NEW NURSERY RHYMES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 179, 2 June 1916, Page 1

NEW NURSERY RHYMES.

"Ba! Ba! big ship, Have you any wool '! " " Yes, sir; yes, sir; Three holds full. All of it for Sweden, sir, None of it for Germany, What a jolly thing it is To rule the bright blue sea." Hickory, dickory dock, The Kaiser's got the knock ; We've just begun To strafe the Hun, Hickory, dickory dock. % *x~ % Mary had a little jam, Her ma refused her more. Now Mary realises that The country is at war. There was a little man, A deadshot little Hun, And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead. He went to a tree To have a little snipe, When a shell blew off his head, head, head. Simple Simon met a pieman Going to the fair. Said Simple Simon to the pieman, " Let me taste your ware." The pieman said to Simple Simon, "Sakes alive! Not I;, If I did biz like that, young man, I'd be the blooming ' pie.' " X- x- -XOld Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard To see if she'd got any gin. But when she got there The cupboard was qaru, She murmured, "My luck isn't in." •V- vv -XLittle Boy Blue, Come, pull up your socks, The German fleet's leaving Its harbours and docks. Where is von Tirpitz, The lord of the wave '! He's gone to the barber To get a nico shave.