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Bow-wow, says the dog,
Mew, mew, says the cat,
Grunt, grunt, goes the hog,
And squeak goes the rat.
Tu-whu, says the owl,
Caw, caw, says the crow,
Quack, quack, says the duck,
And what cuckoos say you know.

bow-wow, mew, grunt, squeak и др.- звукоподражания
to go = to say
hog - боров
rat - крыса
owl - сова
cuckoo - кукушка

To The Snail
Snail, snail, put out your horns,
And I'll give you bread and barley-corns.

snail - улитка
horns - рожки (улитки)
barley-corns - зерна ячменя

To the Lady-Bird
Lady-bird, lady-bird,
Fly away home,
Your house is on fire
And your children all gone;
All except one
And that's little Ann
And she has crept under
The warming pan.

lady-bird - божья коровка
fly away home - лети домой
all gone - все улетели
all except one - все, кроме одной
she has crept - она уползла
warming pan - теплая кастрюля

***
There were two blackbirds,
Sitting on a hill,
The one named Jack,
The other named Jill;
Fly away, Jack!
Fly away, Jill!
Come again, Jack!
Come again, Jill!

blackbird - черный дрозд
the one named Jack - одного звали Джек

Visitor
Little Robin Redbreast
Came to visit me;
This is what he whistled,
Thank you for my tea.

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