Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: a Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of EnglandJ. Russell Smith, 1849 - 276 pages |
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... dancing - school , and the moral always consists in good conduct being crowned with success . Truth is , I would not give one وو tear shed over Little Red to be derived from a hundred histories of Jemmy Goodchild . I think the selfish ...
... dancing - school , and the moral always consists in good conduct being crowned with success . Truth is , I would not give one وو tear shed over Little Red to be derived from a hundred histories of Jemmy Goodchild . I think the selfish ...
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... dance called Hey , diddle , diddle , is mentioned in the play of King Cambises , written about 1561 , and the several rhymes commencing with those words may have been original adaptations to that dance - tune . subjects , written about ...
... dance called Hey , diddle , diddle , is mentioned in the play of King Cambises , written about 1561 , and the several rhymes commencing with those words may have been original adaptations to that dance - tune . subjects , written about ...
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... dance over the candle back and forth , with these words : The tailor of Biciter , He has but one eye , He cannot cut a pair of green galagaskins , If he were to die . This sport in other parts is called Dancing the Candle Rush . " It ...
... dance over the candle back and forth , with these words : The tailor of Biciter , He has but one eye , He cannot cut a pair of green galagaskins , If he were to die . This sport in other parts is called Dancing the Candle Rush . " It ...
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... Dancing o'er the Lady Lee : Now he sings of Lickspit Liar , Burning in the brimstone fire ; Lyar , lyar , Lickspit , lick , Turn about the candlestick . Now he sings of Jacky Horner , Sitting in the chimney corner , Eating of a ...
... Dancing o'er the Lady Lee : Now he sings of Lickspit Liar , Burning in the brimstone fire ; Lyar , lyar , Lickspit , lick , Turn about the candlestick . Now he sings of Jacky Horner , Sitting in the chimney corner , Eating of a ...
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... dancing , continued many days . Then at length , with the dowry her father gave her they returned home . The deformed daughter perceiving that her sister had been so happy in seeking her fortune , would needs do the same ; so disclosing ...
... dancing , continued many days . Then at length , with the dowry her father gave her they returned home . The deformed daughter perceiving that her sister had been so happy in seeking her fortune , would needs do the same ; so disclosing ...
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Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales: A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England ... James Orchard Halliwell No preview available - 2018 |
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