Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (2 page)

“How do you do, Mistress Pussy?
Mistress Pussy, how do you do?”
“I thank you kindly, little dog,
I fare as well as you!”

Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run!
They all run after the farmer's wife,
And she cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life
As three blind mice!

Bow, wow, wow!
Whose dog art thou?
“I'm little Tom Tinker's dog,
Bow, wow, wow!”

We have a little garden,
A garden of our own,
And every day we water there
The seeds that we have sown.

We love our little garden,
And tend it with such care,
You will not find a faded leaf
Or blighted blossom there.

Ninny nanny netticoat,
In a white petticoat,
With a red nose,—
The longer she stands,
The shorter she grows.