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... began to sing , And was not that a dainty dish to set before the king ? The king was in the parlour , counting out his money ; The queen was in the pantry , eating bread and honey ; The maid was in the garden , hanging out the clothes ...
... began to sing , And was not that a dainty dish to set before the king ? The king was in the parlour , counting out his money ; The queen was in the pantry , eating bread and honey ; The maid was in the garden , hanging out the clothes ...
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... began laughing , the parrot laughed too ; The pudding bounced open the door ; The door being open , Poll out of it flew , And they feared they should see her no more . Poll flew with her prize to the top of a tree ; Gaffer pelted with ...
... began laughing , the parrot laughed too ; The pudding bounced open the door ; The door being open , Poll out of it flew , And they feared they should see her no more . Poll flew with her prize to the top of a tree ; Gaffer pelted with ...
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... began for to freeze . When the little woman began to awake , She began to shiver and she began to shake ; Her knees began to freeze , and she be- gan to cry , O dear ! O mercy on me ! this surely can't be I. If it be not I , as I ...
... began for to freeze . When the little woman began to awake , She began to shiver and she began to shake ; Her knees began to freeze , and she be- gan to cry , O dear ! O mercy on me ! this surely can't be I. If it be not I , as I ...
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... began to bark ; The dog began to bark , and she began to cry , O dear ! O mercy on me ! I see it is not I. HERE was a man of our town , And he was wondrous wise : He jump'd into a bramble bush , And scratch'd out both his eyes ; And ...
... began to bark ; The dog began to bark , and she began to cry , O dear ! O mercy on me ! I see it is not I. HERE was a man of our town , And he was wondrous wise : He jump'd into a bramble bush , And scratch'd out both his eyes ; And ...
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... began to hunt , Ere daylight did appear ; And long before high noon they had An hundred fat bucks slain ; Then having dined , the drovers went To rouse the deer again . The bowmen muster'd on the hills , Well able to endure : Their ...
... began to hunt , Ere daylight did appear ; And long before high noon they had An hundred fat bucks slain ; Then having dined , the drovers went To rouse the deer again . The bowmen muster'd on the hills , Well able to endure : Their ...
Common terms and phrases
baby beautiful bells of St Bethnal Green birds blind beggar bold Robin Hood bright carrion crow Cheery Chevy Chase cradle will rock dame Dance o'er Dick Whittington door doth Earl Douglas Earl Percy fairy father Fol de rol Fretillon gallant gay lady girl gold gown Grumble hand heart heigh horse house that Jack ITTLE Jack built Joe Dobson jump'd Kate kill'd the rat Lady Lee laughed Little John Little Robin Redbreast lived Lord maiden maids malt That lay marry master merry mice mother never night noble o'er my Lady old witch old woman Parsley Peacocks pearl pony poor pray pretty Bessie prince Princess Rosetta pussy Pussy-cat queen quoth Robin Goodfellow Rose round Say the bells sing sister slain song stick sweet tell thee thou shalt told toss'd the dog tree unto wife worried the cat
Popular passages
Page 6 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 3 - GOD prosper long our noble king, Our lives and safeties all ; A woful hunting once there did In Chevy-Chase befall. To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way ; The child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day.
Page 32 - Star. TWINKLE, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are ! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.
Page 1 - 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; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king?
Page 20 - 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 24 - 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 23 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
Page 10 - They closed full fast on every side, No slackness there was found ; And many a gallant gentleman Lay gasping on the ground.
Page 27 - THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD Now ponder well, you parents dear, These words which I shall write ; A doleful story you shall hear, In time brought forth to light. A gentleman of good account In Norfolk dwelt of late, Who did in honour far surmount Most men of his estate.
Page 13 - With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart — A deep and deadly blow : Who never spoke more words than these — " Fight on, my merry men all; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.