Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: a Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of EnglandJ. Russell Smith, 1849 - 276 pages |
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... bird is called burny - bee , and the following lines are current ; Burnie bee , burnie bee , Tell me when your wedding be . If it be to - morrow day , Take your wings and fly away . These lines are said by children , when they throw ...
... bird is called burny - bee , and the following lines are current ; Burnie bee , burnie bee , Tell me when your wedding be . If it be to - morrow day , Take your wings and fly away . These lines are said by children , when they throw ...
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... bird ! lady - bird ! pretty one ! stay ! Come sit on my finger , so happy and gay ; With me shall no mischief betide thee ; No harm would I do thee , no foeman is near , I only would gaze on thy beauties so dear , Those beautiful ...
... bird ! lady - bird ! pretty one ! stay ! Come sit on my finger , so happy and gay ; With me shall no mischief betide thee ; No harm would I do thee , no foeman is near , I only would gaze on thy beauties so dear , Those beautiful ...
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... bird , May - bird , fly away . Thy house burns , thy mother weeps , thy father stays at his threshold , fly from hell into heaven ! " - The third is not so similar to our version . Another German one is given in Kuhn und Schwark ...
... bird , May - bird , fly away . Thy house burns , thy mother weeps , thy father stays at his threshold , fly from hell into heaven ! " - The third is not so similar to our version . Another German one is given in Kuhn und Schwark ...
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... when evening came , he said , ' Now will we * The lady - bird , observes Mr. Chambers , is always connected with fine weather in Germany and the north . • homeward go ? ' but Neppa answered , Pluck 6 NURSERY ANTIQUITIES .
... when evening came , he said , ' Now will we * The lady - bird , observes Mr. Chambers , is always connected with fine weather in Germany and the north . • homeward go ? ' but Neppa answered , Pluck 6 NURSERY ANTIQUITIES .
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... bird without a tail . When the bird began to fly , Like an eagle in the sky . When the sky began to roar , Like a lion at the door . When the door began to crack , Like a stick laid o'er my back . When my back began to smart , Like a ...
... bird without a tail . When the bird began to fly , Like an eagle in the sky . When the sky began to roar , Like a lion at the door . When the door began to crack , Like a stick laid o'er my back . When my back began to smart , Like a ...
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