The Heart of Oak Books: First Book : Rhymes and JinglesCharles Eliot Norton |
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... popular nursery rhymes are merely fragments of old ballads . " The popularity of Halliwell's authentic collection is shown by the numerous editions it rapidly went through . " The infants and children of the nineteenth century have not ...
... popular nursery rhymes are merely fragments of old ballads . " The popularity of Halliwell's authentic collection is shown by the numerous editions it rapidly went through . " The infants and children of the nineteenth century have not ...
Page 92
... popular synonym for fairy stories , is found in print as early as 1650. Eight of these tales were published in 1697 by Charles Perrault ( see Book II of the Heart of Oak Books ) , and translated into English in 1729. " Mother Goose's ...
... popular synonym for fairy stories , is found in print as early as 1650. Eight of these tales were published in 1697 by Charles Perrault ( see Book II of the Heart of Oak Books ) , and translated into English in 1729. " Mother Goose's ...
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... popular . She was born in London in 1783 , and died in 1824 . - PAGE 13. Mrs. Follen , born in Boston in 1787 , died 1860 , from whose " Nursery Songs " Ding dong , ding dong is taken , wrote pleasant books for children , and an ...
... popular . She was born in London in 1783 , and died in 1824 . - PAGE 13. Mrs. Follen , born in Boston in 1787 , died 1860 , from whose " Nursery Songs " Ding dong , ding dong is taken , wrote pleasant books for children , and an ...
Page 95
... popular schoolbook of the children of New England during the eighteenth century . PAGE 90. A great while ago is the last stanza of the song sung at the end of " Twelfth Night . " INDEX TO FIRST LINES . PAGE A , B , NOTES . 95 78 78.
... popular schoolbook of the children of New England during the eighteenth century . PAGE 90. A great while ago is the last stanza of the song sung at the end of " Twelfth Night . " INDEX TO FIRST LINES . PAGE A , B , NOTES . 95 78 78.
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APPLE-PIE beat dog began bells of St bite pig Boston Bryan O'Lin burn stick butcher Cock Robin Cock-a-doodle-doo crooked crumpled horn Dame Wiggins Dance diddle Ding dong Dog won't bite Ducky-daddles Fal de ral-al Fire won't burn gaed gay lady Goosey-poosey GRADE Halliwell Hark Heart of Oak house that Jack Jack built Jenny Wren jolly killed the rat Lady Lee Lady Moon little Indian LITTLE JACK HORNER little pig LITTLE ROBIN RED-BREAST maid maiden all forlorn malt That lay mee-ow mittens mouse Nursery Rhymes OAK BOOKS Oak Readers OLD KING COLE PAT-A-CAKE PEASE PORRIDGE HOT Pease-porridge penny Pig won't go pretty purr-r Pussy cat Pussy-cat quench fire ral-al de ral-laddy Say the bells sha'n't get home shoe Simple Simon sky is falling song Stick won't beat tell the king three little kittens tossed the dog Wiggins of Lee WONDERFUL CATS worried the cat Wright's Nature Readers
Popular passages
Page 48 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 9 - 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 29 - Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!
Page 16 - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.
Page 15 - Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.
Page 39 - LAMB. Mary had a little lamb ; Its fleece was white as snow; And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go.
Page 20 - THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW he north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor Robin do then, Poor thing? He'll sit in a barn, And keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing.
Page 25 - Rockabye Baby, on the tree top, When the wind blows the cradle will rock, When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle and all.
Page 88 - For the rain it raineth every day. A great while ago the world begun, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, But that's all one, our play is done, And we'll strive to please you every day.
Page 84 - But the rat would not. She went a little farther, and she met a cat. So she said — "Cat, cat, kill rat; Rat won't gnaw rope; Rope won't hang butcher; Butcher won't kill ox; Ox won't drink water; Water won't quench fire; Fire won't burn stick; Stick won't beat dog; Dog won't bite pig; Pig won't get over the stile, And I shan't get home to-night.