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TOMMY THUMB's SONG BOOK, FOR ALL LITTLE MASTERS and MISSES, To be Sung to them by their Nurses, until they can sing themselves.

By NURSE LOVECHILD.

TO WHICH IS ADDED, A Letter from a Lady on Nursing.

THE FIRST WORCESTER EDITION.

PRINTED at WORCESTER, Massachusetts, BY ISAIAH THOMAS.

[...] BOOKSTORE▪ MDCCLXXXVIII.

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TO NURSE LOVECHILD.

DEAR NURSE,

YOUR Diligence and Tenderness in bringing up my Children, will always command my utmost Endeav­ours to serve you. And as I cannot but approve, so I recommend this your laudable Design, of compiling a Collection of Songs, so fit for the Capacities of Infants. both in Words and Tunes, by which they are often, lull'd to Rest, when cross, and in great Pain. The first Songs are very suitably compos'd for a Baby: but pray be careful, not to sing them too loud; lest you frighten the Child, when you design to lull it to Sleep▪ or divert it: For you know, great Care ought to be observed as to the early Sense of Children, some arriving [Page 5] to a Knowledge, and Notice of Ani­mals and their Sounds, much earlier than others.

And now I am speaking of Frights, I will recommend a Method that is very useful, to prevent them in some Cases, such as in making them fa­miliar with Domestick, or other Ani­mals, as the Dog, Cat, Horse, Cow, &c. by persuading them to stroke, or touch them, as they happen to fall in their Way, which will make them as they grow up, bold in their Carriage, to all such Creatures, otherwise tim­orous to a Misfortune.

But this in particular, I insist on, above all others, that you never men­tion a Bull Beggar, Tom Poker, Raw Head and Bloody Bones, &c. lest you make such frightful Impressions on their tender Minds, as may never be eradicated.

[Page 6] There is another Concern I men­tion as to their bodily Preservation; that is, as many of the following Songs while the Nurses are singing them, are attended with dancing, or exercising Infants, I seriously intreat all who have the Care of Children, not to swing them by the Arms with their Heels backwards, lest they dislocate their Backs, which has fre­quently been the Ruin of many a fine Child.

I hope your experienced Sister Nurses will not be displeased, as my Design is not to direct them: But as it very often happens, that young Girls are intrusted with the Care of Children, I think these Precautions, and Songs, may be of Use to them, as they have been to,

Yours, &c.
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ARTIFICIAL MEMORY FOR INFANTS; WHEREBY They may Acquire THE Knowledge of Animals, AND SOME Of their SOUNDS, BEFORE They can Go or Speak.

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ALTHOUGH this Invention is calculated for the Diversion of Infants, yet it will afford great Pleas­ure to the Parent, or Nurse, to ob­serve the Progress, and surprising Difference in the early Sense of their Children.

The Method I propose, is, that you first shew the Child, the follow­ing Animals one at a Time, and pro­nounce its Sound, as for Example,

Ask which is the DOG? Then point to it, then ask what the DOG says, then say,

BOW, WOW, WOW.

And so on to the rest, by which Means, the Child in a short Time, will be able to do the same itself.

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Bow, Wow, Wow.

Mew, Mew, Mew.

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Ne, he, he, he.

Moo, Moo, Moo.

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Cock, a doodle do.

Wack, Wack, Wack.

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Chatter, Chatter, Chatter.

Sweet, jugg, Sweet.

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Pretty, Pretty Poll.

Roar, Roar, Roar.

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Buzz, Buzz, Buzz.

Coo, Coo, Coo.

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Mag, Mag, Mag.

Hoot, Hoot, Hoot.

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Cuckoo, Cuckoo, Cuckoo.

Caw, Caw, Caw.

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Bah, Bah, Bah.

Quack, Quack, Quack.

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Bray, Bray, Bray.

Grunt, Grunt, Grunt.

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Squeak, Squeak, Squeak.

Maha, Maha, Maha.

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To shew the FEATURES.

  • Brow Bender,
  • Eye Peeper,
  • Nose Dropper,
  • Mouth Eater,
  • Chin Chopper.
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BABY BUNTING.

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LULLIBY Baby Bunting,
Your Father's gone a hunting,
To each a Rabit for a Skin,
To wrap the Baby Bunting in.

Affetuoso.

Enore 'till the Child's asleep.

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BABY ON THE TREE TOP.

