The Nursery Rhymes of England: Obtained Principally from Oral TraditionA collection of English nursery rhymes created prior to the nineteenth century. |
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... tree , nothing would it bear But a golden nutmeg and a silver pear ; The king of Spain's daughter came to visit me , And all for the sake of my little nut - tree . X. [ There is an old proverb which says that " a cat may look at a king ...
... tree , nothing would it bear But a golden nutmeg and a silver pear ; The king of Spain's daughter came to visit me , And all for the sake of my little nut - tree . X. [ There is an old proverb which says that " a cat may look at a king ...
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... tree , When he fell down , then down fell he . There was a crow sat on a stone , When he was gone , then was there one . There was an old wife did eat an apple , When she had eat two , she had eat a couple . There was a horse going to ...
... tree , When he fell down , then down fell he . There was a crow sat on a stone , When he was gone , then was there one . There was an old wife did eat an apple , When she had eat two , she had eat a couple . There was a horse going to ...
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... tree , And James shall hae his ain again . Ken ye the rhyme to grasshopper ? Ken ye the rhyme to grasshopper ? A hempen rein , and a horse o tree , A psalm book — and a presbyter . XX . [ The following nursery song alludes to William ...
... tree , And James shall hae his ain again . Ken ye the rhyme to grasshopper ? Ken ye the rhyme to grasshopper ? A hempen rein , and a horse o tree , A psalm book — and a presbyter . XX . [ The following nursery song alludes to William ...
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... tree , If his wife didn't do a day's work in her life , She should ne'er be rul'd by he . LXIII . There was a man in our toone , in our toone , in our toone , There was a man in our toone , and his name was Billy Pod ; And he played ...
... tree , If his wife didn't do a day's work in her life , She should ne'er be rul'd by he . LXIII . There was a man in our toone , in our toone , in our toone , There was a man in our toone , and his name was Billy Pod ; And he played ...
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... tree , As high as may be , Some eggs from a nest to obtain ; A bough bent in two , ( You see it in the view ) , And he fell to the ground in great pain . A doctor they did call To cure him of the fall , A long while he kept his bed ; At ...
... tree , As high as may be , Some eggs from a nest to obtain ; A bough bent in two , ( You see it in the view ) , And he fell to the ground in great pain . A doctor they did call To cure him of the fall , A long while he kept his bed ; At ...
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Page 74 - OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.
Page 120 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds; And when the weeds begin to grow, It's like a garden full of snow...
Page 45 - There was a little man, and he had a little gun, And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead; He went to the brook, and saw a little duck, / And shot it right through the head,
Page 51 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do. She gave them some broth without any bread, She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
Page 6 - Then came the Holy One, blessed be He, And killed the Angel of death That killed the butcher That slew the ox That drank the water That quenched the fire That burned the staff That beat the dog That bit the cat That ate the kid That my father bought For two pieces of money : A kid, a kid.
Page 91 - Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them.
Page 133 - Gay go up, and gay go down, To ring the bells of London town. Bull's eyes and targets, Say the bells of St. Marg'ret's. Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of St. Giles'. Half-pence and farthings, Say the bells of St. Martin's. Oranges and lemons, Say the bells of St. Clement's. Pancakes and fritters, Say the bells of St. Peter's. Two sticks and an apple, Say the bells at Whitechapel.
Page 101 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 115 - As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits— Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
Page 41 - THERE was an old man, who lived in a wood, As you may plainly see ; He said he could do as much work in a day, As his wife could do in three. With all my heart...