Nursery Rhyme. CXXIII. Scholastic.

    Come when you're called,
        Do what you're bid,
    Shut the door after you,
        Never be chid.

        Cross patch,
        Draw the latch,
    Sit by the fire and spin;
        Take a cup,
        And drink it up,
    Then call your neighbours in.

    When I was a little boy, I had but little wit
    It is some time ago, and I've no more yet;
    Nor ever ever shall, until that I die,
    For the longer I live, the more fool am I.

    A, B, C, and D,
    Pray, playmates, agree,
    E, F, and G,
    Well so it shall be.
    J, K, and L,
    In peace we will dwell
    M, N, and O,
    To play let us go.
    P, Q, R, and S,
    Love may we possess,
    W, X, and Y,
    Will not quarrel or die.
    Z, and amperse-and,
    Go to school at command.

    The rose is red, the grass is green;
    And in this book my name is seen.

    My story's ended,
    My spoon is bended:
    If you don't like it,
    Go to the next door,
    And get it mended.