Set 17. As John with his rake
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Set of 44 unnumbered lesson cards on secular subjects with related colored picture
in center of card. Verso, plain. 44 items.
[1] As John with his rake
Transcription:
As Iohn with his/ Rake went out to make Hay,/ He met with his/ Sweet heart,
and/ stopt by the way.
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[2] At a house by a gate
Transcription:
At a house by a Gate,/ Did live without state/ A little old woman/ and man,/
They did work for/ their bread, And were/ very well fed. and the/ old
woman's name it/ was Nan.
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[3] At a house by a steeple
Transcription:
At a House by a/ Steeple, Did live many/ people, who all did/ love pudding,
and pye./ And good bread, and/ good meat, which they/ each day did eat, and/
drank small Beer/ when they were a dry.
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[4] Carots and turnips
Transcription:
Carots and Turnips/ all fresh good and/ fine,/ There is none to be/ had that
are better/ than mine.
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[5] A cat and two mice
Transcription:
A Cat and two/ Mice Lived in a/ great Barn, the/ Cat killed the/ Mice, and
she/ thought it no harm.
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[6] Close under a tree
Transcription:
Close under a tree/ there stood a pretty house/ And in it did live a great/
Rat, and a Mouse/ The Mouse she fell/ sick, and long kept her/ bed; The Rat
went in/ Mourning for her when she was dead.
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[7] A cow and a bull
Transcription:
A Cow and a Bull one/ day for their good,/ Would try change of/ Air, and
walk to the/ Wood:/ But when they came/ there, they found little/ ease,
Their feet were/ so hurt, with the stumps/ of the trees.
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[8] Dear madam
Transcription:
Dear Madam your Tea/ is exceedingly Fine,/ I had rather drink/ Tea, than the
finest of Wine.
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[9] A duck and a drake
Transcription:
A Duck and a Drake/ jumpt into the water/ And all the young/ Ducks did
paddle/ in after.
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[10] The eagle flies
Transcription:
The Eagle Flies/ high,/ But can't touch/ the Sky.
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[11] Eye ear arm
Transcription:
Eye ear arm face lips/ nose cheek teeth skin/ mouth hair tongue/ throat neck
heart let/ hand feet thumb nail.
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[12] Fish flesh fowl
Transcription:
Fish Flesh Fowl fruit/ bread cheese oil Ale/ Wine Beer drink salt/ Sauce
Eggs spice/ Butter pepper greens.
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[13] A fox caught a goose
Transcription:
A Fox caught a/ Goose, and eat her/ for dinner,/ A Man Shot the Fox/ while
the Goose was/ within her.
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[14] From most must
Transcription:
From most must/ take wick wild/ which George good/ thought strength lip.
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[15] Give some bread
Transcription:
Give some Bread/ to my Children I/ beg and I pray/ or they will be/ starved
having/ had none to day.
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[16] Good girl make haste
Transcription:
Good Girl make/ haste and have/ done with your broom/ Of all things I hate/
such a dust in the Room.
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[17] Hark the drum
Transcription:
Hark the Drum/ beats, and calls/ to the Field./ God give us Suc/ cess and
make the/ French yield
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[19] Have you got any copper
Transcription:
Have you got any/ Copper or Brass to/ mend:/ The Tinker to/ serve you does
wait/ and attend.
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[19] How wicked these men are
Transcription:
How wicked these/ men are to Quarrel/ and Fight:/ They surely forget/ that
they are in God's sight.
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[20] I am old
Transcription:
I am old, and poor and/ blind, pray give me/ a penny to buy me/ some
Bread.
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[21] I never did see
Transcription:
I never did see such a/ strange Bird as this is,/ He is ugly enought to/
fright little Misses.
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[22] In a fine summer's day
Transcription:
In a fine summer's day/ to Lye down on the/ ground,/ Is bad for your/
Health; and has fatal been found.
