J. F. Campbell Collection > Old nurse's book of rhymes, jingles and ditties

jy/TARGERY MUTTON-PIE and Johnny Bo-peep,
They met together in Gracechurch Street,
In and out, in and out, over the way,
Oh ! says Johnny, 'tis chop-nose day.
lyrULTIPLICATION is vexa-
tion,
Division is as bad ;
The Rule of Three it puzzles me,
And Practice drives me mad.
ly/TY mother and your mother
Went over the way ;
Said my mother to your mother,
It's chop-a-nose day.
[The above lines are repeated by the
nurse when sliding her hand down
the child's face.]
"1\TEEDLES and pins, needles and pins,
When a man marries his trouble begins.
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