [Illustration] at
the respective place.
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[Illustration: cover-page]
MOTHER GOOSE'S
MELODY.
[Illustration: logo]
O, what a pretty little book
So full of pictures too;
I should like through it to look.
I'll buy it--wouldn't you?
CONCORD, N. H.
PUBLISHED BY R. MERRILL.
1843.
The Alphabet.
A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O
P Q R S T
U V W X
Y Z
a b c d e f g h
i j k l m n o
p q r s t u v
w x y z
Mother Goose.
[Illustration - Dog]
Bow, wow, wow,
Whose dog art thou?
Little Tom Tinker's dog--
Whose dog art thou?
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Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl;
And if the bowl had been stronger,
My song had been longer.
[Illustration - Beggers face to face]
Hark! hark! the dogs do bark,
The beggars have come to town;
Some in rags, and some in tags,
And some in velvet gowns.
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Tom, Tom, the piper's son,
Stole a pig, and away he run;
The pig was eat,
And Tom was beat,
And Tom ran crying down the street.
[Illustration - Horse]
I had a little hobby horse,
And it was dapple gray;
His head was made of oat-straw,
His tail was made of clay.
He could amble, he could trot,
He could carry a mustard-pot
Through the town of Woodstock,
Hey, boys, hey!
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Rain, rain, go away,
Come again, April day;
Little Johnny wants to play
In the meadow on the hay.
[Illustration - Cock]
The little black dog ran round the house,
And set the bull a roaring,
And drove the monkey to the boat,
Who set the oars a rowing,
And scar'd the cock upon the rock,
Who cracked his throat with crowing.
[Illustration - Bell]
Ding dong bell, the cat's in the well.
Who put her in? Little Johnny Green.
Who pulled her out? Great Jack Stout.
What a naughty boy was that,
To drown poor pussy cat,
Who never did him any harm,
And killed the mice in his father's barn.
[Illustration - Boy with Book]
Little lad, little lad,
Where were you born?
Far off in Lancaster, under a thorn.
I'm the stoutest boy you ever did see,
I can carry a pocket-book bigger than me.
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How many miles to Babylon?
Threescore miles and ten.
Can I get there by candle-light?
Yes, and back again.
JUST PUBLISHED BY
+R. MERRILL+,
CONCORD N. H.
+Webster's First Book+, Or Introduction to the Spelling Book.
By NOAH WEBSTER, LL.D. Price 6 cents.
+No. 1, or one Cent Toys+, containing 12 Nos. To be continued
to 18 Nos.
+No. 2, or two Cent Toys+, containing 12 Nos. of useful and
amusing matter.
+No. 4, or six Cent Toys+, in press, to contain 12 Nos.on
natural history, &c.
ALSO,
+The Infant School Primer+,
By Mrs. Teachem.
The whole to be embellished with handsome wood cuts.
