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| ONE OF R. CALDECOTT’S PICTURE BOOKS | 1 |
| Randolph Caldecott’s | 2 |
| LONDON & NEW YORK | 3 |
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Printed in Great Britain
The Farmer’s Boy.
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When I was a farmer,
a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s
horses,
With a Gee-WO here, and a Gee-WO
there,
And here a Gee, and there a
Gee,
And everywhere a Gee;
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
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When I was a farmer,
a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s
Lambs,
With a baa-baa here, and
a baa-baa there,
And here a baa, and there a
baa,
And everywhere a baa;
With a Gee-WO here, and a Gee-WO
there,
And here a Gee, and there a
Gee,
And everywhere a Gee;
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
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When I was a farmer,
a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s
hens,
With a Chuck-Chuck here,
and a Chuck-Chuck there,
And here a Chuck, and there
a Chuck,
And everywhere a Chuck;
With a baa-baa here, and
a baa-baa there,
And here a baa, and there a
baa,
And everywhere a baa;
With a Gee-WO here, and a Gee-WO
there,
&c., &c., &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
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When I was a farmer,
a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s
pigs,
With a grunt-grunt here,
and a grunt-grunt there,
And here a grunt, and there
a grunt,
And everywhere a grunt;
With a Chuck-Chuck here,
and a Chuck-Chuck there,
And here a Chuck, and there
a Chuck,
And everywhere a Chuck;
With a baa-baa here, and
a baa-baa there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a Gee-WO here, and a Gee-WO
there,
&c., &c., &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
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When I was a farmer,
a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s
ducks,
With a quack-quack here,
and a quack-quack there,
And here a quack, and there
a quack,
And everywhere a quack;
With a grunt-grunt here,
and a grunt-grunt there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a Chuck-Chuck here,
&c.
With a baa-baa here, &c.
With a Gee-WO here, &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
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When I was a farmer,
a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s
dogs,
With a Bow-Bow here, and
a Bow-wow there,
And here a Bow, and there a
wow,
And everywhere a wow;
With a quack-quack here,
and a quack-quack there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a grunt-grunt here,
&c.
With a Chuck-Chuck here,
&c.
With a baa-baa here, &c.
With a Gee-WO here, &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
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When I was a farmer,
a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s
children,
With a shouting here, and a pouting
there,
And here a shout, and there
a pout,
And everywhere a shout;
With a Bow-Bow here, and
a Bow-wow there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a quack-quack here,
&c.
With a grunt-grunt here,
&c.
With a Chuck-Chuck here,
&c.
With a baa-baa here, &c.
With a Gee-WO here, &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
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When I was a farmer,
a Farmer’s Boy,
I used to keep my master’s
turkeys,
With a Gobble-Gobble here,
and a Gobble-Gobble there,
And here a Gobble, and there
a Gobble;
And everywhere a Gobble;
With a shouting here, and a pouting
there,
&c., &c., &c.
With a Bow-wow here, &c.
With a quack-quack here,
&c.
With a grunt-grunt here,
&c.
With a Chuck-Chuck here,
&c.
With a baa-baa here, &c.
With a Gee-WO here, &c.
Says I, My pretty lass, will you come to the banks of the Aire oh?
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Picture Books
“The humour of
Randolph Caldecott’s drawings is simply
irresistible, no healthy-minded
man, woman, or child could
look at them without
laughing.”
In square crown 4to, picture covers, with numerous coloured plates.
1 John Gilpin
2 The House that Jack Built
3 The Babes in the Wood
4 The Mad Dog
5 Three Jovial Huntsmen
6 Sing a Song for Sixpence
7 The Queen of Hearts
8 The Farmer’s Boy
9 The Milkmaid
10 Hey-Diddle-Diddle and Baby Bunting
11 A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go
12 The Fox Jumps over the Parson’s
Gate
13 Come Lasses and Lads
14 Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross,
&c.
15 Mrs. Mary Blaize
16 The Great Panjandrum Himself
The above selections are also issued in Four Volumes, square crown 4to, attractive binding, red edges. Each containing four different books, with their Coloured Pictures and innumerable Outline Sketches.
1 R. Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 1 2 R. Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 2 3 Hey-Diddle-Diddle-Picture Book 4 The Panjandrum Picture Book
And also
In Two Volumes, handsomely bound in cloth gilt, each containing eight different books, with their Coloured Pictures and numerous Outline Sketches.
R. Caldecott’s
Collection of
Pictures and Songs No. 1
R. Caldecott’s
Collection of
Pictures and Songs No. 2
Miniature Editions,
size 5-1/2 by 4-1/2
Art Boards, flat back.
Four volumes
entitled
R. Caldecott’s
picture books
Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Each containing coloured plates and numerous outline sketches in the text.
Crown 4to,
picture covers.
Randolph Caldecott’s
Painting Books
Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Each with Outline
Pictures to Paint, and
Coloured Examples.
Oblong 4to, cloth.
A Sketch Book
of R. Caldecott’s.
Containing numerous
sketches in colour
and black and white.
Frederick Warne & Co.—Ltd
The Published Prices of the above Picture Books can be obtained of all Booksellers or from the Illustrated Catalogue of the Publishers.
Printed and copyrighted by Edmund Evans, Ltd., Rose place, Globe road, London, E.1.
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