Four Merry Nursery Rhymes

Two legs

sat upon three legs,

with one leg

in his lap.

In comes four legs,

runs away with one leg.

Up jumps two legs,

catches up three legs,

throws it after four legs,

and makes him bring back one leg.

* * *

Miss Jane had a bag,

and a mouse was in it.

She opened the bag,

he was out in a minute.

The cat saw him jump

and ran under the table,

And the dog said,

“Catch him, puss,

soon as you are able.”

* * *

As I was going to St. Ives

I met a man with seven wives.

And every wife had seven sacks,

And every sack had seven cats,

And every cat had seven kits.

Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,

How many were there going to St. Ives?

(One)

* * *

Tommy Trot, a man of law,

Sold his bed and lay upon straw;

Sold the straw and slept on grass

To buy his wife a looking-glass.