One of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books

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Frederick Warne & Co.  Ltd.

1878

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

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This is the House that
                Jack built.

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     This is the Malt,
That lay in the House that
        Jack built.

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This is the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House
   that Jack built.

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        This is the Cat,
        That killed the Rat,
        That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.

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This is the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that
        Jack built.

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This is the Cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that
         Jack built.

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This is the Maiden all forlorn,
That milked the Cow with the crumpled horn,
                             That tossed the Dog,
                             That worried the Cat,
                             That killed the Rat,
                             That ate the Malt,
                             That lay in the House
                                that Jack built.

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This is the Man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the Maiden all forlorn,
That milked the Cow with
    the crumpled horn,
That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House
   that Jack built.

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This is the Priest, all shaven and shorn,
That married the Man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the Maiden all forlorn,
                      That milked the Cow with
                            the crumpled horn,
                      That tossed the Dog,
                      That worried the Cat,
                      That killed the Rat,
                      That ate the Malt,
                      That lay in the House that
                             Jack built.

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