The Only True Mother Goose Melodies: Without Addition Or Abridgement : Embracing Also a Reliable Life of the Goose Family, Never Before Published : Numerous Illustrations |
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... bull did fight the humblebee And scratched him in the face . Fa , Fe , Fi , Fo , Fum ! I smell the blood of an Englishman . Be he live or be he dead , I'll grind his bones to make me bread . Richard and Robin were two pretty men ; They ...
... bull did fight the humblebee And scratched him in the face . Fa , Fe , Fi , Fo , Fum ! I smell the blood of an Englishman . Be he live or be he dead , I'll grind his bones to make me bread . Richard and Robin were two pretty men ; They ...
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... Richard and Robin were two pretty men ; They laid abed till the clock struck ten ; Robin starts up and looks at the sky , Oh ho ! brother Richard , the sun's very high , you go before with the bottle and bag , And I'll follow after on ...
... Richard and Robin were two pretty men ; They laid abed till the clock struck ten ; Robin starts up and looks at the sky , Oh ho ! brother Richard , the sun's very high , you go before with the bottle and bag , And I'll follow after on ...
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... Richard to Robin , We'll go to the wood , says Robin to Bobin , We'll go to the wood , says John all alone , We'll go to the wood , says every one . What to do there ? says Richard to Robin , What to do therę ? What to do there ? says Robin ...
... Richard to Robin , We'll go to the wood , says Robin to Bobin , We'll go to the wood , says John all alone , We'll go to the wood , says every one . What to do there ? says Richard to Robin , What to do therę ? What to do there ? says Robin ...
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... Richard to Robin , She's dead , she's dead , says Robin to Bobin , She's dead , she's dead , says John all alone , She's dead , she's dead , says every one . How get her home ? says Richard to Robin , How get her home ? says Robin to ...
... Richard to Robin , She's dead , she's dead , says Robin to Bobin , She's dead , she's dead , says John all alone , She's dead , she's dead , says every one . How get her home ? says Richard to Robin , How get her home ? says Robin to ...
Common terms and phrases
baby bells of St Bobby Shaftoe bonny Boston bread Bristol cart and six cock Cotton Mather Dance dead dear ding Eliot Norton Elizabeth Gaskell Fal de ral-al family of Goose gay ladye gone GOOSE FAMILY Granary Burying Ground HARVARD COLLEGE HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY hire seven cooks horse Isaiah Thomas Jill Johnny shall ride jump'd king Lady Lee little boy Little Robin Little Robin Redbreast marry MATHER AND MOTHER mee-ow mi-ow mittens Mother Goose Mother Goose's Melodies mouse NORTON NOVEMBER 16 Nose Nursery office in Pudding old woman penny pounce pretty printing office Pudding lane pumpkin eater purr-r pussy cat Pussy-Cat queen ral-al de ral-laddy Richard to Robin Robin to Bobin Say the bells says John says Richard says Robin shoe sing songs and ditties stole oranges street Taffy Thomas Fleet three little kittens washed wealthy family wheelbarrow wife wren
Popular passages
Page 38 - 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 54 - I like little Pussy, Her coat is so warm; And if I don't hurt her She'll do me no harm. So I'll not pull her tail, Nor drive her away, But Pussy and I Very gently will play...
Page 53 - I HAD a little husband, No bigger than my thumb, I put him in a pint pot, And there I bid him drum. I bought a little horse, That galloped up and down; I bridled him, and saddled him, And sent him out of town. I gave him some garters, To garter up his hose, And a little handkerchief, To wipe his pretty nose.
Page 53 - As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits — Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were going to St. Ives?
Page 4 - There was an old woman who lived in a shoe; She had so many children she didn't know what to do.