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HUSH a By Baby
On the Tree Top:
When the Wind blows,
The Cradle will rock.
When the Bough breaks,
The Cradle will fall;
Down tumbles Baby,
Cradle and all.

ENCORE.

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PATTY CAKE.

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PATTY Cake, Patty Cake,
Baker's Man;
That I will, Master,
As fast as I can.
Pricket, and Pricket,
And mark it with a T;
And there will be enough
For Tommy and thee.

ENCORE VENTESIMO.

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MARGERY DAW.

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SE, Saw, Margery Daw,
Sold her Bed and lay on the Straw.
Was not she a dirty Slut,
To sell her Bed and lie in the Dirt.

ACUTO. Sing till the Child is tired.

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PENNY A DAY.

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SE, Saw, a Penny a Day,
Tommy shall have a
New Master.
Why must he have but a
Penny a Day?
Because he can work
No faster.

ALLEGRO.

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LONDON BELLS.

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TWO Sticks and an Apple,
Ring the Bells at Whitechappel.
Old Father Bald Pate,
Ring the Bells at Aldgate.
Maids in white Aprons,
Ring the Bells at St. Catharines.
Oranges and Lemons,
Ring the Bells at St. Clemens.
[Page 27] When will you pay me?
Ring the Bells at Old Bailey.
When I am rich,
Ring the Bells at Fleetditch.
When will that be?
Ring the Bells at Stepney.
When I am old,
Ring the Great Bells at Paul's.
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CHARLESTOWN BRIDGE.

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CHARLESTOWN Bridge
Is broken down,
Dance over my Lady Lee:
Charlestown Bridge
Is broken down,
With a gay Lady.
How shall we build
It up again,
Dance over my Lady Lee:
How shall we build
It up again,
With a gay Lady.
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Build it up with
Gravel and Stone,
Dance over my Lady Lee:
Build it up with
Gravel and Stone,
With a gay Lady.
Gravel and Stone
Will wash away,
Dance over my Lady Lee:
Gravel and stone
Will wash away,
With a gay Lady.
Build it up with
Iron and Steel,
Dance over my Lady Lee.
Build it up with
Iron and Steel,
With a gay Lady.
Iron and Steel
Will bend and bow,
Dance over my Lady Lee:
[Page 30] Iron and Steel
Will bend and bow,
With a gay Lady.
Build it up with
Silver and Gold,
Dance over my Lady Lee:
Build it up with
Silver and Gold,
With a gay Lady.
Silver and Gold
Will be stolen away,
Dance over my Lady Lee:
Silver and Gold
Will be stolen away,
With a gay Lady.
Then we will set
A Man to watch,
Dance over my Lady Lee;
Then we will set
A Man to watch,
With a gay Lady.
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ROBIN RED BREAST.

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LITTLE Robin Red Breast,
Sitting on a Pole,
Niddle, Noddle, went his Head,
And Poop went his Hole.

PRONTO.

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THE OLD WOMAN.

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THERE was an old Woman
Liv'd under a Hill,
And if she i'n't gone,
She lives there still.

RECITATIVE.

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TOM THUMB and his NURSE.

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LITTLE Tommy Thumb,
With his little Pipe and Drum,
Is come to give you a Dance;
And Lovechild so Taper,
Will shew you a Caper,
Dunoyer brought from France.
She is pleas'd that you look,
Into her little Book,
And like her Songs so well,
That her Figures you know,
Before that you can go,
And sing them before you can spell.
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Who did kill COCK ROBIN.

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I.
Who did kill Cock Robin?
I▪ said the Sparrow,
With my Bow and Arrow,
And I did kill Cock Robin.
II.
Who did see [...]im die?
I, said the Fly,
With my little Eye,
And I did see him die.
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III.
And who did catch his Blood?
I, said the Fish,
With my little Dish,
And I did catch his Blood.
IV.
And who did make his Shroud?
I, said the Beetle,
With my little Needle,
And I did make his Shroud.
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JACKY DANDY.

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NAUTY Pauty,
Jacky Dandy,
Stole a Piece of
Sugar Candy.
From the Grocer's
Shop Shop,
And away did
Hop Hop.
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LITTLE BOY liv'd by himself.

