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R. CALDECOTT'S
PICTURE BOOK
Three huntsmen
LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO., Ltd.
AND NEW YORK
Printed tn Great Britain
THE
THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN.
Three Jovial Huntsmen
The
THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN.
IT'S of three jovial huntsmen, an' a hunting they did go;
An' they hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' they blew their horns also
Look ye there!
Noses in the wind
An' one said, "Mind yo'r e'en, an' keep yo'r noses reet i' th' wind
An' then, by scent or seet, we'll leet o' summat to our mind."
Look ye there!
Riding in the distance
Three huntsman again
They hunted, an' they hollo'd
They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the first thing they did find
Was a tatter't boggart, in a field, an' that they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said it was a boggart, an' another he said "Nay;
It's just a ge'man-farmer, that has gone an' lost his way."
Look ye there!
past a boggart
Over the stream
Looking at a grindlestone
Over a rise
They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find
Was a gruntin', grindin' grindlestone, an' that they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said it was a grindlestone, another he said "Nay;
It's nought but an' owd fossil cheese, that somebody's roll't away."
Look ye there!
Chased by millstone
Drinking from stream
A calf at a gate
Over another rise
They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find
Was a bull-calf in a pin-fold, an' that, too, they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said it was a bull-calf, an' another he said "Nay;
It's just a painted jackass, that has never larnt to bray."
Look ye there!
Three again
Up through a field
Across again
They hunted, an they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find
Was a two-three children leaving school, an' these they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said that they were children, but another he said "Nay;
They're no' but little angels, so we'll leave 'em to their play."
Look ye there!
Children in the Lane
Children waving
Waving back
School left behind
They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find
Was a fat pig smiling in a ditch, an' that, too, they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said it was a fat pig, but another he said "Nay;
It's just a Lunnon Alderman, whose clothes are stole away."
Look ye there!
Pig in a ditch
One fallen off
Climbed a tree and blew the horn
Riding through a wood
They hunted, an' they hollo'd, an' the next thing they did find
Was two young lovers in a lane, an' these they left behind.
Look ye there!
One said that they were lovers, but another he said "Nay;
They're two poor wanderin' lunatics—come, let us go away."
Look ye there!
Two young lovers
Calling out to the lovers
Riding off
So they hunted, and they hollo'd, till the setting of the sun;
An' they'd nought to bring away at last, when th' huntin'-day was done.
Look ye there!
Then one unto the other said, "This huntin' doesn't pay;
But we'n powler't up an' down a bit, an' had a rattlin' day."
Look ye there!
End of the day
Talking about the day
SING A SONG
FOR SIXPENCE
Telling a story
SING a Song for Sixpence,
For sixpence
carrying a bundle of sticks
A Pocketful
Showing the rye
of Rye;
Trapping Blackbirds
four and twenty blackbirds
Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds
Baking
Baked
a large pie
in a Pie.
Opening the pie
Bird singing
When the Pie was opened,
The Birds began to sing;
Was not that
Running off with the pie
a dainty Dish
To the king
the king and queen
carrying it to the king
To set before the King?
The King was in
Looking for the king
At the counting house door
his Counting-house,
Money
Counting out his Money.
Counting out money
The Queen was in
Looking for the queen
At the parlour door
the Parlour,
Bread and honey
Eating Bread and Honey.
Queen eating bread and honey
The maid
The Maid was in
soldier marching in garden
the Garden,
Clothes on line
Hanging out the Clothes;
Hanging out the clothes
Blackbird
There came a little Blackbird,
Snapped off her nose
And snapped off her Nose
Wren put it on again
But there came a Jenny Wren
and popped it on again.
In the garden with the maid, king and queen
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS
The Queen of Hearts
The Queen of Hearts.
Queen baking tarts
THE Queen of Hearts,
She made some Tarts,
Helping the Queen
King and baby at the window
King and Queen
King and Queen on the lawn
All on a Summer's Day:
Queen, King and Prince holding hands
Chef taking tarts out of the oven
Knave stealing tarts
The Knave of Hearts,
He stole those Tarts,
Cat points to knave
Knave sneaking away
Knave running away
Horns blowing
Knave hiding tarts
And took them right away.
Running to join others
Queen and King practing archery
Shot through heart of card
King's court
The King of Hearts,
Called for those Tarts,
King and children
Chef tells cat's story
Knave called forward
King beats knave
And beat the Knave full sore:
King and Queen dancing
Cat is proud
Knave runs away
Knave returns tarts
The Knave of Hearts,
Brought back those Tarts,
Knave passing out tarts
The court enjoying tarts
Everyone going back home, the knave dragging his stave
Knave making a vow
And vowed he'd steal no more
Knave kneeling
THE FARMER'S BOY
Boy on horse
The Farmer's Boy.
Man telling story to lady
WHEN I was a farmer, a Farmer's Boy,
I used to keep my master's HORSES,
With a Gee-wo here, and a Gee-wo there,
And here a Gee, and there a Gee,
And everywhere a Gee;
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
leading plow horses out
Resting from field
Playing for the sheep
Sheep
When I was a farmer, a Farmer's Boy,
I used to keep my master's LAMBS,
With a Baa-baa here, and a Baa-baa there,
And here a Baa, and there a Baa,
And everywhere a Baa;
With a Gee-wo here, and a Gee-wo there,
And here a Gee, and there a Gee,
And everywhere a Gee;
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
Wrestling with a sheep
Sheared sheep
Talking while chickens are fed
Feeding chickens
When I was a farmer, a Farmer's Boy,
I used to keep my master's HENS,
With a Chuck-chuck here, and a Chuck-chuck there,
And here a Chuck, and there a Chuck,
And everywhere a Chuck;
With a Baa-baa here, and a Baa-baa there,
And here a Baa, and there a Baa,
And everywhere a Baa;
With a Gee-wo here, and a Gee-wo there,
&c., &c., &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
Offering eggs
Eggs at the table
Slopping pigs
Following pigs
When I was a farmer, a Farmer's Boy,
I used to keep my master's PIGS,
With a Grunt-grunt here, and a Grunt-grunt there,
And here a Grunt, and there a Grunt,
And everywhere a Grunt;
With a Chuck-chuck here, and a Chuck-chuck there,
And here a Chuck, and there a Chuck,
And everywhere a Chuck;
With a Baa-baa here, and a Baa-baa there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a Gee-wo here, and a Gee-wo there,
&c., &c., &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
Pigs
Pigs spelling
Ducks
When I was a farmer, a Farmer's Boy,
I used to keep my master's DUCKS,
With a Quack-quack here, and a Quack-quack there,
And here a Quack, and there a Quack,
And everywhere a Quack;
With a Grunt-grunt here, and a Grunt-grunt there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a Chuck-chuck here, &c.
With a Baa-baa here, &c.
With a Gee-wo here, &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?