The cow jumped over the moon-o.
The dog he laughed
To see such craft
And the maid made off
with the spoon-a”,.

'Sir Henry Reid: *7 prefer to think (this
rhyme ) commemorates the athletic lunacy
to which the strange conspiracy of the
cat and the fiddle incited the cow."

Explanation quoted in the Oxford
Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes

any years from
there lives a you
(or Jack, for short) wit

in one direction or another,
lad named Hansel and Gretel
his cruel stepmother and a

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wonderful jumping cow named Mrs. Montgomery.

I brought \Ugh, what
you breakfast I a mess!
in bed again,] Don’t we
Cruel. J have any

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Good morning, cruel stepmother
ol' boy — how do you feel this_ _

morning? c — * = ~-

- .. — > ^ J Lumpy - like a

TBBkU ) cucumber. ^

But 1 swear, it's gettivi
mighty crowded in here
what with all this grub ,
UJt' Mrs. Montgomery,

No— only \( WeU, iFl

Harold-—
hear him
cackle ?

cluck!

Son, I been thinkih—they
aivit room enough in this bed
for me and Mrs. Montgomery.

So, iiggeriri as how your lovin’
cruel stepmother needs more
room an’ as how you is a
) dutiful but stupid,son. . .

I knows I can trust you to git
the unwanted party outen
\ here — best thing to do is sell
her or shoot her. . .

Shoot my own beloved ,
dear, \ brown,eyed, sweet,

You can't git
that cow outen
here too soon
( for me. /a
I just waxed. L,,

But 1 was
gonna enter
her in the
’'*■% jumpin’ ,

frog

contest.

that floor!

Forsooth — give
a jump out of
bed, mam—
we're off to
7 barter. J

eow.

Look

out!

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J

I’ll jump you if Yrn tr,h„
you don't take aril

you aont tatze at
trade Mrs. Mont-
gomery fer
somethin 1 useful

her to
market

Haw! y You recalls
When did \grabbin’that
I ever get I opportunity
the worst to get in on a
end of a [ red hot poker
trade ? >« — deal?

He was a old. giant— must
of played for McGraw—
couldn’t hit his age.. . ^

And a giant — don't forget
the giant was part of .
the bargain, 5 ^

rv ^0^1/ 7 Phaw!

' / Some

/ bargain!

If we hadn’t
traded him to
Cleveland for |
a lawn mower
the grass would
be up arouri
. your ears.j

Cleveland, Huh?
1 voted for him, ^
both times. \

Good oV Grover—
the party could
sure use him in
the outtield now. .

Oop!
Kin you
talk? A

Here y'are, folks'. Get
your fire crackers and
sky rockets before ^ — -
the rush starts. \

We want one
of them big
bang kind art
a coupla
' mediums. .

We don’t got none
what goes wango!

Ours utters a good
American boom or

Lets
not
raise
our
voices
to the

Here ! It's as good,
as new— _

Nothin’ doiri-
it’s slightly

used’.

Good morrow! You'll be glad to know

Most polite man l ever met —
when he tips his hat, a girl got
somethin to think about... .

that Im here to swap this fine
— - — l cow. r

1 will ?

What
model
is she-
alate
’ 53 ?

How many y COWS
horsepower? j don't

N— ymf? y got ,
/ I horse

V l power !

Everybody what’s a frog
git ready for the big <
jumpin’ frog contest'.

Come on, Mrs. Montgomery— if I
can get you into the contest you
might win it an. . .

Then 1 won't have to
git rid of you 'cause
you’ll be famous. r «

f Roman )

, candles, M

too!

My personal
favorite! j

Ahh, wots a
use talkin’ to
. — , a cow?

You sure that’s j Part
a frog, son ? / Guernesy—
part pollywog.

Come on-
let loose!

Cigarette
smoker, eh—'.
Have a light.

Mhum

mvri'Q

Sure-

alius

ready.

Is your
cow, or
uh-frog
ready?

Here —
a glass
of water.

headed for the start line.
Funny I ain't heard _
reports of her befo reY

/ 71 You’s

/ / hearin

I [ 'em now.

Wow!
Biggest frog
1 ever saw!

How come > V^ Them

Well — come on home
an' meet my step-ma.
She'll never believe
me ’ bout Mrs. ^

Montgomery. ^|p

was
my fireworks
she ate. —

ever
believe a
cow jumped
m* over the

moon.

It's gonna be l It gonna even
hard to tell \ be harder to
'ol’ Cruel that I show the <-j
all! got to / fireworks. J

show is V -r

fireworks. f'~~~l/

Except by
me, the owner,
on account I
traded them <
fireworks '
for her.

Poor Mrs.
Montgomery
will never be
remembered.