And give them to the public, pray, It is a handsome sum to touch, I do not like the quarto size, And when my pages they explore, They'll gladly read them o'er and o'er; And all the ladies, I engage, With tears will moisten every page. "There was a Little Man, and he wooed a Little Maid." THERE was a little man, and he had a little soul, And he said, "Little soul, let us try, try, try, "Whether it's within our reach "To make up a little speech, "Just between little you and little I, I, I, "Just between little you and little 1. Then said his little soul, Peeping from her little hole, "I protest, little man, you are stout, stout, stout, "But if it's not uncivil, 'Pray tell me, what the devil "Must our little, little speech be about, 'bout, "'bout? "Must our little, &c. The little man look'd big, With th' assistance of his wig, And he call'd his little soul to order, order, order, Till she fear'd he'd make her jog in To jail, like THOMAS CROGGAN, (As she wasn't duke or earl) to reward her, 'ward her, 'ward her, (As she wasn't duke, &c. The little man then spoke, "Little soul, it is no joke, For, as sure as JACKY F-LL-R loves a sup, sup, sup, "I will tell the prince and people, "What I think of church and steeple, ** And our patent little plan to prop them up, up, up, "And our patent, &c. |