R. CALDECOTT’S
first collection of
PICTURES AND SONGS
CONTAINING
THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG
THE BABES IN THE WOOD
THE THREE JOVIAL HUNSTMEN
SING A SONG FOR SIXPENCE
THE QUEEN OF HEARTS
THE FARMER’S BOY
LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO., LTD.
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PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN:
Showing how he went father than he intended, and came safe home again.
JOHN GILPIN was a citizen
Of credit and renown,
A train-band captain eke was he,
Of famous London town.
John Gilpin’s spouse said to her dear,
“Though wedded we have been
These twice ten tedious years, yet we
No holiday have seen.
“To-morrow is our wedding-day,
And we will then repair
Unto the “Bell” at Edmonton,
All in a chaise and pair.
“My sister, and my sister’s child,
Myself, and children three,
Will fill the chaise; so you must ride
On horseback after we.”
He soon replied, “I do admire
Of womankind but one,
And you are she, my dearest dear,
Therefore it shall be done.
“I am a linendraper bold,
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