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 THE &W> O n TSJUXANf 
 
 AND HIS GUN, 
 
 ALSO, OF 
 
 HIS WIFE JOAN. 
 
 EMBELLISHED WITH WOOD-CUT*. 
 
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 Printed and Sold by J. Kendrew, Colliergatc. 
 
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 SAM, THE SPORTSMAN, 
 
 
 
 
 There was a little man, 
 And he had a little gun, 
 
 And he liv'd by the side of a wood ; 
 He had a little wife, 
 Who lov'd him as her life, 
 
 And to please him would do what 
 she could. 
 
SAM, THE SPORTSMAN. 
 
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 He took up bis little gun. 
 With which he oft made fun 
 
 By shooting at the birds in the air ; 
 So he went into the wood, 
 As he thought 'twould do him good, 
 
 For be lov'd of his health to take 
 care. 
 
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 When to the wood he came, 
 He prepared to take his aim 
 
 With his bullets which were made 
 of lead ; 
 For two birds he then did see, 
 As they sat upon a tree, 
 
 And before you'd say bo, they were 
 dead. 
 

 SAM, THE SPORTSMAN. 
 
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 Then he went to the brook, 
 And so sly he there did look, 
 That you'd think he intended 
 
 But such a taste had he, 
 That he rather lov'd to see, 
 • On his table a duck on a dish. 
 
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 SAM, THE SPORTSMAN 
 
 But his loving wife so neat, 
 Had a little bit of meat, 
 
 Which she meant to be boil'd in 
 the pot ; 
 And so unto him did say, 
 This will serve another day, 
 
 As we a good dinner now have got. 
 
SAM, THE SPORTSMAN. 
 
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 Then as soon as he had din'd 
 It came into his mind, 
 
 To take his gun again to the lake ; 
 For since he had such luck, 
 To shoot the little duck, 
 
 He would go try to bring home the 
 drake. 
 
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 SAM, THE SPORTSMAN. 
 
 
 Now the duck was in his eye, 
 Says he, Fm sure Til try, 
 
 While you swim their so meek and 
 so mild. 
 To shoot you in the head, 
 And directly it was dead, 
 
 But it quack'd as though it was 
 wild. 
 
SAM, THE SPORTSMAN. 
 
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 He then did take it home, 
 And gave it to his Joan, 
 
 And told her to dress it very nice, 
 But, says he, you must take care, 
 And of burning it beware, 
 
 And make me a pudding of rice. 
 
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 SAM, THE SPORTSMAN. 
 
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 Now when she'd got it drest, 
 "Twas a delicate feast, 
 
 For Sam and his sweet loving wife, 
 The bones they did pick, 
 And their lips they did lick, 
 
 And they eat it without any strife. 
 
SAM, THE SPORTSMAN. 
 
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 One son this queer pair had, 
 And a very fine lad, 
 
 His name it was little Tom Tucker, 
 And I dare to say, 
 Before this very day, 
 
 You've heard that he sung for his 
 supper. 
 
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 SAM, THE SPORTSMAN. 
 
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 So you know all the fun, 
 Of Sam and his gun, 
 
 Also of Tom and his mother ; 
 As you have read it o'er, 
 You need do so no more, 
 
 But go to the shop for some other 
 
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 GRANDMOTHER AND JENNY. 
 
 Jenny. Well, grandmother, if 1 had not 
 seen it with my own eyes, I could never be- 
 lieve that one's work would get on so fast, 
 only by doing a little every day. Look at my 
 stocking, see what a stretch it has got, only 
 by knitting a little every evening, between 
 light and dark, a time that I commonly did 
 nothing in. 
 
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 Grandmother. We seldom know what can 
 be done, Jenny, till we try; but you will 
 have more benefit by it, than you think of 
 yet ; first, you will knit quicker every day ; 
 and by the dim light you knit with, you will 
 soon learn to knit without light as well as 
 with it, and that same may be of use to you 
 sometimes ; but above all it will teach you the 
 value of time when vou see what a little of it, 
 well applied, can do. You will soon have a 
 good pair of stockings ; and since you began 
 to get up half an hour before the rest of us, 
 you have the house so neat in the morning, 
 and yourself washed and combed for the day, 
 that I am quite pleased with you, 
 
 Jenny. And 1, grandmother, am puite 
 pleased also, to have your good opinion : but 
 I wish you would tell me, were you ever idle 
 for one hour ? 
 
 Grandmother. Oh, yes, Jenny ! but the 
 time came that I found everv hour too short. 
 
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 J was left a young widow, with five helpless 
 children ; the youngest on my breast ; and 
 after paying my husband's funeral expenses, 
 I had not more than a guinea to begin the 
 world with. Then, Jenny, that Bible that 
 you think me so fond of, was a comfort to me. 
 Our Lord says, " Let the widow trust in me ;" 
 I did put my trust in him, and, blessed be his 
 holy name, he has never forsaken me. You 
 know I reared all my children, and put them 
 in some little way of doing for themselves ; 
 and now, among them, they support me com- 
 fortably in my old age. 
 
 Jenny* That is the least they can do, 
 grandmother : but I wish yeu would tell me 
 how you, a lone woman, managed with such 
 a family. 
 
 Grandmother. Sometime or other, perhaps 
 I may : at present, I will only tell you, that 
 though I was up early and late, I did not find 
 I had one minute to throw away ; and though 
 
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 I was looked on as an industrious woman in 
 my husband's life-time, I now, found I might 
 have been a good deal more so ; so I set my- 
 self, as well as I could, to make the best use 
 of every hour as far as I knew how. And it 
 pleased God to prosper my poor endeavours, 
 and I hope he will hear my prayers, that 
 you and I may so number our days, as to ap- 
 ply our hearts to wisdom. 
 
 THE END, 
 
 Printed and Sold by J. Kendrew, Colliergate,