# Mother Goose: Jenny Wren - 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: little, maid, pretty, said, bell, gloucester - Length: 286 words, about 2 min - Original: - Page: - Open in Sprouts: As little Jenny Wren Was sitting by her shed. She waggled with her tail, And nodded with her head. She waggled with her tail, And nodded with her head, As little Jenny Wren Was sitting by the shed. ## Little Tom Tucker Little Tom Tucker Sings for his supper. What shall he eat? White bread and butter. How will he cut it Without e'er a knife? How will he be married Without e'er a wife? ## Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid "Where are you going, my pretty maid?" "I'm going a-milking, sir," she said. "May I go with you, my pretty maid?" "You're kindly welcome, sir," she said. "What is your father, my pretty maid?" "My father's a farmer, sir," she said. "What is your fortune, my pretty maid?" "My face is my fortune, sir," she said. "Then I can't marry you, my pretty maid." "Nobody asked you, sir," she said. ## The Old Woman Of Gloucester There was an old woman of Gloucester, Whose parrot two guineas it cost her, But its tongue never ceasing, Was vastly displeasing To the talkative woman of Gloucester. ## Multiplication Is Vexation Multiplication is vexation, Division is as bad; The Rule of Three doth puzzle me, And Practice drives me mad. ## Little King Boggen Little King Boggen, he built a fine hall, Pie-crust and pastry-crust, that was the wall; The windows were made of black puddings and white, And slated with pan-cakes,--you ne'er saw the like! ## Bell Horses Bell horses, bell horses, what time of day? One o'clock, two o'clock, three and away. ## A Thorn I went to the wood and got it; I sat me down to look for it And brought it home because I couldn't find it. ## Picture credits - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain () - Blanche Fisher Wright, Public domain ()