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Title: The House That Jack Built

Author: Randolph Caldecott

Release date: April 1, 2004 [eBook #12109]
Most recently updated: December 14, 2020

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Suzanne Shell, Linda Cantoni and PG Distributed Proofreaders

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THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

 

One of R. Caldecott's Picture Books

 

The House that Jack Built

 

FREDERICK WARNE & CO. Ltd.

1878

 

 

 

THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

 

The house that Jack built

 

This is the House that Jack built.

 


  
This is the house that Jack built

 

Jack The Malt
 Jack, the Malt, and the Rat

 

This is the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.

This is the Malt

This is the Rat This is the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.

 

The Rat The Cat
 
The Cat that killed the Rat

 

This is the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.

 

 The Cat chases the Rat

 

The Cat kills the Rat

The Dog watches the Cat

 
The Dog that worried the Cat

 

This is the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that Jack built.
The Dog worries the Cat up a tree
 

The Cat hisses at the Dog

The Cow comes at the Dog

 

This is the Cow with the crumpled horn,

 That tossed the Dog,
 That worried the Cat,
 That killed the Rat,
 That ate the Malt,
 That lay in the House that
         Jack built.

 

 

 

 

 

The Cow tosses the Dog

 

The Cow with the crumpled horn

 

The Farmer buries his Dog

The Maiden all forlorn

 

This is the Maiden all forlorn,
That milked the Cow with the crumpled horn,

The Maiden and the Cow

 

 

That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House
            that Jack built.

 

 

 

 

This is the Man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the Maiden all forlorn,

That milked the Cow with
    the crumpled horn,
That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House
   that Jack built.

 

 

 

The Man all tattered and torn

 

 

The Man and the Maiden

 

The Man kisses the Maiden

The Man and the Maiden

 

This is the Priest, all shaven and shorn,
That married the Man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the Maiden all forlorn,

The Priest all shaven and shorn That milked the Cow with
           the crumpled horn,
That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that
           Jack built.

 

 

This is the Cock that crowed in the morn
That waked the Priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the Man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the Maiden all forlorn,

That milked the Cow with
           the crumpled horn,
That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House that
           Jack built.
The Cock that crowed in the morn

 

 

The Cock wakes the Priest

 

 

The Priest marries the Man and the Maiden

The Maiden

 

This is the Farmer who sowed the corn,
That fed the Cock that crowed in the morn,
That waked the Priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the Man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the Maiden all forlorn,
That milked the Cow with the crumpled horn,

That tossed the Dog,
That worried the Cat,
That killed the Rat,
That ate the Malt,
That lay in the House
   that Jack built.

 

The Farmer who sowed the corn (and his new dog)


 

The Farmer sows his corn

 


 

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