Jerry Hall
Was so small
A rat could eat him
Hat and all.

Here am I, little jumping Joan,
When nobody's with me
I'm always alone.

I had a little nut tree,
Nothing would it bear,
But a silver nutmeg,
And a golden pear.

(Chorus x 2)
I skipped over water,
I danced over sea,
And all the birds in the air,
Couldn't catch me.

The King of Spain's daughter
Came to visit me,
And all for the sake
Of my little nut tree.

The King of Spain's daughter
Came to stay with me,
And all for the sake
Of my little nut tree.

(Chorus x 2)
I skipped over water,
I danced over sea,
And all the birds in the air,
Couldn't catch me.

'Cause here am I, little jumping Joan,
When nobody's with me
I'm always alone.

Smiling girls, rosy boys,
Come and buy my little toys:
Monkeys made of gingerbread
And sugar horses painted red.
Handy spandy, sugary candy,
French almond rock;
Bread and butter for your supper,
That is all your mother’s got.

Gray goose and gander,
Waft your wings together,
And carry the good king’s daughter
Over the one-strand river.

Boys and girls come out to play
The moon doth shine as bright as day
Leave your supper and leave your sleep
And join your playfellows in the street
Come with a whoop, and come with a call
Come with a good will or not at all
Up the ladder and down the wall
A tuppenny loaf will serve us all
You bring milk and I'll bring flour
And we'll have a pudding in half an hour

Oh, the brave old duke of York,
He had ten thousand men;
He marched them up to the top of the hill,
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up, they were up,
And when they were down, they were down,
And when they were only half way up,
They were neither up nor down.

Down in the valley where the green grass grows,
There's a pretty maiden she grows like a rose
She grows, she grows, she grows so sweet
She sings for her true love across the street

(Bridge)

Sukey, you shall be my wife
And I will tell you why:
I have got a little pig,
And you have got a sty:
I have got a dun cow,
And you can make (good) cheese.
Sukey, will you marry me?
Say Yes, if you please.

(Verse)

Tommy, Tommy I will marry thee
Yes love, yes love at half past three
Ice cakes, spice cakes, all for tea
We'll have our wedding at half past three

My mother said, I never should,
play with the gypsies in the wood.
If I did, she would say,
naughty girl, to disobey.
Your hair won't curl, your eyes won't shine,
you naughty girl, you shan't be mine.
My father said, if I did
he'd rap my head, with a teapot lid.
The wood was dark, the grass was green,
in came Sally, with a tambourine.
I went to sea, no ship to get across,
I paid ten dollars, for a blind, white horse.
I sat on his back, was off in a crack,
Sally tell my mother, I ain’t coming back.

Cackle, cackle, Mother Goose,
Have you any feathers loose?
Truly have I, pretty fellow,
Quite enough to fill a pillow.
Here are quills, take one or two,
And down to make a bed for you.

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