Chapter I

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THE

COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, AND

PIC-NIC DINNER

OF

_Cock Robin & Jenny Wren_

WITH THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK ROBIN.

Embellished with Thirty Neat Coloured Engravings.

London: Printed and Sold by Dean and Munday, Threadneedle-Street. _Price Six-pence._

THE

COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, &c.

OF

_Cock Robin and Jenny Wren_.

Says Robin to Jenny,
If you will be mine,
You shall eat pies and puddings,
And drink currant-wine.

Jenny consented; the day was named,
The joyful news the Cock proclaimed.

Together came the Rook and Lark,
The one as Parson, t'other Clerk.

The Goldfinch gave the bride away,
Who promis'd always to obey.

The feathery tenants of the air
Towards the Feast each gave a share.

The jovial party din'd together,
And fine and pleasant was the weather.

The Nightingale was then call'd on,
To give the company a song.

The Linnet and the Goldfinch too,
Both sung as sweet as they could do.

And Robin and his pretty mate
Together lived in happy state.

But doleful to relate, one day,
A Hawk with Jenny flew away:

And Robin, by a wicked Sparrow,
Was shot dead with bow and arrow!

THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK ROBIN.

The Birds of the air fell to sighing and sobbing,
When they heard the sad fate of poor Cock Robin.

This cruel Sparrow
Kill'd Cock Robin with bow & arrow.

This little Fly
Saw poor Cock Robin die.

This little Fish
Caught his blood in the dish.

His shroud, by the Beetle,
Was made with thread-and-needle.

This Owl so brave
Dug poor Cock Robin's grave.

His coffin, at night,
Was borne by the Kite.

I, said the Rook,
Will preach from my book.

Amen, said the Lark,
Who assisted as Clerk.

To light them, the Linnet
Fetched a Torch in a minute.

These Wrens so small,
Bore poor Cock Robin's pall

Says the innocent Dove,
I will mourn for my Love.

The Bull tolled the Bell,
For poor Cock Robin's funeral knell.

All the birds in the air
Fell to sighing and sobbing,
When they heard the bell toll
For poor Cock Robin:

And vow'd that the Sparrow,
Who his life took away,
Should be tried for the murder
The very next day.

FINIS.

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_Children's Toy Books_,

UNIFORMLY PRINTED, AND EMBELLISHED WITH
_Numerous elegant Coloured Engravings_.

Aunt Ann's Gift, or Moral emblems in
Prose and Verse: 8 engravings 0 6

Courtship and Marriage of Cock Robin
and Jenny Wren: 30 engravings 0 6

Cries of London: 16 engravings 0 6

Flowers that never Fade: 16 engravings 0 6

Infant's Alphabet: 27 engravings 0 6

Juvenile Pastimes, or Sports for the
four Seasons: 30 engravings 0 6

Juvenile Tell-Tale: 16 engravings 0 6

Pretty Stories and Pretty Pictures:
16 engravings 0 6

Sweets for Leisure Hours: 16 engravings 0 6

Unlucky John, and his Lump of Silver:
16 engravings 0 6

Wishing, or the Fisherman and his Wife:
16 engravings 0 6

Dean and Munday, Printers, Threadneadle-Street, London.