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 TOM TUCKER. 
 
 THIS IS LITTLrTOM TUCKER 
 THAT SUNG FOR HIS SUPPER. 
 
 
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 ITTLE Tom Tucker, 
 
 Sing for your supper. 
 
 What shall I sing for ? 
 
 White bread and butter. 
 How shall I cut it 
 
 Without a knife ? 
 And how shall I marry 
 
 Without a wife ? 
 
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TOM TUCKER. 3 
 
 Though little Tom Tucker 
 Lov'd white bread and butter, 
 He did not love learninghisbook 
 So when he went to school, 
 They drest him like afool,(Iook. 
 With the cap on his head, only 
 
 Tom lov'd playing at top, 
 
 And often would stop, 
 
 For to have a game in th* street ; 
 
 Though he knew 'twas a fault. 
 
 And if he was caught, 
 
 He well might expect to bebeat. 
 
4 TOM TUCKER 
 
 A man from the fair, 
 
 Came by with a bear. 
 
 And a monkey that rode upon 
 
 Tom followed to* see, (Bruin ; 
 
 More blockhead was he, 
 
 It caused him to play the truant. 
 
 Says Tom, this won't do, 
 
 I'm a dunce, it is true, 
 
 All boys that can read are my 
 
 So he learn'd A,B,C, (betters, 
 
 And D, E, F, G, 
 
 And so all the rest of the letters. 
 
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 Then Tom learned to spell, 
 And went to school well, 
 With satchell and books at his 
 No more would he stay, (back, 
 To play by the way, 
 With Tim, Bill, Harry, or Jack. 
 
 Then Tom learned to read, 
 
 Quite pretty indeed, 
 
 And very soon after to write, 
 
 Now Tom was so good, 
 
 He might play when he would, 
 
 Without being put to a fright 
 
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 6 TOM TUCKER. 
 
 He learned to play, 
 By night or by day, (well ; 
 He could trundle his hoop very 
 But thought he knew better, 
 Than to learn one letter(to spell 
 For fear they should learn him 
 
 At home he got blame, 
 When next morning came, 
 To school he went creeping so 
 Where his master did flog,(sad, 
 And chain him to a log, 
 For being so naughty a lad. 
 
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 Tom kept learning his book, 
 And cheerful did look, 
 Of the fool's cap no longer in 
 Got his master's good word (fear 
 Was head scholar preferr'd, 
 And a very fine medal to wear. 
 
 He had a whip and a top, 
 Bought for him at the shop, 
 And a great many playthings 
 And his father with joy, (beside, 
 Bid him keep a good boy, (ride. 
 And he should have a horse to 
 
8 TOM TUCKER. 
 
 A horse he soon got, 
 That would amble and trot, 
 Only see how he gallops along, 
 He is always at ease, 
 And does what he please, 
 But still he never does wrong. 
 
 One day he went out. 
 
 And walking about, 
 
 Hemet anold woman quite poor 
 
 He gave her all his pence, 
 
 She returned him thanks (more. 
 
 And hop'd he would soon have 
 
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T O M TUCKER. 
 
 One Midsummer day, 
 
 He met a lady gay, 
 
 And he being grown a young 
 
 He ask'd her to marry, (man, 
 
 Nor long did she tarry, (done. 
 
 As Tom's father before him had 
 
 Now Tom's got a wife, 
 And Tom's got a knife, 
 And Tom can sit down to his 
 As blest as a king, (supper, 
 And each night can sirjg,(butfcer. 
 After eating his white bread and 
 
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