 | Susan Ferrier - 1852 - 446 pages
...Glenroy returned home, satisfied that he had nothing to fear from Ronald's rivalship. CHAPTER XIV. My dearest Jenny Wren, If you will but be mine, You shall dine on cherry pie. And drink nice currant wine. I'll dress you like a goldfinch, Or like a peacock gay ; So if you'll... | |
 | Joseph Cundall - Children's poetry - 1858 - 212 pages
...lost his heart: He was a gallant bird ; He doff'd his hat to Jenny, And thus to her he said: / " My dearest Jenny Wren, If you will but be mine, You shall dine on cherry-pie, And drink nice currant-wine. I'll dress you like a Goldfinch, Or like a Peacock gay; So... | |
 | Favourite pleasure books - 1859 - 210 pages
...lost his heart ; He was a gallant bird ; He doff'd his hat to Jenny, And thus to her he said : " My dearest Jenny Wren, If you will but be mine, You 'shall dine on cherry-pie, And drink nice currant-wine. I'll dress you like a Goldfinch, Or like a Peacock gay ; .... | |
 | Sarah Schoonmaker Baker - Picture books for children - 1899 - 282 pages
...lost his heart : He was a gallant bird ; He doffed his hat to Jenny, And thus to her he said : " My dearest Jenny Wren, If you will but be mine, You shall dine on cherry-pie, And drink nice currant-wine. I '11 dress you like a Goldfinch, Or like a Peacock gay ;... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1869 - 254 pages
...his heart — he was a gallant bird ; He doffed his hat to Jenny, and thus to her he said : — " My dearest Jenny Wren, if you will but be mine, You shall dine on cherry-pie, and drink nice currant-wine. " I'll dress you like a Goldfinch, or like a Peacock gay ;... | |
 | James Colville - 1872 - 128 pages
...danced, and so mer-ri-ly she sung, Rob-in Red-breast lost his heart, for he was a gal-lant bird, So he doffed his hat to Jen-ny Wren re-quest-ing to be...You shall dine on cher-ry pie, you shall, and drink new cur-rant wine; I'll dress you like a gold-finch or any pea-cock gay, So, dear-est Jen, if you'll... | |
 | Lucy (fict.name.) - 1875 - 204 pages
...they talk in these; so birds cannot be dumb," "Ah, Miss Lucy," said Susan, "you know very well that it is all make-believe, and only to amuse us now and...cherry pie, you shall, and drink nice currant wine; Cherry pie is very nice, and 59 is currant wine, But I will dress in my brown gown, and never go too... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1878 - 252 pages
...his heart — he was a gallant bird ; He doffed his hat to Jenny, and thus to her he said : — " My dearest Jenny Wren, if you will but be mine, You shall dine on cherry-pie, and drink nice currant-wine. " I'll dress you like a Goldfinch, or like a Peacock gay ;... | |
 | Prince - 1880 - 92 pages
...lost his heart : He was a gallant bird ; He dofPd his hat to Jenny, And thus to her he said : " My dearest Jenny Wren, If you will but be mine, You shall dine on cherry-pie, And drink nice currant-wine. I'll dress you like a Goldfinch, Or like a Peacock gay ; So... | |
 | Eleanor W. Talbot - 1887 - 52 pages
...heart, for he was a gallant bird, So he doffed his hat to Jenny Wren, requesting to be heard. " O, dearest Jenny Wren, if you will but be mine, You shall dine on cherry pie and drink new currant wine, I'll dress you like a goldfinch, or any peacock gay; So dearest Jen., if... | |
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I'll dress you like a goldfinch, Or like a peacock gay; So, if you'll have me, Jenny, Let us appoint the day. 
