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THE
COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, AND
PIC-NIC DINNER
OF
Cock Robin $ Jenny Wren
WITH THE
DEATH AND BURIAL
or
POOR COCK ROBIN.
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Cock Robin and Jenny Wren.
THE COURTSHIP.
Says Robin to Jenny,
If you will be mine,
You shall eat pies and puddings,
And drink currant- wine.
7
GENERAL INVITATION.
Jenny consented; the day was named,
The joyful news the Cock proclaimed.
PARSON AND CLERK.
Tog-ether came the Rook and Lark,
The one as Parson, t'other Clerk.
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THE WEDDING.
The Goldfinch gave the bride away,
Who promised always to obey.
PREPARING FOR THE FEAST.
The feathery tenants of the air
Towards the Feast each gave a share.
Tiie jovial party din'd together,
And fiwe and pleasant was the weather.
THE CONCERT.
The Nightingale was then call'd on,
To give the company a song 1 .
The Linnet and the Goldfinch too,
Both sung" as sweet as they could do.
THE HAPPY PAIR.
And Robin and his pretty mate
Together lived in happy state.
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THE CRUEL HAWK.
But doleful to relate, one day,
A Hawk with Jenny flew away :
DEATH OF POOR ROBIN.
And Robin, by a wicked Sparrow,
Was shot dead with bow and arrow!
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DEATH AND BURIAL
POOR COCK ROBIN.
POOR COCK ROBIN.
The Birds of the air fell to sighing
and sobbing,
When they heard the sad fate of poor
Cock Robin.
19
THE CRUEL SPARROW.
This cruel Sparrow
Kili'd Cock Robin with bow & arrow.
THE LITTLE FLY.
This little Fly
Saw poor Cock Robin die*
22
THE FISH WITH HIS DISH.
This little Fish
Caught his blood in the dish.
THE UNDERTAKER.
His shroud, by the Beetle,
Was made with thread-and-needle.
23
THE SEXTON.
This Owl so brave
Dug poor Cock Robin's grave.
THE BEARER.
His coffin, at night,
Was borne by the Kite.
THE PARSON.
I, said the Rook,
Will preach from my book.
THE CLERK.
Amen, said the Lark,
Who assisted as Clerk.
27
THE LINK-BEARER.
To light them, the Linnet
Fetched a Torch in a minute.
THE PALL.BEARERS.
These Wrens so small,
Bore poor Cock Robin's pall.
30
THE CHIEF-MOURNER.
Says the innocent Dove,
I will mourn for my Love.
THE BELL-TOLLER.
The Bull tolled the Bell,
For poor Cock Robin's funeral knell.
All the birds in the air
Fell to sighing and sobbing,
When they heard the bell toll
For poor Cock Robin:
And vow'd that the Sparrow,
Who his life took away,
Should be tried for the murder
The very next day.
FINIS.
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Children s Toy Hooks,
UNIFORMLY PRINTED, AND EMBELLISHED WITH
Numerous elegant Coloured Engravings.
Vunt Ann's Gift, or Moral emblems in
Prose and Verse: 3 engravings - 06
ourtship and Marriage of Cock Robin
and Jenny Wren: 30 engravings 6
Cries of London: 16 engravings 6
Flowers that never Fade : 16 engravings 6
Infant's Alphabet: 27 engravings 06
Juvenile Pastimes, or Sports for the
four Seasons : 30 engravings 6
Juvenile Tell-Tale: 16 engravings 6
Pretty Stories and Pretty Pictures:
16 engravings 6
Sweets for Leisure Hours : 16 engravings 6
Unlucky John, and his Lump of Silver :
16 engravings 6
Wishing, or the Fisherman and his Wife;
1 6 engravings * 6
