R. Caldecott's Picture Book
John Gilpin
The House that Jack built.
The Mad Dog
The Babes in the Wood
Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.
R. CALDECOTT'S
PICTURE BOOK
(No. 1)
CONTAINING
THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG
THE BABES IN THE WOOD
LONDON
FREDERICK WARNE AND CO., Ltd.
AND NEW YORK
Printed in Great Britain
THE DIVERTING HISTORY
OF
JOHN GILPIN:
Showing how he went farther than he intended, andcame safe home again.
WRITTEN BY Wm. COWPER
WITH DRAWINGS BY R. CALDECOTT
JOHN GILPIN was a citizen
Of credit and renown,
A train-band captain eke was he,
Of famous London town.
John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear,
"Though wedded we have been
These twice ten tedious years, yet we
No holiday have seen.
"Though wedded we have been
These twice ten tedious years, yet we
No holiday have seen.
"To-morrow is our wedding-day,
And we will then repair
Unto the 'Bell' at Edmonton,
All in a chaise and pair.
And we will then repair
Unto the 'Bell' at Edmonton,
All in a chaise and pair.
"My sister, and my sister's child,
Myself, and children three,
Will fill the chaise; so you must ride
On horseback after we."
Myself, and children three,
Will fill the chaise; so you must ride
On horseback after we."
The Linendraper bold
He soon replied, "I do admire
Of womankind but one,
And you are she, my dearest dear,
Therefore it shall be done.
Of womankind but one,
And you are she, my dearest dear,
Therefore it shall be done.
"I am a linendraper bold,
As all the world doth know,
And my good friend the calender
Will lend his horse to go."
As all the world doth know,
And my good friend the calender
Will lend his horse to go."