Vulgar words in Rhymes Old and New : collected by M.E.S. Wright (Page 1)

This book at a glance

ass x 2
blockhead x 1
cocky x 2
            

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Ass!" says the master, "Go drink that Water, That drowns not the Fire, That burns not the Whip, That thrashes not the Doggie, That bites not the Johnnie, Who chases not the Nanny, that eats the grapes, Down in the garden."

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Sword!" says the master, "Go kill that Ass there, That drinks not the Water, That drowns not the Fire, That burns not the Whip, That thrashes not the Doggie, That bites not the Johnnie, Who chases not the Nanny, that eats the grapes, Down in the garden."

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He is a blockhead, take it from me, sir, That does not know his A, B, C, sir, 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.

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Cocky-bendy's lying sick, Guess ye what'll mend him?

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INDEX OF FIRST LINES Page A baby was sleeping 32 About the seasons 22 A blue and white sky 4 A bushel of March dust 1 A Cheshire man 37 A cold April 1 Adam lay 36 Adam was supposed 36 A Friday dream 7 A good child 112 A litel grounde 109 And so you do not 46 An old story 78 A peacock picked 77 A penny for the chappin' stick 113 April, June 12 A robin and a titter-wren 74 A robin red-breast 5 A skylark wounded 5 A stands for Age 88 A stands for Apple 87 As I sat under 10 As I was going along 115 As I was going to Derby 52 As many days 105 A shower of rain 2 As Tommy 50 A superstition prevails 32 At Easter let your clothes 2 At ten a child 108 Autumn wheezy 9 A wet Good Friday 2 Baby, baby 30 Baby cry 25 Bishop, Bishop 83 Bobby Shaft 111 Born of a Monday 110 Cherries a ha'penny 113 Clemany, Clemany 16 Cocky-bendy 113 Come, butter, come 104 Come, my little Robert 43 Commodore Rogers 112 Cooing, cooing 81 Cuckoo oats 2 Daddy Neptune 116 Dance a baby 29 Dicky bird 73 Did you ever see 117 Dinah, Dinah 100 Ding dong 101 Dinty diddledy 100 Dragon fly 82 Dusky sister 81 Eat an apple 7 Eat, birds, eat 75 Essex stiles 106 Farmers' wives 3 February borrowed 15 February fill the dyke 15 Find odd-leaved ash 7 "Fire!

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