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Page 19
The door was tapped at again and again , and soon there were heard three or
four good loud raps as if with a stick . Then Kate bounced up angrily and jerked
open the door ; a poor old woman in a red cloak stood before it , drenched with
rain ...
The door was tapped at again and again , and soon there were heard three or
four good loud raps as if with a stick . Then Kate bounced up angrily and jerked
open the door ; a poor old woman in a red cloak stood before it , drenched with
rain ...
Page 21
In the morning , when the stranger went away , she gave Nell her stick , and bade
her take care of it till she saw her again . Soon after she was gone , Kate , who
was vexed with her work , began to scold and grumble at Nell for letting in such ...
In the morning , when the stranger went away , she gave Nell her stick , and bade
her take care of it till she saw her again . Soon after she was gone , Kate , who
was vexed with her work , began to scold and grumble at Nell for letting in such ...
Page 22
She chased the stick all round the room , but she fell over it and bruised her legs
sorely ; and when she did get it , it so jerked her hand that she would fain get rid
of it . So she threw it into the fire , and it turned over the boiling kettle , and the hot
...
She chased the stick all round the room , but she fell over it and bruised her legs
sorely ; and when she did get it , it so jerked her hand that she would fain get rid
of it . So she threw it into the fire , and it turned over the boiling kettle , and the hot
...
Page 23
She vowed the old woman should never set foot in the house again , and Nell
was obliged to hand the stick out of the cottage window . Before Kate had
finished her scolding about the pranks of the stick , the old woman , stick and all ,
were ...
She vowed the old woman should never set foot in the house again , and Nell
was obliged to hand the stick out of the cottage window . Before Kate had
finished her scolding about the pranks of the stick , the old woman , stick and all ,
were ...
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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.
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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.
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Old Nursery songs, stories, and ballads |
| Author | Old nursery songs |
| Published | 1869 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Jul 2006 |
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