F is for Fairykins - 3 of 6

The recent sample allows for a reasonable coverage of the second row down;

But Mary seems to have walked into a combined harvester's cutting bed and lost her feet - ouch! Pretty sure I have a loose one in the storage sample, but not as sure as I am about Bo', I have several Bo's I think? However Mother Hubbard and the Poor Dog are new, and the Boy Blue is the first complete example; his horn being easily broken.

Ah, yes; "get a brew-on, girls!" 

♪ Polly put the kettle on,
Polly put the kettle on,
Polly put the kettle on,
And let's have tea.

Sukey take it off again,
Sukey take it off again,
Sukey take it off again,
They've all gone away. ♪

I wasn't sure why she was carrying a rake, but I suspect it's supposed to be one of those long-handled dust-pans! And another which is commonly found damaged due to the small extremities. And what about poor Sukey? No one ever models her, no one ever paints her, no one's ever done a nice etching of her . . . what heinous crime did she commit to be excised from the visual record?

Ah yes; starve the dog! Actually, I notice Louis Marx has weakened and left some meat-based product on the plate, the old softie!

Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the Cupboard
To give the poor dog a bone,
When she came there,
The Cupboard was bare,
And so her poor dog had none.

It gets weird though, as it often did back in the day;

She went to the Baker’s
To buy him some Bread;
When she came back
The dog was dead!

She went to the Undertaker’s
To buy him a coffin;
When she came back
The dog was laughing.

Pleased to get these two; I may have a loose mother already, but I don't think I've seen the dog outside of the book, so a nice addition to the collection.

Ah, yes; the illegal smuggling of freely-pooping livestock into a place of learning!

Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go

He followed her to school one day
Which was against the rule,
It made the children laugh and shout,
To see a lamb at school.

Although the new one is broken, Mary is another who survives quite well and I think I have one or two in the stash, note though, the different colour treatments of the two figures, especially the stockings, I still don't have the lamb, who has a distinctive bow.

Again there are other verses I don't think I've ever read/heard, but they are boring and moralistic, so you can look for them yourselves, if you need you!

Ah yes; a noisy neighbour and a fire-bug!

I think I've only previously had damaged versions of these two, so useful to get the whole ones.

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow,
the cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under the haystack, fast asleep.

There are two more lines in the common version;

Will you wake him? Oh no, not I,
For if I do, he'll surely cry.

While Jack's is short and sweet;

Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over the
Candlestick

Apparently a reference to a form of fortune telling!

The Boy Blue is a very American rendition I think with the dungarees and wide-brimmed hat, while Jack looks to be an insufferable prig from a rich landed family with his red jacket and George boots!

Another bunch tomorrow!