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 LV. THE ROBIN

Taken down from a Devonshire nurse.

LVI. CLICK, CLACK

Although taken down from an English nurse, this is probably an American nursery rhyme; it has none of the freshness of a genuine English folk nursery song.

LVII. THE SNAIL

Taken down from a Devonshire nurse.

LVIII. SCHOOL OVER

A modern composition, unquestionably.

LIX. TWINKLE, TWINKLE

Known everywhere.

LX. GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING

By the late Lord Houghton.

LXI. THE PIGS

From 'Original Poems for Infant Minds,' published about 1830.

LXII. THE LITTLE FISHERMAN

From the same.

LXIII. THE LITTLE OLD WOMAN

Found in old song-books; of the beginning of the nineteenth century, not older; with tune in 'The Baby's Bouquet,' by Walter Crane.

LXIV. THE RIDDLE

A very ancient Riddle Song. Two versions in Miss Mason's 'Nursery Rhymes,' one in Mr. Crane's 'Baby's Bouquet.' A portion of it has got attached—why, I cannot say—to 'Don't you go a-rushing, Maids, in May.'

'I'll give you a chicken that has no bone, I'll give you a cherry without any stone, I'll give you a ring without any rim, I'll give you an oak that has no limb.'

The ring has no rim when the gold is being melted, and the oak has no limb when in the acorn.