 | Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 588 pages
..."pic," Let him stand there so grim, And no more about him, For I wish him a very good bye ! LXXX. THE lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown :...beat the unicorn All round about the town. Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown ;. Some gave them plum cake, And sent them out of town.... | |
 | Between whiles - 1877 - 448 pages
...part of time they share, that are so wondrous sweet and fair. WALLER. The Lion and the Unicorn. THE lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown ; the lion beat the unicorn all round the town. some gave him white bread ; some gave him brown ; some gave him plum-cake, and sent him out... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1878 - 252 pages
...little birds' eggs, To make his voice clear ; And when he sings " cuckoo ! " The summer is near. The lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown :...beat the unicorn All round about the town. Some gave them white bread, And some gave them brown ; Some gave them plum-cake, And sent them out of town. The... | |
 | M. Sullivan - 1879 - 322 pages
...them, which he remembered hearing ever since he could remember anything. The rhyme was this :— The lion and the unicorn Were fighting for the crown ; The lion beat the unicorn, And drove him round the town. " But I suppose that rhyme does not mean anything, as there are no unicorns,"... | |
 | Andrew Macgeorge - Flags - 1881 - 144 pages
...granted to England " in accordance with the sentiment of certain wellknown classical lines: — '"The Lion and the Unicorn Were fighting for the Crown, The Lion beat the Unicorn All round the town.'"4 1 Scottish Heraldry, p. 445. 2 Vol ii. part iii. p. 90. 3 Sir George Mackenzie says :... | |
 | Andrew Macgeorge - Flags - 1881 - 146 pages
...granted to England " in accordance with the sentiment of certain wellknown classical lines: — '"The Lion and the Unicorn Were fighting for the Crown, The Lion beat the Unicorn All round the town.'"4 1 Scottish Heraldry, p. 445. 2 Vol ii. part iii. p. 90. 3 Sir George Mackenzie says: "The... | |
 | Child - 1883 - 330 pages
...The wheel-bar-row broke, my wife got a fall, Down tum-bled wheel-bar-row, lit-tle wife, and all ! The Li-on and the U-ni-corn were fight-ing for the crown,...the U-ni-corn all round a-bout the town. Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown, Some gave them plum-cake, and sent them out of town. Here we... | |
 | Child - 1883 - 330 pages
...could not get my wife home with-out a wheelbar-row ; The wheel-bar-row broke, my wife got a fall, The Li-on and the U-ni-corn were fight-ing for the crown,...the U-ni-corn all round a-bout the town. Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown, Some gave them plum-cake, and sent them out of town. Here we... | |
 | Queen - Nursery rhymes, English - 1883 - 80 pages
...killed the mice in his father's barn. * Next. THE LION AND THE UNICORN. 19 THE LION AND THE UNICORN. THE lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown,...beat the unicorn all round about the town ; Some gave them white bread, and some gave them brown, Some gave them plum cake, and sent them out of town. THE... | |
 | Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - 1884 - 296 pages
...p. 85. JUNE 30. \Д/ HOSE face was very like a crow. £ Jl p " Looking-glass? chap, v., p. 181. HE Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for £ the crown ; The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town. " Looking-glass" chap, vii., p. 145. JUNE 29. r JUNE 28. JUNE 29. JUNE 30. , .^•vvvvwvwwvw... | |
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The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown: The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town. Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown: Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town. 
