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The House That Jack Built

From The Real Mother Goose

 

 

 

This is the house that Jack built.

House that Jack Built

This is the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.

Malt

This is the rat,

That ate the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.

Rat

Cat

This is the cat,

That chased the rat,

That ate the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the dog,

That worried the cat,

That chased the rat,

That ate the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.

Dog

Cow

 This is the cow with the crumpled horn,

That tossed the dog,

That worried the cat,

That chased the rat,

That ate the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the maiden all forlorn,

That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,

That tossed the dog,

That worried the cat,

That chased the rat,

That ate the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.

 

Maiden

Man

This is the man all tattered and torn,

That kissed the maiden all forlorn,

That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,

That tossed the dog,

That worried the cat,

That chased the rat,

That ate the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.  

This is the priest all shaven and shorn,

That married the man all tattered and torn,

That kissed the maiden all forlorn,

That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,

That tossed the dog,

That worried the cat,

That chased the rat,

That ate the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.

Priest

Rooster

This is the cock that crowed in the morn,

That waked the priest all shaven and shorn,

That married the man all tattered and torn,

That kissed the maiden all forlorn,

That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,

That tossed the dog,

That worried the cat,

That chased the rat,

That ate the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the farmer sowing the corn,

That kept the cock that crowed in the morn.

That waked the priest all shaven and shorn,

That married the man all tattered and torn,

That kissed the maiden all forlorn,

That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,

That tossed the dog,

That worried the cat,

That chased the rat,

That ate the malt

That lay in the house that Jack built.  

Farmer


 

 

 
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