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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... VOLUMES IN ART BOARDS Also in One Volume RING O ' ROSES
CONTAINING ALL THE ABOVE SELECTIONS THE THREE LITTLE PIGS TOM
THUMB THE GOLDEN GOOSE THE THREE BEARS ARE ISSUED AS
SEPARATE STORIES ...
... VOLUMES IN ART BOARDS Also in One Volume RING O ' ROSES
CONTAINING ALL THE ABOVE SELECTIONS THE THREE LITTLE PIGS TOM
THUMB THE GOLDEN GOOSE THE THREE BEARS ARE ISSUED AS
SEPARATE STORIES ...
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101 Merry are the bells , and merry do they ring . He rode till he came to my Lady
Mouse hall . . 107 Tailpiece . . . . . . . His mare fell down , and she made her will .
Three pretty girls were in them then . . Title ( Riddles and Paradoxes ) . . I went to
...
101 Merry are the bells , and merry do they ring . He rode till he came to my Lady
Mouse hall . . 107 Tailpiece . . . . . . . His mare fell down , and she made her will .
Three pretty girls were in them then . . Title ( Riddles and Paradoxes ) . . I went to
...
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L IGH diddle ding , I Did you hear the bells ring ? The parliament soldiers are
gone to the King ! Some they did laugh , some they did cry , To see the
parliament soldiers pass by . a LJECTOR PROTECTOR was dressed all in H1
green ; Hector ...
L IGH diddle ding , I Did you hear the bells ring ? The parliament soldiers are
gone to the King ! Some they did laugh , some they did cry , To see the
parliament soldiers pass by . a LJECTOR PROTECTOR was dressed all in H1
green ; Hector ...
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... The self - same thing will be DOOR old Robinson Crusoe ! Poor old Robinson
Crusoe : They made him a coat Of an old nanny goat , I wonder how they could
do so ! With a ring a ting tang , And a ring a ting tang , Poor old Robinson Crusoe
!
... The self - same thing will be DOOR old Robinson Crusoe ! Poor old Robinson
Crusoe : They made him a coat Of an old nanny goat , I wonder how they could
do so ! With a ring a ting tang , And a ring a ting tang , Poor old Robinson Crusoe
!
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WAVE “ Merry are the Bells & merry do they nng " M ERRY are the bells , and
merry would they M ring ; Merry was myself , and merry could I sing ; With a merry
ding - dong , happy , gay , and free , And a merry sing - song , happy let us be !
WAVE “ Merry are the Bells & merry do they nng " M ERRY are the bells , and
merry would they M ring ; Merry was myself , and merry could I sing ; With a merry
ding - dong , happy , gay , and free , And a merry sing - song , happy let us be !
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Popular passages
Page 79 - A MAN of words and not of deeds, Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 163 - 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 31 - 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 92 - 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 52 - 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 116 - 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 58 - Simple Simon met a pieman, Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware." Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny," Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Indeed, I have not any.
Page 67 - 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 253 - AN old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked sixpence. " What," said she, " shall I do with this little sixpence ? I will go to market, and buy a little pig.
Page 172 - Bull's eyes and targets, Say the bells of St. Marg'ret's. Brickbats and tiles, Say the bells of St. Giles'. Half-pence 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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Nursery Rhyme Book Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Opie collection of children's literature ; 019:421 |
| Editor | Andrew Lang |
| Illustrated by | Leonard Leslie Brooke |
| Publisher | Frederick Warne and Company, 1897 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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