A street seller's cry turned nursery rhyme, urging passers-by to buy a farthing's worth of buttons. Its short, repeating lines make it easy for little voices to join in on.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
Buttons, a farthing a pair!
Come, who will buy them of me?
They're round and sound and pretty,
And fit for girls of the city.
Come, who will buy them of me?
Buttons, a farthing a pair!
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition