| New England - 1888 - 658 pages
...drinks because they must. H'm, I wonder to which cat-cate-gory do I belong? {Drinks, then sings.) 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. No offence to... | |
| 1888 - 634 pages
..." King Cole '' became long ago the undignified hero of a popular ditty. Everybody has heard how Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he ; He called for bis pipe, and he called for his bowl, and he called for his fiddlers three. It is the same... | |
| Folklore - 1888 - 916 pages
...and commence with what is undoubtedly* the oldest of all our children's tales," OLD KINO COLE. " 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. Every fiddler,... | |
| Charles Mackay - English language - 1888 - 440 pages
...was a common mode of address to a company or multitude of soldiers, hunters, or boon companions. Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he, And he called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Of all... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1888 - 500 pages
...5. Aea. 6. R. 7. Nox. 8. Capys. 9. Amphion. 10. Amazonian, n. Polymneslor. A MOTHER GOOSE RHYMR. Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was /«• ; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. A DOUBLE DIAMOND.... | |
| Charles Mackay - English language - 1888 - 444 pages
...was a common mode of address to a company or multitude of soldiers, hunters, or boon companions. Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he, And he called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Of all... | |
| Literature, Modern - 1926 - 1034 pages
...wide Justice will fail: Mon still have burning hearts Though bound in jail! FIDDLING TO HENRY FORD Old King Cole was a merry old soul And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for hi« bowl, And he called for his flddlors three. BUT MR. FORD... | |
| Children - 1893 - 112 pages
...How does your garden grow ? With cockle-shells, and silver bells, And pretty maids all in a row. Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler, he had a fiddle,... | |
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