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Half-fed, o'er-toil'd, and worn with care,

"Tis ob - sti - nate, as

in despair.

Shame on the man, whose heavy blows
O'erwhelm its harmless life with woes;
For God, with his all-seeing eye,
Beholds such inhumanity.

The Drum's tough cov'ring is its Skin :
Prepar'd and glaz'd, 'tis plac'd within
The Pocket-book; where writing plain
May be eras'd and wrote again.

To invalids, their milk they give,
Which oft is thought restorative;
And they who Donkey drive or ride,
Should carefully its food provide.

Since to play we're cheerful met, Let us march, and not forget

To walk on the line that's set, Around our Infant School.

Twenty grains make a scruple,- -some scruple to take;
Tho' at times it is needful for our health's sake;

Three scruples one drachm, eight drachms are one ounce,
Twelve ounces one pound, for the pestle to pounce.

By this rule is all med'cine compounded I'm told;
By Avoirdupois weight 'tis bought and 'tis sold.
But the best of all physic that I would advise
Is temperate living and good exercise.

AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT.

Tune, "Hollow Drum."

Sixteen drachms are just an ounce
When my mother goes to shop :
Sixteen ounces make a pound,
When she buys a mutton chop.

Twenty-eight pounds are the fourth
Of an hundred weight called gross;
Four such quarters are the whole
Of an hundred weight at most.
Twenty hundred make a ton,—

By this rule all things are sold
That have any waste or dross;
And are bought so too, I'm told.

When I buy, or when I sell,

May I always use one weight;

May I justice love so well,
To do always what is right.

WOOL WEIGHT.

Tune," The Sheep."

Sheep's wool is always sold by weight,
And now I will the terms relate:

Then seven pounds one clove will take,
And fourteen pounds one stone will make.

Twenty-eight pounds, one tod we say;
Six tods and one stone make a wey;
Two weys, one sack, which fill it full;
Twelve sacks one last of English wool.

LONG MEASURE.

Tune," John Bull."

Three barley-corns will make an inch,
As we are taught in this our school,
Twelve inches make one foot of wood
Which may be measur'd by a rule.

Three feet make just one yard in length,
And that is good for all to know;
Nine inches more will make an ell,
To measure cloth for girls to sew.

Six feet will make one fathom deep,
This measure sailors use at sea;
Five yards and half make just a pole.
Which as plain as A, B, C.

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