Текст книги "Рифмы матушки Гусыни"

52.
«Jack be nimble…»

 
Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over
The candlestick.
 

53.
«I won’t be my father’s Jack…»

 
I won’t be my father’s Jack,
I won’t be my father’s Jill;
I will be the fiddler’s wife,
And have music when I will.
 
 
T’other little tune,
T’other little tune,
Prithee, Love, play me
T’other little tune.
 

54.
«I went to the wood and got it…»

 
I went to the wood and got it;
I sat me down and looked at it;
The more I looked at it the less I liked it;
And I brought it home because I couldn’t help it.
 

55.
«I would, if I could…»

 
I would, if I could,
If I couldn’t how could I?
I couldn’t, without I could, could I?
Could you, without you could, could ye?
Could ye? Could ye?
Could you, without you could, could ye?
 

56.
«Jerry Hall…»

 
Jerry Hall,
He is so small,
A rat could eat him,
Hat and all.
 

57.
Jack Sprat

 
Jack Sprat could eat no fat,
His wife could eat no lean;
And so betwixt them both, you see,
They lick’d the platter clean.
 

58.
«Lend me thy mare to ride a mile…»

 
“Lend me thy mare to ride a mile.”
“She is lamed, leaping over a stile.”
 
 
“Alack! and I must keep the fair!
I’ll give thee money for thy mare.”
 
 
“Oh, oh! say you so?
Money will make the mare to go!”
 

59.
«Little Betty Blue…»

 
Little Betty Blue,
Lost her holiday shoe.
What will poor Betty do?
Give her another.
 

60.
Little Bo-Peep

 
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And doesn’t know where to find them.
Leave them alone,
And they’ll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.
 
 
Little Bo Peep fell fast asleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleating.
But when she awoke,
She found it a joke
For they were still all fleeting.
 
 
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 all their tails behind them!
 
 
It happened one day, as Bo-Peep did stray
Into a meadow nearby.
There she espied,
Their tails side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.
 
 
She heaved a sigh, and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks went rambling.
And tried as she could,
As a shepherdess should
To tack each again to its lambkin.
 

61.
Little Boy Blue

 
Little Boy Blue,
Come blow your horn,
The sheep’s in the meadow,
The cow’s in the corn.
But where is the boy
Who looks after the sheep?
He’s under a haycock,
Fast asleep.
Will you wake him? No, not I;
For if I do, he’s sure to cry.
 

62.
Little Girl, Little Girl

 
Little girl, little girl, where have you been?
Gathering roses to give to the queen.
Little girl, little girl, what gave she you?
She gave me a diamond as big as my shoe.
 

63.
«Little Jack Horner…»

 
Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner,
Eating a Christmas pie.
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, “What a good boy am I!”
 

64.
«Jenny Wren fell sick…»

 
Jenny Wren fell sick
Upon a merry time,
In came Robin Redbreast
And brought her sops and wine.
 
 
“Eat well of the sop, Jenny,
Drink well of the wine.”
“Thank you, Robin, kindly,
You shall be mine.”
 
 
Jenny Wren got well,
And stood upon her feet,
And told Robin plainly,
She loved him not a bit.
 
 
Robin he got angry,
And hopped upon a twig,
Saying, “Out upon you, fie upon you!
Bold faced jig!”
 

65.
«Little Miss Muffet…»

 
Little Miss Muffet,
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened, Miss Muffet, away.
 

66.
«Little Nancy Etticoat…»

 
Little Nancy Etticoat
In a white petticoat,
And a red nose;
She has not feet or hands
The longer she stands
The shorter she grows.
 

67.
«Little Tommy Tittlemouse…»

 
Little Tommy Tittlemouse,
Lived in a little house;
He caught fishes
In other men’s ditches.
 

68.
«Little King Pippin he built a fine hall…»

 
Little King Pippin he built a fine hall,
Pie-crust and pastry-crust, that was the wall;
The windows were made of black puddings and white,
And slated with pancakes, – you ne’er saw the like!
 

69.
«Lives in winter…»

 
Lives in winter,
Dies in summer,
And grows with its roots upward!
 

70.
Mary Had a Little Lamb

 
Mary had a little lamb,
Little lamb, little lamb,
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow.
 
 
And everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
 
 
It followed her to school one day,
School one day, school one day,
It followed her to school one day,
That was against the rule.
 
 
It made the children laugh and play,
Laugh and play, laugh and play,
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school.
 
 
And so the teacher turned it out,
Turned it out, turned it out,
And so the teacher turned it out,
But still it lingered near…
 
 
And waited patiently about,
Patiently about, patiently about,
And waited patiently about,
Till Mary did appear.
 
 
“Why does the lamb love Mary so?
Mary so? Mary so?
Why does the lamb love Mary so?”
The eager children cry.
 
 
“Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know,
The lamb, you know, the lamb, you know!
Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know.”
The teacher did reply.
 

71.
«Mister East gave a feast…»

 
Mister East gave a feast;
Mister North laid the cloth;
Mister West did his best;
Mister South burnt his mouth
With eating a cold potato.
 

72.
Monday’s Child is Fair of Face

 
Monday’s child is fair of face,
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is full of woe,
Thursday’s child has far to go.
Friday’s child is loving and giving,
Saturday’s child works hard for a living,
And the child that is born on the Sabbath Day,
Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.
 

73.
«My father he dead, but I can’t tell you how…»

 
My father he dead, but I can’t tell you how;
He left me six horses to drive in my plough;
With a whim, wham, wabble ho!
Jack’s lost his saddle oh!
Blossy boys, bubble oh!
Over the brow.
 
 
I sold my six horses and bought me a cow;
I’d fain have made a fortune, but didn’t know how:
With a whim, wham, wabble ho!
Jack’s lost his saddle oh!
Blossy boys, bubble oh!
Over the brow.
 
 
I sold my cow and bought me a calf,
I never made a bargain but I lost the better half.
With a whim, wham, wabble ho!
Jack’s lost his saddle oh!
Blossy boys, bubble oh!
Over the brow.
 
 
I sold my calf and bought me a cat,
To lie down before the fire and warm its little back:
With a whim, wham, wabble ho!
Jack’s lost his saddle oh!
Blossy boys, bubble oh!
Over the brow.
 
 
I sold my cat and bought me a mouse,
But she fired her tail and burnt down my house:
With a whim, wham, wabble ho!
Jack’s lost his saddle oh!
Blossy boys, bubble oh!
Over the brow.
 

74.
«Old Boniface he loved good cheer…»

 
Old Boniface he loved good cheer,
And took his glass of Burton,
And when the nights grew sultry hot
He slept without a shirt on.
 

75.
«Old Mother Goose…»

 
Old Mother Goose,
When she used to wander,
Would ride through the sky
On a very fine gander.
 

76.
«Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing…»

 
“Old woman, old woman, shall we go a-shearing?”
“Speak a little louder, sir, I’m very thick o’ hearing.”
“Old woman, old woman, shall I kiss you dearly?”
“Thank you, kind sir, I hear very clearly.”
 

77.
One Misty, Moisty, Morning

 
One misty, moisty, morning,
When cloudy was the weather,
There I met an old man
All clothed in leather,
All clothed in leather,
With a cap under his chin.
How do you do?
And how do you do?
And how do you do again?
 

78.
«Over the water, and over the lea…»

 
Over the water, and over the lea,
And over the water to Charley;
And Charley loves good ale and wine,
And Charley loves good brandy,
And Charley loves a pretty girl
As sweet as sugar candy.
 
 
Over the water and over the sea,
And over the water to Charley;
I’ll have none of your nasty beef,
Nor I’ll have none of your barley.
But I’ll have some of your very best flour
To make a white cake for my Charley.
 

79.
Punch and Judy

 
Punch and Judy
Fought for a pie,
Punch gave Judy
A knock in the eye.
 
 
Says Punch to Judy,
“Will you have any more?”
Says Judy to Punch,
“My eye is too sore.”
 

80.
«Pussycat, pussycat…»

 
Pussycat, pussycat,
Where have you been?
I’ve been to London
To visit the Queen.
 
