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 LONDON : 
 Printed and Published at W. S. FORTEY's mole- 
 Bale Juvenile Book Warehouse, 2 & 3, Monmouth 
 Court, Bloomsbury. W.C 
 
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THE HISTORY OF 
 
 JACK SPRATT 
 
 Jack Spratt could eat no fat, 
 
 His wife could eat do lean, , 
 And so between them both, 
 
 They pick'd the platter clean. 
 For Jack eat all the lean, 
 
 And Joan eat all the fat, 
 The bone they piek'd clean, 
 
 And gave it to the cat. 
 

 JACK SPRATT AND HIS CAT. 
 
 When Jack Spratt was young, 
 He dress d very smart, 
 
 He courted Jane Cole, 
 Till he saind her heart. 
 
 In his fine leather doublet, 
 An<! greasy old hat, 
 
 O, what a fine fellow, 
 Was little Jack Spratt. 
 
JACK SPRATT AND HIS OAT. 
 
 Then Joan went to market, 
 To buy her some fowls, 
 
 She bought a Jack Daw, 
 And a couple of Owls. 
 
 The Owls they were white, 
 And the Jack Daw was black, 
 
 They'll make a rare breed, 
 hays little Joan Spratt. 
 
JACK SPRATT AND HIS GAT. 
 
 Jack Spratt bought a Cow, 
 His Joan for to please, 
 
 For Joan, she could make 
 Both butter and cheese, 
 
 Or pancakes and puddings, 
 
 Without any fat, 
 A notable housewife, 
 
 Was little Joan Spratt, 
 
JAOK SPRATT AND HIS OAT. 
 
 Jack Spratt was the bridegroom, 
 Miss Cole was the bride, 
 
 Jack said from the church, 
 His Joan should ride. 
 
 Bui no coach could take her, 
 The street was so narrow, 
 
 So without much ado, 
 
 He took her home in a barrow. 
 
JACK SPRATT AND HIS OAT. 
 
 Jack brought home his Joan, 
 And she sat in a chair, 
 Ihen in came the cat 
 That had got but one ear. 
 
 Says Joan I've come home, 
 Pray how do you do ? 
 
 The cat wagged her tail, 
 
 And said nothing but Mew. 
 
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JACK BFRA'rT AND HIS CAT. 
 
 jack Spratt went to brewing 
 
 A barrel of Ale, 
 
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 Mie put in some nops 
 
 That it might not turn stale. 
 
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 But as for the ma 
 
 She forgot to put that, 
 This is brave sober liquor, 
 
 "Says jiule Jack Spratt. 
 
JACK SPRATT AND HIS CAT. 
 
 Jack Spratt went to market, 
 And bought him a mare, 
 
 She was lame and quite blind, 
 And she could not stare. 
 
 Besides she'd the tooth-ache, 
 He could not cure that, 
 
 T wish she was a hunter, 
 Says little Jack Spratt. 
 
 W. S. FORTEY, Printer and Publisher, 2 and 3, 
 Monmouth Court, Bloomibury. 
 
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 1869.