JOHNNY SHALL HAVE A NEW BONNET

JOHNNY shall have a new bonnet,
And Johnny shall go to the fair,
And Johnny shall have a blue ribbon
To tie up his bonny brown hair.

And why may not I love Johnny?
And why may not Johnny love me?
And why may not I love Johnny
As well as another body?

And here's a leg for a stocking,
And here's a leg for a shoe;
And he has a kiss for his daddy,
And two for his mammy, I trow.

And why may not I love Johnny?
And why may not Johnny love me?
And why may not I love Johnny
As well as another body?

THE FROG HE WOULD A-WOOING RIDE

It was the frog in the well,

Humble dum, humble dum,
And the merry mouse in the mill,
Tweedle, tweedle, twino.

The frog would a-wooing ride,

Humble dum, humble dum,

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The rat he ran up the wall,
And so the company parted all.

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.

Simple Simon went to look

If plums grew on a thistle;
He pricked his fingers very much
Which made poor Simon whistle.

I HAD a little pony;

His name was Dapple-gray.

I lent him to a lady,

To ride a mile away.

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