A Book of Verses for ChildrenEdward Verrall Lucas |
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Page 12
... eyes For ever on watch , ran off each with a prize . Then away to the field it went , blustering and humming , And the cattle all wondered whatever was coming ; It plucked by the tails the grave matronly cows , And tossed the colts ...
... eyes For ever on watch , ran off each with a prize . Then away to the field it went , blustering and humming , And the cattle all wondered whatever was coming ; It plucked by the tails the grave matronly cows , And tossed the colts ...
Page 25
... eye , But he shall not entrance gain . Let him gnaw , forsooth , with his freezing tooth , On our roof - tiles , till he tire ; But we care not a whit , as we jovial sit Before our blazing fire . Come , lads , let's sing , till the ...
... eye , But he shall not entrance gain . Let him gnaw , forsooth , with his freezing tooth , On our roof - tiles , till he tire ; But we care not a whit , as we jovial sit Before our blazing fire . Come , lads , let's sing , till the ...
Page 56
... to sing , Tho ' the tear were in her eye . Then let us toast John Barleycorn , Each man a glass in hand ; And may his great posterity Ne'er fail in old Scotland . Robert Burns . Oxfordshire Guy Fawkes ' Song REMEMBER , remember The Fifth ...
... to sing , Tho ' the tear were in her eye . Then let us toast John Barleycorn , Each man a glass in hand ; And may his great posterity Ne'er fail in old Scotland . Robert Burns . Oxfordshire Guy Fawkes ' Song REMEMBER , remember The Fifth ...
Page 74
... eye , and he buttoned his purse , When the breeding time began ; For he'd put his children out to nurse In the house of another man ! Then his child , though born in a stranger's bed , Is his own true father's son ; For he gobbles the ...
... eye , and he buttoned his purse , When the breeding time began ; For he'd put his children out to nurse In the house of another man ! Then his child , though born in a stranger's bed , Is his own true father's son ; For he gobbles the ...
Page 75
... eyes as yellow as gold . Child . Tell me about them . Martin . O , Martin dear , Tell ! there's nought to tell , Only they snored o ' nights and frighted us . Child . Snored ? Martin . Ay , I tell you , snored ; they slept upright In ...
... eyes as yellow as gold . Child . Tell me about them . Martin . O , Martin dear , Tell ! there's nought to tell , Only they snored o ' nights and frighted us . Child . Snored ? Martin . Ay , I tell you , snored ; they slept upright In ...
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