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a-saying, a-wooing

Dear friends! There are a lot of old-style "a-" constructions in the Nursery Rhymes like these: "A frog he would a-wooing go", "And here he is a-saying his prayers", "I saw a ship a-sailing", "Hot cross buns! One a-penny, two a-penny", etc. What does it exactly mean? Thanks!