# Mother Goose: Little Fred - Source: The Real Mother Goose (mother-goose.gutenberg.org), Public domain, Blanche Fisher Wright, illustrator, 1916, via Project Gutenberg - Reading level: Ages 4 to 6 - Subjects: Poems, Animals - Topics: fiddle, little, buttons, come, doctor, fell - Length: 251 words, about 2 min - Original: - Page: - Open in Sprouts: When little Fred went to bed, He always said his prayers; He kissed mamma, and then papa, And straightway went upstairs. ## Cry, Baby Cry, baby, cry, Put your finger in your eye, And tell your mother it wasn't I. ## Baa, Baa, Black Sheep Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes, marry, have I, Three bags full; One for my master, One for my dame, But none for the little boy Who cries in the lane. ## The Cat And The Fiddle Hey, diddle, diddle! The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. ## Doctor Fell I do not like thee, Doctor Fell; The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know, and know full well, I do not like thee, Doctor Fell! ## A Counting-Out Rhyme Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7, Alabone, Crackabone, 10 and 11, Spin, spun, muskidun, Twiddle 'em, twaddle 'em, 21. ## Jack And His Fiddle "Jacky, come and give me thy fiddle, If ever thou mean to thrive." "Nay, I'll not give my fiddle To any man alive. "If I should give my fiddle, They'll think that I've gone mad; For many a joyous day My fiddle and I have had." ## Buttons Buttons, a farthing a pair! Come, who will buy them of me? They're round and sound and pretty, And fit for girls of the city. Come, who will buy them of me? Buttons, a farthing a pair! ## Picture credits - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain ()