 This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That...  The Folk-lore Readers - Page 21by Eulalie Osgood Grover - 1905Full view - About this book
 | Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1825 - 380 pages
...1, said the Bull, because I can pull, 1 will toll the bell. Cock Robin. THIS is the cock that crow'd in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tatter'd and torn, That kise'd the maiden ail forlorn, That rnilk'd the cow with the crumpled horn,... | |
 | American literature - 1837 - 624 pages
...rat, that eat the malt, that lay in the house that Jack built." 7. THE PET BANK SYSTEM.—" This is the maiden all forlorn, that milked the cow with the...dog, that worried the cat, that caught the rat, that eat the malt, lhat lay in the house that Jack built." 8. GENERAL JACKSON.—" This is the priest all... | |
 | Manchester grammar sch - 1840 - 210 pages
...transition he passes to— " The maiden all forlorn, " That milked the cow with the crumpled horn," and— " The man all tattered and torn, " That kissed the maiden all forlorn." The simple beauty of these lines defies all criticism. Beauty is never so captivating as when unfortunate.... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - Ballads, English - 1841 - 434 pages
...worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built. 11. This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crow'd in the morn, That wak'd the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tatter'd and... | |
 | Thomas Wright - English poetry - 1841 - 510 pages
...worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in tin house that Jack built. 11. This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crow'd in the morn, That wak'd the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tatter'd and... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1846 - 266 pages
...kill'd the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crow'd in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tatter'd and torn, That kiss'd the maiden all forlorn, That milk'd the cow with the crumpled horn,... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1846 - 300 pages
...crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt 11. This is the farmer sowing his corn. That kept the cock that crow'd in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tatter* d... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1851 - 626 pages
...pair of boots, and I trembled for the putty investment Once more we met, and he no longer looked like 'the man all tattered and torn, that kissed the maiden all forlorn,' for he was dressed in a full suit of broad-cloth; 'superfine,' and as FAQIW said, with the ' heavy-swell... | |
 | Lewis Gaylord Clark - Wit and humor - 1852 - 350 pages
...of boots, and I trembled for the putty investment. Once more we met, and he no longer looked like ' the man all tattered and torn, that kissed the maiden all forlorn,' for he was dressed in a full suit of broad-cloth ; i superfine,' and as FAGIN said, with the ' heavy-swell... | |
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