Simple Simon Silhouette Series

Excerpt

Simple Simon met a pieman,Going to the fair.Says Simple Simon to the pieman“Let me taste your ware.”

Says the pieman to Simple Simon,“Show me first your penny.”Says Simple Simon to the pieman,“Indeed, I have not any.”

Simon Looking for Plums.Simple Simon went to lookIf plums grew on a thistle,He pricked his fingers very much,Which made poor Simon whistle.

Simon Fishing.Simple Simon went a-fishing,For to catch a Whale;All the water he had got,Was in his mother’s pail.

Simon Hunting.Then Simple Simon went a-hunting,For to catch a hare;He rode on a goat about the street,But could not find one there.

Simon Drawing Water.He went for water in a sieveBut soon it all run through;And now poor Simple SimonBids you all adieu!

Ding Dong Bell.Ding, dong, bell,Pussy’s in the well!Who put her in?Little Tommy Lin:Who pulled her out?Little Tommy Stout.What a naughty boy was that,Who tried to drown poor pussy cat,That never did him any harm,But killed the mice in his father’s barn!

Little Miss Muffett.Little Miss Muffett,She sat on a tuffetEating of curds and whey;There came a great spider,Who sat down beside her,And frightened Miss Muffett away.

Ride a Cock Horse.Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,To see an old lady upon a white horse;Rings on her fingers, and bells on her toes,And so she makes music wherever she goes.

Tom Tom the Piper’s Son.Tom, Tom, the piper’s son,Stole a pig and away he run.The pig was eatAnd Tom was beat,And Tom ran crying down the street.

Little Bo-peep.Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep,And can’t tell where to find them;Let them alone, and they’ll come home,And bring their tails behind them.

Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep,And dream’d she heard them bleating;But when she awoke she found it ajoke,—Her little heart was breaking.

Then up she took her little crook,Determined for to find them;She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,For they’d left their tails behind them.

It happened one day, as Bo-peep did strayInto a meadow hard by,There she espied their tails side by side.All hung on a tree to dry.

Early to Bed.Early to bed and early to rise,Is the way to be healthy, and wealthy and wise.

JUVENILE CLASSICS
FROM THE RUTHERFORD PARK PRESS

• Little Workers.
• Fables—Nos. 1 and 2.
• Nursery Rhymes.
• A Merry Christmas.
• Cock Robin.
• Little Fantasy.
• A, B, C, of Animals.
• Alphabet Cards—Nos. 1, 2, and 3.
• Domino Cards.
• Mother Goose Melodies in Silhouettes.—3 series.

R. SHUGG & CO., Publishers,
New York.

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