 | Nicholas St Nicholas, St. Nicholas - History - 1886 - 322 pages
...perhaps, he was either the silliest man, Or the wisest, in Birtleby-town. LITTLE BOY BLUE. "LITTLE BOY BLUE, COME BLOW YOUR HORN, THE SHEEP'S IN THE MEADOW, THE COW'S IN THE CORN!" FAR down in the valley the wheat grows deep, And the reapers are making the cradles sweep ; And this... | |
 | Mrs. D. P. Sanford - 1884 - 282 pages
...Boy Blue, and said the rhyme for her. You know it, I dare say : — " Lit-tle Boy Blue, come blow up your horn ; The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. Where is the boy that tends the sheep? Un-der the hay-stack, fast a-sleep." Jane said it in a way that... | |
 | Wilhelmina Lydia Rooper - 1884 - 80 pages
...Sleepy-head ; Tarry a while, says Slow; Put on the pan, says greedy Nan, 23 Little Boy Blue, come blow up your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. Where is the little boy minding the sheep ? Under the haycock fast asleep. 24 There was an old woman... | |
 | Eben Harlow Davis - Readers - 1889 - 166 pages
...country, both, and everything one could wish. Oh ! the city is the place for me. LESSON CXXXVI. Little boy blue, Come blow your horn ; The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn. So this is the way You mind your sheep, Under the hay-rick Fast asleep. Fie on you ! fie on you ! Little... | |
 | George MacDonald - English fiction - 1890 - 396 pages
...one went ' blowing his horn and beating his drum.' He had a drum too. Little Boy Blue, come blow me your horn; The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. He had to keep them out, you know. But he wasn't minding his work. It goes — Where's the little boy... | |
 | Frances Hodgson Burnett - Children's stories - 1892 - 236 pages
...she is one of the most celebrated persons in the world. Who do you suppose ever forgets — " Little boy blue, come blow your horn. The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. Is that the way to mind your sheep, Under the haystack fast asleep ? " How the Socialist laughed and... | |
 | Charles Eliot Norton, Kate Stephens - Anthologies - 1893 - 104 pages
...a bird's nest with five eggs in it, They all took one and left four in it. LITTLE BOY BLUE. Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn ; What ! is this the way you mind your sheep, Under the hay-cock, fast asleep ? LITTLE BO-PEEP. Little Bo-peep... | |
 | American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf - Deaf - 1893 - 822 pages
...his mamma's lips and put in the important word which she would suddenly wait for like this, "Little boy " "blue." "Come blow your " "horn." "The sheep's in the ""meadow." "The cow's in " "sweet corn." He learned ever so many rhymes in this way and would demand them if they were not forthcoming... | |
 | Edward Pearson Moses - Readers - 1895 - 116 pages
...Called her husband a fool, Drove her children to school — This little old woman in Surry. Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn ; The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn. Where's the little boy that looks after the sheep? He's under the haycock, fast asleep. Will you wake... | |
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Little Boy Blue, Come blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, The cow's in the corn. Where is the boy Who looks after the sheep? He's under the haycock Fast asleep. 
