[Illustration]
“Indeed, Miss MOUSE,” replied Mr FROG,
Heigho,
says ROWLEY!
“A cold has made me as hoarse as a Hog.”
With
a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach,
Heigho,
says ANTHONY ROWLEY!
[Illustration]
“Since you have caught cold,” Miss MOUSEY
said.
Heigho,
says ROWLEY!
“I’ll sing you a song that I have just
made.”
With
a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach,
Heigho,
says ANTHONY ROWLEY!
[Illustration]
But while they were all thus a merry-making,
Heigho,
says ROWLEY!
A Cat and her Kittens came tumbling in.
With
a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach,
Heigho,
says ANTHONY ROWLEY!
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
The Cat she seized the Rat by the crown;
Heigho,
says ROWLEY!
The Kittens they pulled the little Mouse down.
With
a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach,
Heigho,
says ANTHONY ROWLEY!
[Illustration]
This put Mr. FROG in a terrible fright;
Heigho,
says ROWLEY!
He took up his hat, and he wished them good night.
With
a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach,
Heigho,
says ANTHONY ROWLEY!
[Illustration]
But as Froggy was crossing a silvery brook,
Heigho,
says ROWLEY!
A lily-white Duck came and gobbled him up.
With
a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach,
Heigho,
says ANTHONY ROWLEY!
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
So there was an end of one, two, and three,
Heigho,
says ROWLEY!
The Rat, the Mouse, and the little Frog-gee!
With
a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach,
Heigho,
says ANTHONY ROWLEY!
[Illustration: Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Books
“The humour of Randolph Caldecott’s drawings is simply irresistible, no healthy-minded man, woman, or child could look at them without laughing.”
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In square crown 4to, picture covers, with numerous coloured plates.
1 John Gilpin
2 The House that Jack Built
3 The Babes in the Wood
4 The Mad Dog
5 Three Jovial Huntsmen
6 Sing a Song for Sixpence
7 The Queen of Hearts
8 The Farmer’s Boy
9 The Milkmaid
10 Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting
11 A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go
12 The Fox Jumps over the Parson’s Gate
13 Come Lasses and Lads
14 Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross, &c.
15 Mrs. Mary Blaize
16 The Great Panjandrum Himself