The knife-grinder's budget of pictures & poetry, for boys and girls

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The Knife Grinder’s Budget

“Swing-up, my Lads!”
The Drill-Sergeant cries,
“And fix on the Fugle-man
Each of your eyes.”

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THE KNIFE-GRINDER.

THE

KNIFE-GRINDER’s

Budget

Pictures & Poetry,

FOR

BOYS AND GIRLS.

OTLEY:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM WALKER.

1829.

THE BUDGET

“Come buy my fine Apples,”

“Come buy my fine Apples,”
The old Woman cries,

“You cannot have better
For eating or pies.”

donkey

The Huxter and Donkey
Are both on their legs:

They’re going to market
For butter and eggs.

barber

The Barber, of all men,
Is most full of news,

And ever detested
By long-bearded Jews.

riding

“Well, Richard, you’re mounted
Again, I declare!”

“Yes, riding is better
Than walking, by far!”

goat

The Goat on the crag
You see fast asleep;

From whence he can leap,
Tho’ it’s ever so steep.

child_cat

The Child and Miss Pussy
Do play very nice;

But Pussy had much rather
Play with some mice.

lamp-lighter

“Be quick as a Lamp-lighter!”
Sometimes we say:

Here’s one upon duty
Fast tripping away.

dog

O, Keeper! thy visage
Is dreadful indeed!

Thy presence I’ll flee
With all possible speed.

butcher_calf

Here comes for the Butcher
A fine lusty Calf,

For the killing of which
He perhaps will get half.

potato_farm

Potatoes are useful,
If they be but good:

The ground must be till’d,
Or we cannot have food.

hound

That Hound, I dare say,
Won’t like the Boy’s whip;

Could he break the cord,
He would give him the slip.

boot-jack

Poor Jack! I’m afraid
That thy bum will be sore:

That footmen were boot-jacks
I ne’er knew before.

chair_repair

You here see a poor man
Repairing a chair;

He sits on the ground,
Quite expos’d to the air.

sailor

Silk, Cotton, and Sugar,
And Coffee, and Tea,

Are fetch’d by the sailors
Across the great sea.

Matilda_tray

Poor Tray seems inclin’d
With Matilda to dine:

He wants but the meat,—
He would leave her the wine.

rabbit_pie

Come buy my fat Rabbits,
Come, Ladies, and buy;

With mutton they make
A most excellent pie.

hen

When the Hen calls her Chickens,
They follow straight-way;

So Children should always
Their Parents obey.

laundress

You see the old Laundress
At work in her drills;

But I fear she’s too old
To crimp you your frills.

sweeping_brush

“Buy a good sweeping-brush,—
Hand-brushes buy,—

I’ll sell you cheap brushes,”—
The old man doth cry.

lady

This Lady of pleasure
Is taking fresh air;

Which may do very well,
If the weather keep fair.

ned

Poor Ned, I’m afraid,
Cannot meet with his horse;

He seems quite distracted
At so great a loss.

girl_swinging

The Girl you see swinging,
If the band only break,

Will be in great danger
Of breaking her neck.

A Bull-baiting now

A Bull-baiting now
Puts an end to my book:

The scene is so cruel,
I can scarce bear to look.

W. Walker, Printer, Otley.

The Knife Grinder’s Budget

Old Billy, poor man!
Is depriv’d of his sight,
But still with his music
Produces delight.

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