Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages: Specimens of lyric poetry, composed in England in the reign of Edward the FirstPercy Society, 1841 - English literature |
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... , Serve Queen Bess our noble queen ! Kitty the spinner Will sit down to dinner , And eat the leg of a frog : All good people Look over the steeple , And see the cat play with the dog . IX . [ Taken from MS . Douce , 357 HISTORICAL . 9.
... , Serve Queen Bess our noble queen ! Kitty the spinner Will sit down to dinner , And eat the leg of a frog : All good people Look over the steeple , And see the cat play with the dog . IX . [ Taken from MS . Douce , 357 HISTORICAL . 9.
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... leg , Her father was a miller : He tossed the dumpling at her head , And said he could not kill her . LX . [ THE tale of Jack Horner has long been appropriated to the nursery . The four lines which follow are the traditional ones , and ...
... leg , Her father was a miller : He tossed the dumpling at her head , And said he could not kill her . LX . [ THE tale of Jack Horner has long been appropriated to the nursery . The four lines which follow are the traditional ones , and ...
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... legs , -upon my word He was a pretty fellow . The sweetest note he always sung , Which much delighted Mary ; She often where the cage was hung , Sate to hear her canary . LXVII . THE carrion crow , he sat upon an TALES . 41.
... legs , -upon my word He was a pretty fellow . The sweetest note he always sung , Which much delighted Mary ; She often where the cage was hung , Sate to hear her canary . LXVII . THE carrion crow , he sat upon an TALES . 41.
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... legs would after him prance . As Dolly was milking her cow one day , Tom took out his pipe and began for to play ; So Doll and the cow danced the Cheshire round , Till the pail was broke and the milk ran on the ground . He met old dame ...
... legs would after him prance . As Dolly was milking her cow one day , Tom took out his pipe and began for to play ; So Doll and the cow danced the Cheshire round , Till the pail was broke and the milk ran on the ground . He met old dame ...
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... LEG over leg , As the dog went to Dover ; When he came to a stile , Jump he went over . Fourth Class . - Riddles . CXXXVI . [ A 90 NURSERY RHYMES .
... LEG over leg , As the dog went to Dover ; When he came to a stile , Jump he went over . Fourth Class . - Riddles . CXXXVI . [ A 90 NURSERY RHYMES .
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Page 179 - 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 84 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 132 - 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 27 - The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary ; And I pray you, my masters, be merry Quot estis in convivio. Caput apri defero, Reddens laudes domino.
Page 63 - SO now is come our joyful'st feast; Let every man be jolly, Each room with ivy leaves is drest, And every post with holly. Though some churls at our mirth repine, Round your foreheads garlands twine, Drown sorrow in a cup of wine, And let us all be merry. Now, all our neighbours...
Page 5 - Then came the Holy One, blessed be He ! And killed the Angel of Death, That killed the butcher, That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the kid That my father bought For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid.
Page 95 - 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 46 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king?
Page 64 - Young men and maids, and girls and boys, Give life to one another's joys; And you anon shall by their noise Perceive that they are merry.
Page 9 - Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been? I've been to London to look at the queen. Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there?