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Collected Chiefly from Oral Tradition. THE PURSERY REYACS OF ENCLAUD : Collected by JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL.C JOHN RUSSELL SMITH . LONDON . 1844 . W.B.SCOM BOL FIL.
Collected Chiefly from Oral Tradition. THE PURSERY REYACS OF ENCLAUD : Collected by JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL.C JOHN RUSSELL SMITH . LONDON . 1844 . W.B.SCOM BOL FIL.
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... . EDITED BY JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL , ESQ . FOURTH EDITION , WITH ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON : JOHN RUSSELL SMITH , 4 , OLD COMPTON STREET , SOHO SQUARE . MDCCCXLVI . A - BOD ILLI 1710 BIBLIO ADVERTISEMENT ΤΟ THE FOURTH 980 .
... . EDITED BY JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL , ESQ . FOURTH EDITION , WITH ILLUSTRATIONS . LONDON : JOHN RUSSELL SMITH , 4 , OLD COMPTON STREET , SOHO SQUARE . MDCCCXLVI . A - BOD ILLI 1710 BIBLIO ADVERTISEMENT ΤΟ THE FOURTH 980 .
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... very acceptable . They may be addressed to MR . HALLIWELL , care of MR . J. RUSSELL SMITH , 4 , Old Compton Street , Soho Square , London . Nov. 21st , 1845 . PREFACE ΤΟ THE THIRD EDITION . HE patronage the public ADVERTISEMENT .
... very acceptable . They may be addressed to MR . HALLIWELL , care of MR . J. RUSSELL SMITH , 4 , Old Compton Street , Soho Square , London . Nov. 21st , 1845 . PREFACE ΤΟ THE THIRD EDITION . HE patronage the public ADVERTISEMENT .
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... a comical song , song , song , The lane that I went was so long , long , long , And the song that I sung was as long , long , long , And so I went singing along . CX . LONDON bridge is broken down , Dance o'er 62 NURSERY RHYMES .
... a comical song , song , song , The lane that I went was so long , long , long , And the song that I sung was as long , long , long , And so I went singing along . CX . LONDON bridge is broken down , Dance o'er 62 NURSERY RHYMES .
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Collected Chiefly from Oral Tradition. CX . LONDON bridge is broken down , Dance o'er my lady lee ; London bridge is broken down , With a gay lady . How shall we build it up again ? Dance o'er my lady lee ; How shall we build it up again ...
Collected Chiefly from Oral Tradition. CX . LONDON bridge is broken down , Dance o'er my lady lee ; London bridge is broken down , With a gay lady . How shall we build it up again ? Dance o'er my lady lee ; How shall we build it up again ...
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apple baby ball bawbie baps birds bought carrion crow Catskin Catskin robe Cock me cary dame Dance o'er daughter dead dear ding DOCTOR Foster e-oh eggs fat tripe father fiddle flew frog gay lady girl goose head heart heigh JACK SPRAT John John Ball John Crowder Johnny jump'd king king of France kiss Kitty lady lee legs lived lol de riddle Lond lord maid mammy married merry milk mouse never night nose nursery o'er my lady old razor old woman PAT-A-CAKE play poor Pray pretty queen Quoth rhyme ride ring Robert of Gloucester Robin Hood round Say the bells shoe shot Simple Simon sing SOLOMON GRUNDY stick stole Taffy tail tell thee There's thou Thumb Tidy Tom Thumb took toone town tree twine wash whistle wife wood Wooley Foster
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Page 69 - 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 64 - THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW he north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor Robin do then, Poor thing? He'll sit in a barn, And keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing.
Page 32 - OLD Mother Goose, when She wanted to wander, Would ride through the air On a very fine gander. Mother Goose had a house, 'Twas built in a wood, Where an owl at the door For sentinel stood.
Page 177 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.