St. Nicholas/Volume 41/Number 2/Mother Goose

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Hark, hark,
The dogs do bark,
Beggars are coming to town:
Some in rags,
And some in tags,
And some in velvet gowns.

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!”

Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory, dock.

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

Diddle-ty—diddle-ty—dumpty,
The cat ran up the plum-tree
Half a crown
To fetch her down,
Diddle-ty—diddle-ty—dumpty.

Three wise men of Gotham;
Went to sea in a bowl;
And if the bowl had been stronger,
My song would have been longer.

Little Betty Blue
Lost her holiday shoe.
What shall little Betty do?
Buy her another
To match the other,
And then she 'll walk in two.



 Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day;
Little (Arthur) wants to play.

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“RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY”

PAINTED FOR ST. NICHOLAS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM.

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