CECILY PARSLEY'S

NURSERY RHYMES

FOR LITTLE PETER

IN NEW ZEALAND

BY

BEATRIX POTTER

Author of

"The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc.

NEW YORK

FREDERICK WARNE & CO., LTD.

[All rights reserved]

Copyright, 1922,

by

Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd.

Though flattered by imitators galore Miss Potter's work stands supreme. Her many picture stories should be among the first books owned by children.

Cecily Parsley lived in a pen,

And brewed good ale for gentlemen;

Gentlemen came every day,

Till Cecily Parsley ran away.

Goosey, goosey, gander,

Whither will you wander?

Upstairs and downstairs,

And in my lady's chamber!

This pig went to market;

This pig stayed at home;

This pig had a bit of meat;

And this pig had none;

This little pig cried

Wee! wee! wee!

I can't find my way home.

Pussy-cat sits by the fire;

How should she be fair?

In walks the little dog,

Says Pussy! are you there?

How do you do, Mistress Pussy?

Mistress Pussy, how do you do?

I thank you kindly, little dog,

I fare as well as you!

Three blind mice, three blind mice,

See how they run!

They all run after the farmer's wife,

And she cut off their tails with a carving knife,

Did you ever see such a thing in your life

As three blind mice!

Bow, wow, wow!

Whose dog art thou?

I'm little Tom Tinker's dog,

Bow, wow, wow!

We have a little garden,

A garden of our own,

And every day we water there

The seeds that we have sown.

We love our little garden,

And tend it with such care,

You will not find a faded leaf

Or blighted blossom there.

Ninny nanny netticoat,

In a white petticoat,

With a red nose,

The longer she stands,

The shorter she grows.

THE ORIGINAL

Peter Rabbit Books

By BEATRIX POTTER

A LIST OF THE TITLES

EACH 85C/

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin

The Tailor of Gloucester

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny

The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle

The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher

The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse

The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies

The Tale of Two Bad Mice

The Tale of Tom Kitten

The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes

The Tale of Mr. Tod

The Tale of Pigling Bland

The Roly Poly Pudding

The Pie and the Patty-pan

Ginger and Pickles

Peter Rabbit Books in French

EACH 85C/

Pierre Lapin (Peter Rabbit)

Jeannot Lapin (Benjamin Bunny)

EACH 75C/

The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit

The Story of Miss Moppet

EACH 60C/

Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes

Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes

Published by

FREDERICK WARNE & CO., INC.