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Old King Cole 



Was a merry old soul 



And a merry old soul was he ; 



He called for his pipe, 



And he called for his bowl, 



And he called for his fiddlers three. 



Every fiddler he had a fiddle, 



And a very fine fiddle had he ; 



Twee, tweedle dee, tweedle dee, 



Went the fiddlers three. 



O ! there's none so rare as can compare 



With King Cole and his fiddlers three. 



DING, DONG, BELL 



Ding, dong, bell, 

 Pussy's in the well ! 

 Who put her in? 

 Little Tommy Linn. 

 Who pulled her out? 

 Big John Stout. 



Little Miss Muffet 



Sat on a tuffet, 



Eating her curds and whey ; 



Along came a spider, 



And sat down beside her 



And frightened Miss Muffet away. 



Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep 

 And can't tell where to find them ; 



Leave them alone, and they'll come home, 

 Wagging their tails behind them. 



OLD KING COLE 



TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE 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 glorious sun is set, 

 When the grass with dew is wet 

 Then you show your little light, 

 Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. 



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 traveler in the dark, 

 Though I know not what you are, 

 Twinkle, twinkle, little star ! 



6. To cooperate with the teacher. After the 

 child enters school, the language training at 

 home should be planned to fix in mind the 

 lessons taught at school. In teaching all nurs- 

 ery rhymes and other selections care should 

 be taken to teach them correctly. Many books 

 contain revisions that differ widely from the 

 original. 



