The Nursery Rhyme BookA collection of 332 nursery rhymes grouped under such categories as "Historical," "Tales," "Proverbs," "Songs," "Games," and "Jingles." |
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One seems to see the loose floppy picture - books of long ago , with their boldly
coloured pictures . The books were tattered and worn , and my first library
consisted of a wooden box full of these volumes . And I can remember being
imprisoned ...
One seems to see the loose floppy picture - books of long ago , with their boldly
coloured pictures . The books were tattered and worn , and my first library
consisted of a wooden box full of these volumes . And I can remember being
imprisoned ...
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One seems to see the loose floppy picture books of long ago , with their boldly
coloured pictures . The books were tattered and worn , and my first library
consisted of a wooden box full of these volumes . And I can remember being
imprisoned ...
One seems to see the loose floppy picture books of long ago , with their boldly
coloured pictures . The books were tattered and worn , and my first library
consisted of a wooden box full of these volumes . And I can remember being
imprisoned ...
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The Babes in the Wood you may read about here and in longer poems ; for
instance , in a book called “ The Ingoldsby Legends . " It was their wicked uncle
who lost them in the wood , because he wanted their money . Uncles were
exceedingly ...
The Babes in the Wood you may read about here and in longer poems ; for
instance , in a book called “ The Ingoldsby Legends . " It was their wicked uncle
who lost them in the wood , because he wanted their money . Uncles were
exceedingly ...
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The plague came to Perth , where they 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 ...
The plague came to Perth , where they 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 ...
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... 107 Tailpiece His mare fell down , and she made her will 115 Three pretty girls
were in them then 118 Title ( Riddles and Paradoxes ) I went to the wood and got
it 123 Arthur O'Bower has broken his band 125 Humpty Dumpty had a great fall ...
... 107 Tailpiece His mare fell down , and she made her will 115 Three pretty girls
were in them then 118 Title ( Riddles and Paradoxes ) I went to the wood and got
it 123 Arthur O'Bower has broken his band 125 Humpty Dumpty had a great fall ...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Nursery Rhyme Book Volume 19, Issue 421 of Opie collection of children's literature |
| Editor | Andrew Lang |
| Illustrated by | Leonard Leslie Brooke |
| Publisher | F. Warne and Company, 1897 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 18 Nov 2005 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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