"CONTENTdm"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=329113"@en . "Historical Children's Literature"@en . "[unknown]"@en . "2018-12-13"@en . "[1820?]"@en . "Poems."@en . ""@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/childrenlit/items/1.0375995/source.json"@en . "16 pages : illustrations ; 10 x 6.7 cm"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " tl'pt\n21STOE TT\nOF\n\"JTTLE TOM TUCKER,\nThis is little Tom Tucker,\nThat sung for his Supper.\nYORK:\nJ. Kendrew, Printer^ Colliergate*\n TOM TUCKER.\nLittle Tom Tucker,\nSing for your supper,\nWhat shall I sing for ?\nWhite bread and butter.\nHow shall I cut it,\nWithout a knife ;\nAnd how shall I marry\nWithout ever a wife ?\n 4\nTOM TUCKER.\nTho* little Tom Tucker,\nLoved white bread and butter,\nHe did not love learning his book ;\nSo when he went to school,\nThey drest him like a fool,\nWith a cap on his head, only look.\nTOM TUCKER.\n5\nTom loved playing at top,\nAnd often would stop\nFor to have a game in the street ;\nTho' he knew 'twas a fault,\nAnd if he was caught.\nHe well might expect to be beat.\n 6\nTOM TUCKER.\nTOM TUCKER.\nHe loved for to play\nBy night or by day,\nHe could trundle the hoop very\nwell,\nBut though he knew better,\nThan to learn one letter,\nFor fear they should learn him to spell\nA man from the fair,\nCame by with a bear,\nWith a monkey that rode upon\nbruin ;\nTom followed to see,\nMore blocked was he.\nFor it caus'd him to play the truant.\nAt home he got blame,\nWhen next morning came,\nTo school he went creeping quite\nsad.\n 8\nTOM TUCKER*\nTOM TUCKER.\nWhere his roaster did flog,\nAnd chain him to a log.\nFor being so naughty a lad,\nSays Tom, this won't do,\nI'm a dunce it is true,\nAll boys that c$n read are my\nbetters;\nSo he learnt A, B, C,\nAm* D, E, F, G,\nAnd sqou all the rest of his letters.\nThen Tom learned to spell,\nAnd went to school well,\nWith satchel and books at his back;\nNo more would he stay\nTo play by the way,\nWith Ned, Bill, Harry, or Jack.\n 10\nTOM TUCKER.\nTOM TUCKER.\n11\nThen Tom learnt to read,\nQuite pretty indeed,\nAnd very soon after to write;\nNow Tom was so good,\nHe might play when he would,\nWithout being put in a fright.\nTom kept learning his book,\nAnd cheerful did look,\nOf the fool's cap no longer in fear ;\nGot his master's good word,\nWas head scholar preferr'd,\nAnd the above fine medal to wear.\n 12\nTOM TUCKER.\nTOM TUCKER,\nHe had a whip and a top,\nBought for him at the shop,\nAnd a great many playthings beside,\nAnd his father with joy,\nBid him keep a good boy,\nAnd he should have a horse for to\nride.\nThis horse he soon got,\nThat could amble and trot,\nOnly see how he gallops along;\nHe always at ease is,\nAnd does as he pleases,\nBut takes care he never does wrong\n 14\nTOM TUCKER.\nTOM TUCKER.\n15\nOne clay he was out\nAnd walking about,\nHe met an old woman quite poor,\nHe gave her all his pence,\nShe returned him her thanks,\nAnd hoped he soon would have\nmore.\nOne sun shining day,\nHe met a lady gay,\nAnd he being grown a smart youth,\nHe asked her to marry,\nNot long did she tarry,\nFor Tom promised he'd love her\nwith truth.\n 16\nTOM TUCKER,\nNow Tom's got a wife,\nAnd Tom's got a knife,\nAnd Tom can sit down to his supper $\nAs blest as a kin**,\nAnd each night can sing,\nAfter eating his white bread and\nbutter.\n3, KENDREW, PRINTER, YORK*\n"@en . "Chapbooks"@en . "PZ6 1820 H577"@en . "PZ6_1820_H577"@en . "10.14288/1.0375995"@en . "English"@en . "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en . "York, [United Kingdom] : J. Kendrew"@en . "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca"@en . "Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. PZ6 1820 H577"@en . "Children's Literature"@en . "The history of little Tom Tucker"@en . "Text"@en .