The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Courtship, Marriage, and Pic-Nic Dinner of Cock Robin & Jenny Wren, by Anonymous This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Courtship, Marriage, and Pic-Nic Dinner of Cock Robin & Jenny Wren With the Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin Author: Anonymous Release Date: October 5, 2007 [eBook #22887] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, AND PIC-NIC DINNER OF COCK ROBIN & JENNY WREN*** E-text prepared by Janet Blenkinship and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive/American Libraries. See http://www.archive.org/details/courtshipmarriag00londiala COURTSHIP, AND MARRIAGE, AND PIC-NIC DINNER OF Cock Robin & Jenny Wren WITH THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK ROBIN. EMBELLISHED WITH THIRTY NEAT COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. LONDON: PRINTED AND SOLD BY DEAN & MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET. Price six-pence. COCK ROBIN AND JENNY WREN. THE COURTSHIP, MARRIAGE, &c. OF Cock Robin and Jenny Wren. THE COURTSHIP. Says Robin to Jenny, If you will be mine, You shall eat pies and puddings, And drink currant-wine. GENERAL INVITATION. Jenny consented; the day was named, The joyful news the Cock proclaimed. PARSON AND CLERK. Together came the Rook and Lark, The one as Parson, t'other Clerk. THE WEDDING. The Goldfinch gave the bride away, Who promis'd always to obey. PREPARING FOR THE FEAST. The feathery tenants of the air Towards the Feast each gave a share. THE DINNER. The jovial party din'd together, And fine and pleasant was the weather. THE CONCERT. The Nightingale was then call'd on, To give the company a song. A DUET. The Linnet and the Goldfinch too, Both sung as sweet as they could do. THE HAPPY PAIR. And Robin and his pretty mate Together lived in happy state. THE CRUEL HAWK. But doleful to relate, one day, A Hawk with Jenny flew away: DEATH OF POOR ROBIN. And Robin, by a wicked Sparrow, Was shot dead with bow and arrow! THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF POOR COCK ROBIN. POOR COCK ROBIN. The Birds of the air fell to sighing and sobbing, When they heard the sad fate of poor Cock Robin. THE CRUEL SPARROW.