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Title: The Farmer's Boy

Author: Randolph Caldecott

Release date: May 9, 2006 [eBook #18360]

Language: English

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THE FARMER'S BOY


ONE OF R. CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOKS


Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd.


Printed in Great Britain









The Farmer's Boy.











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?






























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?






























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?






























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?






























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?






























When I was a farmer, a Farmer's Boy,


      I used to keep my master's DOGS,


With a Bow-wow 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?






























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-wow 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?

























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?











Randolph Caldecott's

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

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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.




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