 | Nursery rhymes - 1833 - 154 pages
...tost up in a blanket, Seventy times as high as the moon, What she did there, I cannot tell you, But in her hand she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, O whither, 0 whither, O whither so high ? To sweep the cobwebs from the sky, And I shall be back again by and... | |
 | England - 1835 - 1022 pages
...an old woman went up in a basket, Seventy times as high as the Moon; Where she was going I couldn't but ask it, For in her hand she carried a Broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, Where are you going up so high ? — To sweep the cobwebs off the sky, And I'll be with you by and... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Ballads, English - 1841 - 434 pages
...Ninety-nine times as high as the moon : But where she was going no mortal could tell, For under her arm she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, Whither, ah ! whither, whither so high ? Oh ! I'm sweeping the cobwebs off the sky, And I'll be with... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 476 pages
...Ninety-nine times as high as the moon : But where she was going no mortal could tell, For under her arm she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, Whither, ah ! whither, whither so high ? Oh ! I'm sweeping the cobwebs off the sky, And I'll be with... | |
 | Percy Society - English literature - 1841 - 468 pages
...Ninety-nine times as high as the moon : But where she was going no mortal could tell, For under her arm she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, Whither, ah ! whither, whither so high ? Oh ! I'm sweeping the cobwebs off the sky, And 111 be with... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Counting-out rhymes - 1843 - 332 pages
...old woman toss'd up in a basket, Nineteen times as high as the moon ; Where she was going I couldn't but ask it, For in her hand she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, quoth I, O whither, O whither, O whither, so high ? To brush the cobwebs off the sky ! Shall I go with... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1846 - 266 pages
...old woman toss'd up in a basket, Nineteen times as high as the moon ; Where she was going I couldn't but ask it, For in her ha'nd she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, quoth I, O whither, O whither, O whither so high ? To brush the cobwebs off the sky ! Shall I go with... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1846 - 300 pages
...old woman toss'd up in a basket Nineteen times as high as the moon; Where she was going I couldn't but ask it, For in her hand she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, quoth I, O whither, O whither, O whither, so high? To brush the cobwebs off the sky ! Shall I go with... | |
 | Lawrence Lovechild - Counting-out rhymes - 1847 - 118 pages
...Ninety-nine times as high as the moon : But where she was going nobody could tell, For under her arm she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, Whither, O whither, whither so high ? O, I 'm sweeping the cobwebs off the sky, And I 'll come down... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1893 - 642 pages
...Seventeen times as high as the moon ; But where she was going no mortal could tell, For under her arm she carried a broom. Old woman, old woman, old woman, said I, Whither, ah whither, ah whitber so high? To sweep the cobwebs from the sky, And I '11 be with you by... | |
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Nineteen times as high as the moon. Where she was going I couldn't but ask it, For in her hand she carried a broom. "Old woman, old woman, old woman," said I, "O whither, O whither, O whither so high? 