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WHEN I was a little Boy,
I liv'd by myself,
All the Bread and Cheese I got,
I hid upon my Shelf.
The Rats and the Mice,
They made such a Strife,
I was forc'd to go to London,
To buy me a Wife:
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The Streets were so broad,
And the Lanes were so narrow,
I was forc'd to bring my Wife
Home in a Wheelbarrow;
The Wheelbarrow broke,
And gave my Wife a Fall.
The Duce take the Wheelbarrow,
My Wife and all.
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An OLD WOMAN and she sold PUDDINGS.

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THERE was an old Woman,
And she sold Puddings and Pyes,
She went to the Mill,
And the Dust slew into her Eyes.
Hot Pyes, hot Pyes, hot
And cold Pyes and Puddings to sell,
Whereever she goes,
You may follow her by the smell.
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ROBIN AND BOBBIN.

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ROBIN and Bobbin,
Two great Belly'd Men,
They ate more Victuals
Than threescore and ten.

TIMOROSO

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CAT AND A FIDDLE.

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HIGH Diddle, Diddle,
A Cat and a Fiddle;
The Cow jump'd over the Moon:
The little Dog laugh'd
For to see the Sport,
And the Dish ran after the Spoon.

GIGA.

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COCK A DOODLE DO.

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COCK a Doodle Do,
My Dame has lost her Shoe,
The Cat has lost her Fiddle Stick,
And knows not what to do.

LAMENTATIONE.

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HARK, HARK.

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HARK! Hark!
The Dogs do bark,
The Beggars are coming to Town,
Some in Jags,
And some in Rags,
And some in Velvet Gowns.

ENCORE.

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LITTLE JACK HORNER.

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LITTLE Jack Horner,
Sat in the Corner,
Eating of Christmas Pye;
He put in his Thumb,
And pull'd out a Plumb,
And what a good Boy was I?

CHORUS.

And what a good Boy was I?
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A PRETTY WENCH.

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I AM a pretty Wench,
And I come a great Way hence,
And Sweethearts I can get none:
But every dirty Sow,
Can get Sweethearts enough,
And I pretty Wench can get none.

LANGUIDO.

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MAGOTTY PYE.

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ROUND about, round about,
Magotty Pye;
My Father loves good Ale,
And so do I.

ALMAIN.

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ROBIN AND BOBBIN

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I.
WE will go to the Wood,
Says Robin to Bobbin,
We will go to the Wood,
Says Richard to Robin.
We will go to the Wood,
Says John and alone,
We will go to the Wood,
Says every one.
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II.
We will shoot at a Wren,
Says Robin to Bobbin,
We will shoot at a Wren,
Says Richard to Robin.
We will shoot, &c.
III,
She is down, she is down,
Says Robin to Bobbin,
She is down, she is down,
Says Richard to Robin.
She is down, &c.
IV.
How shall we get her home?
Says Robin to Bobbin,
How shall we get her home?
Says Richard to Robin.
How shall we get, &c.
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V.
We will hire a Cart,
Says Robin to Bobbin,
We will hire a Cart,
Says Richard to Robin,
We will hire a Cart, &c.
VI.
Then Hoist her, Hoist her,
Says Robin to Bobbin,
Then Hoist her, Hoist her,
Says Richard to Robin.
Then Hoist her, &c.
VII.
She is up, she is up,
Says Robbin to Bobbin,
She is up, she is up,
Says Richard to Robbin,
She is up, she is up, &c.
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BOYS AND GIRLS.

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BOYS and Girls come out to play,
The Moon does shine as bright as Day;
Come with a Hoop, and come with a Call,
Come with a good Will, or not at all;
Lose your Supper, and lose your Sleep,
And come to your Playfellows in the Street.
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GREY BEARD.

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OLD Father Grey Beard,
Without Tooth or Tongue,
If you'll give me your Finger,
I'll give you my Thumb.
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HARRY PARRY.

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O RARE Harry Parry!
When will you marry?
When Apples and Pears are ripe;
I'll come to your Wedding,
Without any Bidding,
And lie with your Bride all Night.
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SONG OF SIX PENCE.

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SING a Song of Six Pence,
A Bag full of Rye:
Four and twenty naughty Boys,
Baked in a Pye.
And when the Pye was open'd,
The Birds began to sing;
Was not this a dainty Dish,
To set before the King?
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LIAR LICKSPIT.

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LIAR, Liar, Lickspit,
Turn about the Candlestick;
What's good for Liars?
Brimstone and Fires.

VIVACE.

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MRS. MARY.

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MISTRESS Mary,
Quite contrary,
How does your Garden grow?
With Silver Bells,
And Cockle Shells,
Sing Cuckolds all a row.
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RIDE A COCK HORSE.

