=* A Distributed Proofreaders Canada eBook *= This ebook is made available at no cost and with very few restrictions. These restrictions apply only if (1) you make a change in the ebook (other than alteration for different display devices), or (2) you are making commercial use of the ebook. If either of these conditions applies, please contact a FP administrator before proceeding. This work is in the Canadian public domain, but may be under copyright in some countries. If you live outside Canada, check your country's copyright laws. IF THE BOOK IS UNDER COPYRIGHT IN YOUR COUNTRY, DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR REDISTRIBUTE THIS FILE. _Title:_ The History of Jack Spratt _Date of first publication:_ _Author:_ Anonymous _Date first posted:_ February 28, 2014 _Date last updated:_ February 28, 2014 Faded Page eBook #20140225 This ebook was produced by: De2164, kappa28 & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net [Illustration] THE HISTORY OF JACK SPRATT LONDON: Printed and Published at W. S. FORTEY's Wholesale Juvenile Book Warehouse, 2 & 3, Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury. W.C. THE HISTORY OF JACK SPRATT AND HIS CAT. [Illustration] Jack Spratt could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean, And so between them both, They pick'd the platter clean. For Jack eat all the lean, And Joan eat all the fat, The bone they pick'd clean, And gave it to the cat. Jack Spratt bought a Cow, His Joan for to please, For Joan, she could make Both butter and cheese, [Illustration] Or pancakes and puddings, Without any fat, A notable housewife, Was little Joan Spratt. Jack Spratt was the bridegroom, Miss Cole was the bride, Jack said from the church, His Joan should ride. [Illustration] But no coach could take her, The street was so narrow, So without much ado, He took her home in a barrow. Jack brought home his Joan, And she sat in a chair, When in came the cat That had got but one ear. [Illustration] Says Joan I've come home, Pray how do you do? The cat wagged her tail, And said nothing but Mew. Then Joan went to market, To buy her some fowls, She bought a Jack Daw, And a couple of Owls. [Illustration] The Owls they were white, And the Jack Daw was black, They'll make a rare breed, Says little Joan Spratt. When Jack Spratt was young, He dress'd very smart, He courted Jane Cole, Till he gain'd her heart. [Illustration] In his fine leather doublet, And greasy old hat, O, what a fine fellow, Was little Jack Spratt. Jack Spratt went to brewing A barrel of Ale, She put in some hops That it might not turn stale. [Illustration] But as for the malt, She forgot to put that, This is brave sober liquor, Says little Jack Spratt. Jack Spratt went to market, And bought him a mare, She was lame and quite blind, And she could not stare. [Illustration] Besides she'd the tooth-ache, He could not cure that, I wish she was a hunter, Says little Jack Spratt. W. S. FORTEY, Printer and Publisher, 2 and 3, Monmouth Court, Bloomsbury. [Illustration] "THE CATNACH PRESS," (ESTABLISHED 1813.) WILLIAM S. FORTEY, (Solo Successor to the late J. Catnach.) Printer, Publisher, AND WHOLESALE STATIONER, 2 & 3, MONMOUTH COURT, SEVEN DIALS, LONDON, W. C. The Cheapest and Greatest Variety in the Trade of Large Coloured Penny Books; Halfpenny Coloured Books; Farthing Books; Penny and Halfpenny Panoramas; School Books; Penny and Halfpenny Song Books; Memorandum Books; Poetry Cards; Lotteries; Ballads (4.000 sorts) and Hymns; Valentines; Scripture Sheets; Christmas Pieces; Twelfth Night Characters; Carols; Book and Sheet Almanacks, Envelopes, Note Paper, &c. W. S. FORTEY begs to inform his Friends and the Public generally, that after 19 years service he has succeeded to the business of his late employers A. Ryle and Co., and intends carrying on the same, trusting that his long experience will be a recommendation, and that no exertion shall be wanting on his part to merit a continuance of those favours that have been so liberally bestowed on that Establishment during the last 46 years. 1859. [The end of _The History of Jack Spratt_ by Anonymous]