Phonetic drills

GREETINGS /w /

I wish you health but not with wealth,

I wish you work and worry,
I wish you, what I wish myself,
A share in man’s sad story.
I wish you, on that next-door day
We coax the world to spin our way
A share in all its glory.
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22. KITTENS

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  Where are you going,
  
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  My little kittens ?
  
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  We are going to town?
  
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  To get us some mittens.
  
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  What ? Mittens for kittens?
  

Do kittens wear mittens?
Who ever saw little kittens with mittens?
23. I went downtown,
To meet Ms Brow.
She gave me a nickel,
To buy me a pickle.
The pickle was sour,
She gave me a flower.
The flower was dead,
She gave me a thread.
The thread was thin,
She gave me a pin.

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24.Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor,

Rich man, poorman, beggar man, thief.

25. 
    For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
    

For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horse-shoe nail.

25. 
    Spades for digging, pens for writing,
    

Ears for hearing, teeth for biting,
Eyes for seeing, legs for walking,
Tongues for tasting and talking.
27. Thomas thinks of terrible things,
And to the troubled teacher brings
Things that sing, and things that sting,
Things which swing,
and things which cling,
Things that ping, and ring, and fling,
And of all these things thinks nothing.

28 .She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore;

The shells she sells are sea-shore,I’m sure.
So if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore,
Then, I’m sure, she sells sea-shore shells.

29. My father, he left me, s just as he was able,

One bowl, one bottle, one table,
Two bowls, two bottles, two tables,
Three bowls, three bottles, three tables…

30. A pin has a head, but no hair.

A clock has a face, but no mouth there.
Needles have eyes, but they cannot see;
A fly has a trunk, without lock or key.
31. There was and Old Man in a tree;
Who was horribly bored by a Bee.
When they said: ”Does it buzz?”
He replied,” Yes, it does!
It’s a regular brute of a Bee”.

32.There was an Old Man of the Border,

Who lived in the utmost disorder.
He danced with a cat,
And made tea in his hat,
Which vexed all the folks on the Border.
33. There was and Old Man of Peru,
Who dreamt he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in the night
In a terrible fright
And found it was perfectly true!

34.There was a Young Lady of Niger,

Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;
They returned from the ride
With the Lady inside,
And the smile on the face of a tiger.

35. There was and Old Man of the East,

Who gave all his children a feast;
But they all ate so much,
And their conduct was such,
That it killed that Old Man of the East.
36.There was an Old Man of the West,
Who never could get any rest;
So they set him to spin,
On his nose and his chin,
Which cured that Old Man of the West.

37. There was An Old Man of Peru,

Who watched his wife making a stew;
But once by mistake,
In a stove she did bake
That unfortunate man of Peru.
38. There was an Old Man of Berlin,
Whose form was uncommonly thin;
Till he once, by mistake,
Was mixed up in a cake,
.So they baked him up in a cake.

39.There was an Old Person of Dutton,

Whose head was so small as a button;
So to make it look big,
He purchased a wig,
And rapidly rushed about Dutton.

40.There was and Old Man of Corfu,

Who never knew what he should do;
So rushed up and down,
Till the sun made him brown,
That bewildered Old Man of Corfu.

41.There was an Old Man on some rocks,

Who shut his wife up in a box.
When she said, ”Let me out!”
He exclaimed, ”Without doubt,
You will pass all your life in that box.”

42.There was a Young Lady whose eyes

Were unique as to colour and size;
When she opened them wide,
People all turned aside,
And started away in surprise.

43.There was and Old Man, who said, ”Well !

Will nobody answer this bell?
I have pulled day and night,
Till my hair has grown white,
But nobody answered this bell!”

44.There was a Young Girl of Australia,

Whose temper was frantic and furious,
She used to throw eggs
At her grandmother’s legs,
A habit unpleasant but curious.
45. There was an Old Person of Dean,
Who dined on one Pea and one Bean;
For he said, ”More than that
Would make me too fat”,
That cautious Old Person of Dean.

46.There was an Old Man of Thermopylae,

Who never did anything properly,
But they said, ”If you choose
To boil eggs in your shoes,
You shall never remain in Thermopylae”.

47.There was an Old Man on the Border,

Who lived in the utmost disorder;
He danced with the cat,
And made bread in his hat.
Which vexed all the folks on the Border.