Nursery Rhyme. DI. Natural History.

    As I went over the water,
    The water went over me.
    I saw two little blackbirds sitting on a tree:
    The one called me a rascal,
    The other called me a thief;
    I took up my little black stick,
    And knocked out all their teeth.

    As I went over the water,
    The water went over me.
    I saw two little blackbirds sitting on a tree:
    The one called me a rascal,
    The other called me a thief;
    I took up my little black stick,
    And knocked out all their teeth.

    Pit, Pat, well-a-day,
    Little Robin flew away;
    Where can little Robin be?
    Gone into the cherry tree.

    Some little mice sat in a barn to spin;
    Pussy came by, and popped her head in;
    "Shall I come in, and cut your threads off?"
    "Oh! no, kind sir, you will snap our heads off!"

    Once I saw a little bird,
    Come hop, hop, hop;
    So I cried, little bird,
    Will you stop, stop, stop?
    And was going to the window,
    To say how do you do?
    But he shook his little tail,
    And far away he flew.

        Goosey, goosey, gander,
        Where shall I wander?
    Up stairs, down stairs,
        And in my lady's chamber;
    There I met an old man
        That would not say his prayers;
    I took him by the left leg,
        And threw him down stairs.