The Nursery Rhyme BookAndrew Lang A collection of 332 nursery rhymes grouped under such categories as "Historical," "Tales," "Proverbs," "Songs," "Games," and "Jingles." |
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... lived at a place called Mells , in Somerset , in the time of Henry VIII . The plum he got was an estate which had belonged to the priests . I find nobody else here about whom history teaches us till we come to Dr. Faustus . He was not ...
... lived at a place called Mells , in Somerset , in the time of Henry VIII . The plum he got was an estate which had belonged to the priests . I find nobody else here about whom history teaches us till we come to Dr. Faustus . He was not ...
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... lived in a well , and how he married a King's daughter and was changed into a beautiful Prince , there is a fairy tale which an industrious child ought to read . The frog in the rhyme is not nearly so lucky . After these rhymes there ...
... lived in a well , and how he married a King's daughter and was changed into a beautiful Prince , there is a fairy tale which an industrious child ought to read . The frog in the rhyme is not nearly so lucky . After these rhymes there ...
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... lived , so they built a bower in a wood , far off the town . But their lovers came to see them in the bower , and brought the infection of the plague , and they both died . There is a little churchyard and a ruined church in Scotland ...
... lived , so they built a bower in a wood , far off the town . But their lovers came to see them in the bower , and brought the infection of the plague , and they both died . There is a little churchyard and a ruined church in Scotland ...
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... · 129 133 135 · 137 140 • 143 145 146 147 · 149 • 151 · 153 · 155 There was an old woman lived under a hill She had so many children she didn't know what to do 159 D He was dancing a jig Page 1165 Title ( Games Illustrations 25.
... · 129 133 135 · 137 140 • 143 145 146 147 · 149 • 151 · 153 · 155 There was an old woman lived under a hill She had so many children she didn't know what to do 159 D He was dancing a jig Page 1165 Title ( Games Illustrations 25.
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... lived in an alley Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks Jack Sprat could eat no fat Betwixt them both , they lick'd the platter clean There I met a pretty miss . 187 · 189 191 193 195 197 • 199 . 201 203 206 · 207 209 Here comes a lusty wooer ...
... lived in an alley Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks Jack Sprat could eat no fat Betwixt them both , they lick'd the platter clean There I met a pretty miss . 187 · 189 191 193 195 197 • 199 . 201 203 206 · 207 209 Here comes a lusty wooer ...
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Popular passages
Page 67 - A MAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 151 - 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 80 - 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 160 - Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of St. Giles'. Halfpence 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 40 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Page 19 - 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 239 - 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 227 - COME, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's ball and the Grasshopper's feast ; The trumpeter Gadfly has summoned the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for you.
Page 104 - The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts, All on a summer day: The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts, And took them quite away!
Page 229 - Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.