Title: Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes
Author: Beatrix Potter
Release date: November 6, 2007 [eBook #23350]
Most recently updated: January 3, 2021
Language: English
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NEW YORK
FREDERICK WARNE & CO., LTD.
[All rights reserved]
Copyright, 1922,
by
Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd.
Though flattered by imitators galore Miss Potter's work stands supreme. Her many picture stories should be among the first books owned by children.
Cecily Parsley lived in a pen,
And brewed good ale for gentlemen;
Gentlemen came every day,
Till Cecily Parsley ran away.
Goosey, goosey, gander,
Whither will you wander?
Upstairs and downstairs,
And in my lady's chamber!
This pig went to market;
This pig stayed at home;
This pig had a bit of meat;
And this pig had none;
This little pig cried
Wee! wee! wee!
I can't find my way home.
Pussy-cat sits by the fire;
How should she be fair?
In walks the little dog,
Says “Pussy! are you there?”
“How do you do, Mistress Pussy?
Mistress Pussy, how do you do?”
“I thank you kindly, little dog,
I fare as well as you!”
Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run!
They all run after the farmer's wife,
And she cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life
As three blind mice!
Bow, wow, wow!
Whose dog art thou?
“I'm little Tom Tinker's dog,
Bow, wow, wow!”
We have a little garden,
A garden of our own,
And every day we water there
The seeds that we have sown.
We love our little garden,
And tend it with such care,
You will not find a faded leaf
Or blighted blossom there.
Ninny nanny netticoat,
In a white petticoat,
With a red nose,—
The longer she stands,
The shorter she grows.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
The Tale of Two Bad Mice
The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
The Tale of Mr. Tod
The Tale of Pigling Bland
The Roly Poly Pudding
The Pie and the Patty-pan
Ginger and Pickles
EACH 85¢
Pierre Lapin (Peter Rabbit)
Jeannot Lapin (Benjamin Bunny)
EACH 75¢
The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit
The Story of Miss Moppet
EACH 60¢
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