Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Specimens of lyric poetry, composed in England in the reign of Edward the FirstPercy Society, 1841 - English literature |
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... Bell , I gave him some work , and he did it very well ; I sent him up stairs to pick up a pin , He stepped in the coal - scuttle up to the chin . I sent him to the garden to pick some sage , He tumbled down and fell in a rage ; I sent ...
... Bell , I gave him some work , and he did it very well ; I sent him up stairs to pick up a pin , He stepped in the coal - scuttle up to the chin . I sent him to the garden to pick some sage , He tumbled down and fell in a rage ; I sent ...
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... Moses , He's drunk I supposes . LVI . BESSY Bell and Mary Gray , They were two bonnie lasses : They built their house upon the lea , And covered it with rushes . Bessy kept the garden gate , And Mary kept the 36 NURSERY RHYMES .
... Moses , He's drunk I supposes . LVI . BESSY Bell and Mary Gray , They were two bonnie lasses : They built their house upon the lea , And covered it with rushes . Bessy kept the garden gate , And Mary kept the 36 NURSERY RHYMES .
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... bell ; The bell - rope broke , And down she fell . LXIV . TAFFY was a Welchman , 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 home ; Taffy came to my house , and ...
... bell ; The bell - rope broke , And down she fell . LXIV . TAFFY was a Welchman , 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 home ; Taffy came to my house , and ...
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... bells ringing up in the tower , Are sending a sound to the heart ; There's a charm in the old church bells , Which nothing in life can impart ! LXXXII . SAYS Robin to Jenny , " if you will be mine , We'll have cherry tart , and drink ...
... bells ringing up in the tower , Are sending a sound to the heart ; There's a charm in the old church bells , Which nothing in life can impart ! LXXXII . SAYS Robin to Jenny , " if you will be mine , We'll have cherry tart , and drink ...
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... bells so loud she heard . When she came to the church door , She stopt to rest a little more ; When she came the church within , The parson pray'd ' gainst pride and sin . On looking up , on looking down , She saw a dead man on the ...
... bells so loud she heard . When she came to the church door , She stopt to rest a little more ; When she came the church within , The parson pray'd ' gainst pride and sin . On looking up , on looking down , She saw a dead man on the ...
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Page 177 - OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Page 82 - 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 161 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Page 37 - 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 161 - 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.
Page 7 - Pussy cat, pussy cat. Where have you been? I've been to London To look at the queen. Pussy cat, pussy cat. What did you there? I frightened a little mouse Under her chair.
Page 25 - The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary ; And I pray you, my masters, be merry, Quot estis in convivio. Caput apri defero, Reddens laudes Domino.
Page 44 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king?
Page 100 - Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all.
Page vii - A bag-pudding the king did make, And stuffed it well with plums: And in it put great 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.