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RIDE a Cock Horse,
To Banbury Cross,
To see what Tommy can buy;
A Penny white Loaf,
A Penny white Cake,
And a Hugey Penny Pye.
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FEE, FAW, FUM.

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FEE, Faw, Fum,
I smell the Blood
Of an Earthly Man.
Let him be alive or dead,
Off Goes his Head.

ADACIO.

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OH, MY KITTEN.

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OH, my Kitten, a Kitten,
And oh, my Kitten a Deary,
Such a sweet Babe as this,
There is not far nor neary:
Here we go up, up, up,
And here we go down, down, dow­ny,
Here we go backwards and for­wards,
And here we go round, round, roun­dy.
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LION AND THE UNICORN.

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THE Lion and the Unicorn,
Fighting for the Crown,
The Lion beat the Unicorn,
All about the Town.

ALTO, Concertante.

FINIS.
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BOOKS, for Masters and Misses of all Ages, which will make them wise and happy, printed and sold by ISAIAH THOMAS, at his Bookstore in Worcester, Massachusetts, all ornamented with Cuts, and prettily bound.

The following are all price four Cents each, or four federal coppers, viz.
  • NURSE TRUELOVE's Christmas Box.
  • The FATHER's GIFT; or the Way to be wise.
  • The BROTHER's GIFT; or the naugh­ty Girl reformed.
  • The SISTER's GIFT; or the naughty Boy reformed.
  • The little PUZZLING CAP; or a Col­lection of pretty Riddles.
  • The ROYAL ALPHABET; or Child's best Instructor; to which is added, the History of a little Boy found under a Haycock.
  • The Death and Burial of COCK ROB­BIN; with the tragical Death of A, Apple Pye.
  • [Page] The remarkable History of TOM JONES, a Foundling.
  • TOM THUMB's Folio; or a Three penny play Thing for Little Giants. To which is added an Abstract of the Life of Mr. Thumb.
  • Entertaining FABLES, for General Instruction.
  • JACKY DANDY's Delight; or the History of Birds and Beasts.
  • The renowned History of GILES GIN­GERBREAD, a little Boy who lived on Learning.
  • The History of Master JACKEY, and Miss HARRIOT; with Maxims for the Improvement of the Mind.
  • The Travels of ROBINSON CRUSOE. Written by himself.
  • (With many others of the same Size and Price. Also,
  • TOM THUMB's PLAY BOOK, to teach Children their Letters as soon as they can speak. Being a new and pleasant Method to allure little Ones in the first Principles of Learning, price only two Pence.
The following are all price eight Cents each.
  • [Page]The FAIRING: Or, a golden Toy for Children of all Sizes and Denominations.
  • The LILIPUTIAN MASQUERADE.
  • VIRTUE and VICE: Or, the History of CHARLES CAREFUL, and HARRY HEEDLESS, shewing the good Effects of continued Prudence.
  • NURSE TRUELOVE's New Year's Gift, &c.
  • HAGAR in the Desert. Translated from the French.
  • New SONG BOOK.
  • A little LOTTERY BOOK for Chil­dren: Containing a new Method of playing them into a Knowledge of Letters and Figures, &c.
  • The History of little King PIPPIN; with an Account of the melancholy Death of four naughty Boys, &c.
  • History of the HOLY JESUS. Contain­ing a brief and plain Account of his, Birth, Life, Death, Resurrection, and Ascension into Heaven; and his com­ing again at the great and last Day of Judgment.
The following are all to be sold at eight Pence each, viz.
  • [Page]The MOTHER's GIFT; or a Present for all little Children who wish to be good. In 2 Volumes.
  • The ROYAL PRIMER; or, an Easy Guide to the Art of Reading.
  • The big PUZZLING CAP, or a Col­lection of Riddles.
  • Mother GOOSE's MELODY; or Son­nets for the Cradle; being a Collection of all the famous Songs of Nurses, or­namented with numerous Cuts.
  • A BAG of NUTS, ready cracked; being a Collection of Fables, Riddles, and Conundrums
  • The LOTTERY. BOOK; with Mr. Cuz's Alphabet set to Musick.
  • The BEAUTY and the MONSTER. Translated from the French.
The following are all sold at one Shilling each.
  • The HOLY BIBLE abridged; or, the History of the Old and New Testament. Illustrated with Notes and adorned with Cuts. For the Use of Children.
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