 
Pussycat, pussycat,
What did you there?
I frightened a little mouse
Under her chair.
 

81.
«Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross…»

 
Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To see a fine lady upon a white horse;
Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes,
And she shall have music wherever she goes.
 

82.
«Ride a cock-horse to Banbury cross…»

 
Ride a cock-horse to Banbury cross,
To buy little Johnny a galloping horse;
It trots behind and it ambles before,
And Johnny shall ride till he can ride no more.
 

83.
«Ring the bell…»

 
Ring the bell!
Knock at the door!
Draw the latch!
And walk in!
 

84.
Simple Simon

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

85.
«Ten little mice sat down to spin…»

 
Ten little mice sat down to spin,
Pussy looked down, and she looked in.
What are you doing, my little men?
We’re making some clothes for gentlemen.
Shall I come in to cut your threads?
No, kind sir, you’ll bite off our heads.
 

86.
Solomon Grundy

 
Solomon Grundy,
Born on Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday:
And that was the end
Of Solomon Grundy.
 

87.
«Taffy was a Welshman…»

 
Taffy was a Welshman,
Taffy was a thief,
Taffy came to my house,
And stole a piece of beef.
 
 
I went to Taffy’s house,
Taffy wasn’t in,
I jumped upon his Sunday hat,
And poked it with a pin.
 
 
Taffy was a Welshman,
Taffy was a sham,
Taffy came to my house
And stole a leg of lamb.
 
 
I went to Taffy’s house,
Taffy was away,
I stuffed his socks with sawdust
And filled his shoes with clay.
 
 
Taffy was a Welshman,
Taffy was a cheat,
Taffy came to my house
And stole a piece of meat;
 
 
I went to Taffy’s house,
Taffy was not there,
I hang his coat and trousers
To roast before a fire.
 

88.
«The cat sat asleep by the side of the fire…»

 
The cat sat asleep by the side of the fire,
The mistress snored loud as a pig:
Jack took up his fiddle, by Jenny’s desire,
And struck up a bit of a jig.
 

89.
«Dickory, dickory, dare…»

 
Dickory, dickory, dare,
The pig flew up in the air;
The man in brown
Soon brought him down,
Dickory, dickory, dare.
 

90.
«The hart he loves the high wood…»

 
The hart he loves the high wood,
The hare she loves the hill,
The knight he loves his bright sword,
The lady – loves her will.
 

91.
«The King of France went up the hill…»

 
The King of France went up the hill,
With twenty thousand men;
The King of France came down the hill,
And ne’er went up again.
 

92.
The Lion and The Unicorn

 
The lion and the unicorn
Were fighting for the crown.
The lion beat the unicorn
All about the town.
 
 
Some gave them white bread,
And some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum-cake,
And sent them out of town.
 

93.
«The man in the moon came down too soon…»

 
The man in the moon came down too soon
To inquire the way to Norridge;
The man in the South, he burnt his mouth
With eating cold plum porridge.
 

94.
«The man in the wilderness…»

 
The man in the wilderness
Asked me,
How many strawberries
Grew in the sea?
 
 
I answered him
As I thought good,
As many as red herrings
Grew in the wood.
 

95.
«The Queen of Hearts…»

 
The Queen of Hearts,
She made some tarts
Upon a summer day;
The Knave of Hearts,
He stole those tarts,
And took them quite away.
 
 
The King of Hearts,
He missed those tarts,
And beat the knave full sore;
The Knave of Hearts
Brought back those tarts,
And vowed he’d steal no more.
 

96.
«There was a fat man of Bombay…»

 
There was a fat man of Bombay,
Who was smoking one sunshiny day,
When a bird called a snipe,
Flew away with his pipe,
Which vexed the fat man of Bombay.
 

97.
Jolly Miller

 
There was a jolly miller once
Lived on the river Dee;
He worked and sang from morn till night,
No lark more blithe than he.
 
 
And this the burden of his song
For ever used to be,
“I care for nobody, no, not I,
And nobody cares for me.”
 

98.
«There was a lady loved a swine…»

 
There was a lady loved a swine,
“Honey!” said she;
“Pig-hog, wilt thou be mine?”
“Hunc!” said he.
 
