Volume 1 — JACK, BE NIMBLE

Jack, be nimble, Jack, be quick;

(Jack is one hand walking along on its fore- and middle-fingers.)

Jack, jump over The candlestick.

(Fist closed; uplifted thumb for candle. Jack jumps over it.)

TWO LITTLE HANDS

Two little hands so soft and white, This is the left—this is the right. Five little fingers stand on each, So I can hold a plum or a peach. But if I should grow as old as you Lots of little things these hands can do.

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PAT A CAKE

Pat a cake, pat a cake, baker’s man. So I do, master, as fast as I can. Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T, And then it will serve for Tommy and me.