- the magic mixture
A hair from the tail of the ride-a-cock Horse;
A lace from the Old Woman's shoe,
A bit of the tuffet
Of Little Miss Muffet;
The blast that the Little Boy Blue.
A tear of the Kittens who lost all their mittens
When they began to cry.
A sniff from Miss Mary
When she was contrary;
The Plum from Jack Homer's pie.
A slice of Green Cheese from the Man in the Moon ;
The tails of the Three Blind Mice;
A bone from the cupboard
Of Old Mother Hubbard;
And little girls' sugar and spice.
A tick from the clock of hi-diccory Dock;
The tails of the sheep of Bo-peep;
The eye of the fly
That saw Cock Robin die ;
And a "baa" from the Baa-black Sheep.
- [When she has finished the mixture, the