 
“I’ll build thee a silver sty,
Honey!” said she;
“And in it thou shalt lie!”
“Hunc!” said he.
 
 
“Pinned with a silver pin,
Honey!” said she;
“That thou mayest go out and in,”
“Hunc!” said he.
 
 
“Will thou have me now,
Honey?” said she;
“Speak, or my heart will break,”
“Hunc!” said he.
 

99.
«There was a little girl…»

 
There was a little girl,
Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good,
She was very, very good,
But when she was bad, she was horrid.
 

100.
«There was a little green house…»

 
There was a little green house,
And in the little green house
There was a little brown house,
And in the little brown house
There was a little yellow house,
And in the little yellow house
There was a little white house,
And in the little white house
There was a little heart.
 

101.
There Was a Mad Man

 
There was a mad man,
And he had a mad wife,
And they lived all in a mad town:
They had children three at a birth,
And mad they were every one.
 
 
The father was mad,
The mother was mad,
And the children mad beside;
And they all got on a mad horse,
And madly they did ride.
 
 
They rode by night and they rode by day,
Yet never a one of them fell;
They rode so madly all the way,
Till they came to the gates of hell.
 
 
Old Nick was glad to see them so mad,
And gladly let them in:
But he soon grew sorry to see them so merry,
And let them out again.
 

102.
«There was a man and he had naught…»

 
There was a man and he had naught,
And robbers came to rob him;
He crept up to the chimney top,
And then they thought they had him.
 
 
But he got down on the other side,
And then they could not find him;
He ran fourteen miles in fifteen days,
And never looked behind him.
 

103.
«There was an old crow…»

 
There was an old crow
Sat upon a clod;
There’s an end of my song,
That’s odd!
 

104.
«There was an old man…»

 
There was an old man,
And he had a calf,
And that’s half;
He took him out of the stall,
And put him on the wall,
And that’s all.
 

105.
Old Man of Tobago

 
There was an old man of Tobago,
Who lived on rice, gruel, and sago,
Till, much to his bliss,
His physician said this —
“To a leg, sir, of mutton you may go.”
 

106.
«There was an old woman…»

 
There was an old woman
And nothing she had;
And so this old woman
Was said to be mad.
 
 
She’d nothing to eat,
She’d nothing to wear,
She’d nothing to lose,
She’d nothing to fear,
 
 
She’d nothing to ask,
And nothing to give,
And when she did die,
She’d nothing to leave.
 

107.
«There was an old woman of Leeds…»

 
There was an old woman of Leeds
Who spent all her time in good deeds;
She worked for the poor
Till her fingers were sore,
This pious old woman of Leeds!
 

108.
«There was an old woman…»

 
There was an old woman
Lived under a hill;
And if she’s not gone,
She lives there still.
 
 
Baked apples she sold,
And cranberry pies,
And she’s the old woman
That never told lies.
 

109.
«There was an old woman…»

 
There was an old woman
Lived under a hill;
She put a mouse in a bag,
And sent it to mill.
 
 
The miller declar’d
By the point of his knife,
He never took toll
Of a mouse in his life.
 

110.
«There was an old woman tossed up in a blanket…»

 
There was an old woman tossed up in a blanket,
Seventeen times as high as the moon;
Where she was going I could not but ask it,
For in her hand she carried a broom.
“Old woman, old woman, old woman,” quoth I;
“O whither, O whither, O whither so high?”
“To sweep the cobwebs from the sky,
And I’ll be with you by-and-by!”
 

111.
«There was an old woman who lived in a shoe…»

 
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children she didn’t know what to do.
She gave them some broth without any bread.
She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
 

112.
There Was a Piper Had a Cow

 
There was a piper had a cow,
And he had naught to give her;
He pulled out his pipes and played her a tune,
And bade the cow consider.
 
 
The cow considered very well,
And gave the piper a penny,
And bade him play the other tune,
“Corn rigs are bonny.”
 

113.
Three Jovial Welshmen

 
There were three jovial Welshmen,
As I have heard them say,
And they would go a-hunting
Upon St. David’s day.
 
