The Poetry Corner

Nursery Rhyme. CXXXII. Songs.

By Unknown

[This is the version generally given in nursery collections, but is somewhat different in the 'Pills to Purge Melancholy,' 1719, vol. iv, p. 148.] One misty moisty morning When cloudy was the weather, There I met an old man Clothed all in leather; Clothed all in leather, With cap under his chin, - How do you do, and how do you do, And how do you do again!