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 The queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey; The maid was in the garden, Hanging out the clothes; By came a blackbird And pecked off her nose.

XL. LUCY LOCKET

Lucy Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it; But never a penny was there in't Except the binding round it.

XLI. LITTLE BINGO

A farmer's dog leapt over the stile, His name was little Bingo: There was B. with an I., and I. with an N., N. with a G., G. with an O.; There was B. I. N. G. O.; And his name was little Bingo.

The farmer loved a cup of ale, And called it very good stingo. There was S. with a T., and T. with an I., N. with a G., G. with an O.; There was S. T. I. N. G. O.; And its name was jolly Sting o.