 
All the day they hunted,
And nothing could they find
But a ship a-sailing,
A-sailing with the wind.
 
 
One said it was a ship;
The other he said nay;
The third said it was a house,
With the chimney blown away.
 
 
And all the night they hunted,
And nothing could they find
But the moon a-gliding,
A-gliding with the wind.
 
 
One said it was the moon;
The other he said nay;
The third said it was a cheese,
And half o’t cut away.
 
 
And all the day they hunted,
And nothing could they find
But a hedgehog in a bramble-bush,
And that they left behind.
 
 
The first said it was a hedgehog;
The second he said nay;
The third it was a pin-cushion,
And the pins stuck in wrong way.
 
 
And all the night they hunted,
And nothing could they find
But a hare in a turnip field,
And that they left behind.
 
 
The first said it was a hare;
The second he said nay;
The third said it was a calf,
And the cow had run away.
 
 
And all the day they hunted,
And nothing could they find
But an owl in a holly-tree,
And that they left behind.
 
 
One said it was an owl;
The other he said nay;
The third said ’twas an old man,
And his beard growing grey.
 

114.
The Three Little Kittens

 
Three little kittens they lost their mittens;
And they began to cry,
     O mother dear,
     We sadly fear
That we have lost our mittens.
What! lost your mittens,
You naughty kittens!
Then you shall have no pie.
Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.
No, you shall have no pie.
 
 
The three little kittens they found their mittens,
And they began to cry,
     Oh, mother dear,
     See here, see here,
For we have found our mittens.
Put on your mittens,
You silly kittens,
And you shall have some pie.
Purr-r, purr-r, purr-r,
Oh, let us have some pie.
 
 
The three little kittens put on their mittens,
And soon ate up the pie;
     O mother dear,
     We greatly fear
That we have soiled our mittens.
What! soiled your mittens,
You naughty kittens!
Then they began to sigh,
Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.
Then they began to sigh.
 
 
The three little kittens they washed their mittens,
And hung them out to dry;
     Oh! mother dear,
     Do you not hear
That we have washed our mittens?
What! washed your mittens,
Then you’re good kittens,
But I smell a rat close by.
Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow.
We smell a rat close by.
 

115.
«The rose is red, the grass is green…»

 
The rose is red, the grass is green,
Serve Queen Bess, our noble queen.
Kitty, the spinner,
Will sit down to dinner,
And eat the leg of a frog.
All the good people
Will look over the steeple
And see the cat play with the dog.
 

116.
This is the Key of the Kingdom

 
This is the key of the kingdom.
In that kingdom there is a city.
In that city there is a town.
In that town there is a street.
In that street there is a lane.
In that lane there is a yard.
In that yard there is a house.
In that house there is a room.
In that room there is a bed.
On that bed there is a basket.
In that basket there are some flowers.
Flowers in a basket,
Basket on the bed,
Bed in the room,
Room in the house,
House in the yard,
Yard in the lane,
Lane in the street,
Street in the town,
Town in the city,
City in the kingdom.
Of that kingdom this is the key.
 

117.
«This little pig went to market…»

 
This little pig went to market,
This little pig stayed at home,
This little pig had roast beef,
This little pig had none.
And this little pig cried,
Wee-wee-wee-wee-wee,
I can’t find my way home.
 

118.
«Three blind mice…»

 
Three blind mice,
See how they run!
They all ran after the farmer’s wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did ever you hear such a thing in your life?
As three blind mice?
 

119.
Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee

 
Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee
Resolved to have a battle,
For Tweedle-dum said Tweedle-dee
Had spoiled his nice new rattle.
 
 
Just then flew by a monstrous crow,
As big as a tar barrel,
Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.
 

120.
The Star

 
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!
 
 
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
 
 
Then the traveler in the dark,
Thanks you for your tiny spark,
He could not see which way to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
 
 
In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye,
Till the sun is in the sky.
 
 
As your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the traveller in the dark,-
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
 

121.
«Two little dogs…»

 
Two little dogs
Sat by the fire,
Over a fender of coal-dust;
Said one little dog
To the other little dog,
If you don’t talk, why, I must.