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NURSERY RHYMES
FOR
MODERN TIMES
Robert Morris

ILLUSTRATIONS
Sarah Gilbert

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This book is a work of fiction. People, places, events & situations are the product of
the authors imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead or
historical events is purely coincidental
2007 Robert Morris. All rights reserved.
US Copyright applied for.
No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by
any means without the written permission of the author.
First edition published by Rimetime publications March 2007.
ISBN: 978-0-9555495-0-2

Printed in the United Kingdom.

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This book is dedicated to my family.

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The Grand Old Duke of York

Went to feed his men
He gave them bread & pork
And marched them past Big Ben

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Can I speak to John

He ca nt talk right now
Weve just put his head
In the back of a cow

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Jack & Jill ate their fill

& drank a glass of water

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Jack the clown

Larked around
& Jill played with their daughter

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Too many cooks

Spoil the soup

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Too many chickens

Are kept in the coop

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The cat makes hay

While the sun shines

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The mice in dismay

Are sent down the mines

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One two three four five

Bees fly into a hive

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Six seven eight nine ten

They come out I dont know when

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Hickery dickery dock

Dont go out in the sun

The mouse applied sun block

Factor fifty one

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Hickery dockery dick

This rhyme is on the screen

And with just one click

Round the world is seen

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Can I talk to John?

Hang on the line

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With his vest & pants

In the open air drying

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Georgie Porgie pudding & pie

Took a trip & wondered why
All the liners were delayed
Didnt wait another day
Hitched a lift on a mantra ray

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The cats away

The cheese is free

The mice will sing

Do Re Me

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Hickery dickery duck

Alarmed began to quack
The hen began to cluck
The farmer got the sack

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Little Jack Horner

Got into the ring
Came out of the corner
And started to swing

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Took a punch to the jaw

It finished the bout
He fell to the floor
They carried him out

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The Washing Machine

Took the towels
Washed them clean
Cooked the fowls
The Washing Machine
Spun them dry
And in between
Scored a try

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Hey diddle diddle

Whos the pig in the middle?

Who went

into a swoon?

Who is a fan
Of a boys band?
And who danced
By the light of the moon?

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Can I speak to John?

Hes all tied up

With lots of rope

From a viaduct.

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The cats away

Took a trip round the lake

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The mice holiday

By baking a cake

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Hickery dickery dock

What will you wear with that?
The mouse put on a sock
A pair of shoes and a hat

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The Grand Old Duke of York

Decided to retire
Arranged his knife & fork
Got into sleep attire

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This book is dedicated to my family.