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[23] In frost and snow
Transcription:
In Frost and Snow,/ when Winds do/ blow, Little Robins/ do whistle and
Sing./ Of all Birds, they/ are best, with their pretty Red Breast/ And their
Musick/ does make the Wood's/ ring.
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[24] Indeed little madam
Transcription:
Indeed little Madam/ you Ride very grand/ With a Crown on/ your Chair, and a
Fan/ in your hand.
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[25] It is wicked to get drunk
Transcription:
It is wicked to get/ drunk, to swear, lye, or/ steal./ And those that do
such/ things will Hell Torments feel.
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[26] A linnet and a thrush
Transcription:
A Linnet, and a/ Thrush. Sitting in/ a Bush./ For three Months in/ the
Spring, They/ most sweetly do Sing.
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[27] Maids will you buy any milk
Transcription:
Maids will you/ buy any Milk, will/ you have some or/ no, Unless you/ come
quickly, away/ I must go.
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[28] May can say
Transcription:
May can say his let/ use new men man/ she when that they/ with your what
them/ will well this have/ then than know yet
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[29] O had I wings
Description of item:
George Iohnson. Watermark.
Transcription:
Oh had I wings I would/ Fly like this Dove,/ To visit Miss Wrighte/ who so
dearly I love.
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[30] Of all the fine birds
Transcription:
Of all the fine Birds/ that fly in the Air,/ None can with the/ Peacock, for
beauty/ compare.
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[31] Of in at
Transcription:
Of in at to me my it/ is no all go so if up/ or by he we be us as/ do on and
for the/ thy not our out you/ but her him was now
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[32] Once on a time
Transcription:
Once on a time it did/ so come to pass,/ That a Buck, and a Doe/ and a
little Jack Ass,/ Did all live in one/ Field, where they eat/ Hay, and
Grass.
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[33] Rock on
Transcription:
Rock on, rock on/ my pretty Boy/ And you shall be/ your Mothers joy.
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[34] A shepherd and a shepherdess
Transcription:
A Shepherd and a/ Shepherdess a keeping/ of their Sheep,/ They Guard them
both/ by day and night and/ Fold them when they/ sleep.
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[35] There was a birds nest
Transcription:
There was a Birds/ nest, and in it three eggs/ And when they were/ hatch'd
each Bird had two legs.
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[36] This girl went out
Transcription:
This Girl went out/ To walk about, till she/ had walk'd enough./ Then she
set her/ Rump, upon a stump/ And took a pinch of/ snuff.
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[37] This is Jack Woodhouse
Transcription:
This is Jack Woodhouse/ a riding to School/ To Play with the/ Boys and
Learn/ Latin by Rule.
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[38] This little boy
Transcription:
This little Boy waits/ to have his Shoes/ mended,/ With the Cobbler/ he
stays, until the work's ended.
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[39] This man with his dogs
Transcription:
This man with his Dogs/ went out to Kill Game,/ His Gun it went off,/ and
shot the Dogs/ lame.
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[40] Two butter flys
Transcription:
Two Butter Flys/ painted with wings/ fine and gay,/ Did both come to Life/
one very fine day.
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[41] Two for a penny
Transcription:
Two for a penny/ Oranges, all sound/ and sweet,/ Come try them/ and buy them
of/ me in the street.
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[42] Upon a high hill
Transcription:
Upon a high hill there/ stood a Wind-Mill, and/ unless it is gone it/ stands
there still. And/ who ever does please,/ when ever they will/ may bring Corn
to/ Grind at this pretty Hill.
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[43] When the hawk comes
Transcription:
When the Hawk/ comes in sight,/ The Birds are all/ in a fright.
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[44] A wind mill
Transcription:
A Wind Mill stood/ near to the end of a/ Town, At which they/ Ground Corn
both/ for white Bread and/ brown./ The Miller was not,/ a right just, honest
man/ For he sometimes stole/ Flour, and made weight/ with good Bran.
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