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... lumps of fat , As big as my two thumbs . The king and queen did eat thereof , And noblemen beside ; And what they could not eat that night , The queen next morning fried . III . [ The following song relating to Robin Hood 2 NURSERY RHYMES .
... lumps of fat , As big as my two thumbs . The king and queen did eat thereof , And noblemen beside ; And what they could not eat that night , The queen next morning fried . III . [ The following song relating to Robin Hood 2 NURSERY RHYMES .
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... Paris . ] ONE moonshiny night As I sat high , Waiting for one To come by ; The boughs did bend , My heart did ache To see what hole the fox did make . V. [ The following perhaps refers to Joanna of Castile HISTORICAL . 3.
... Paris . ] ONE moonshiny night As I sat high , Waiting for one To come by ; The boughs did bend , My heart did ache To see what hole the fox did make . V. [ The following perhaps refers to Joanna of Castile HISTORICAL . 3.
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... nights grew sultry hot , He slept without a shirt on . XLII . [ A tale for the 1st of March . ] TAFFY was a Welshman , Taffy was a thief ; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef : I went to Taffy's house , Taffy was not at ...
... nights grew sultry hot , He slept without a shirt on . XLII . [ A tale for the 1st of March . ] TAFFY was a Welshman , Taffy was a thief ; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef : I went to Taffy's house , Taffy was not at ...
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... night with no other lady But Catskin , our young lord would dance . " Pray tell me , fair maid , where you live ? " For now was the sad parting - time ; But she no other answer would give , Than this distich of mystical rhyme , - “ Kind ...
... night with no other lady But Catskin , our young lord would dance . " Pray tell me , fair maid , where you live ? " For now was the sad parting - time ; But she no other answer would give , Than this distich of mystical rhyme , - “ Kind ...
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... night , my young lord With none but fair Catskin did dance . " Pray tell me , " said he , " where you live ? " For now ' twas the parting - time ; But she no other answer would give , Than this distich of mystical rhyme , — " Kind sir ...
... night , my young lord With none but fair Catskin did dance . " Pray tell me , " said he , " where you live ? " For now ' twas the parting - time ; But she no other answer would give , Than this distich of mystical rhyme , — " Kind sir ...
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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 204 - Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
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.