Nursery Rhyme. XXXIII. Literal

    Great A, little a,
        Bouncing B!
    The cat's in the cupboard,
        And she can't see.

    A, B, C, tumble down D,
    The cat's in the cupboard and can't see me.

    One, two,
    Buckle my shoe;
    Three, four,
    Shut the door;
    Five, six,
    Pick up sticks;
    Seven, eight,
    Lay them straight;
    Nine, ten,
    A good fat hen;
    Eleven, twelve,
    Who will delve?
    Thirteen, fourteen,
    Maids a courting;
    Fifteen, sixteen,
    Maids a kissing;
    Seventeen, eighteen,
    Maids a waiting;
    Nineteen, twenty,
    My stomach's empty.

    Miss one, two, and three could never agree,
    While they gossiped round a tea-caddy.

    Hickery, dickery, 6 and 7,
    Alabone Crackabone 10 and 11,
    Spin span muskidan;
    Twiddle 'um twaddle 'um, 21.

    Ten and ten and twice eleven,
    Take out six and put in seven;
    Go to the green and fetch eighteen,
    And drop one a coming.