 | Lawrence Lovechild - Counting-out rhymes - 1847 - 118 pages
...to bed, And early to rise, Is the way to be healthy And wealthy and wise. 17. rpAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef. I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was from home ; Taffy came to my house, and stole a marrow-bone.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1906 - 562 pages
...commonest words in the Welsh language. There is a well-known doggerel which says that Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house And stole a leg of beef. and goes on to tell how the predominant partner returns the visit, and hurls at the Cymro a handy vessel... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1906 - 682 pages
...ci/wzm< /• the commonest words in the Welsh There is a well-known doggerel \ that Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house And stole a leg of beef. and goes on to tell how the predominant partner returns the visit, and hurls at the Cymro a handy vessel... | |
 | Literature - 1851 - 640 pages
...of the favorite points of humor and good fun with our Nursery Witch : — Taffy was a Welshman — Taffy was a thief : Taffy came to my house, and stole a leg of bee£ Here are two others — Nanty, Panty, Jack-a-Dandy, Stole a piece of sugar-candy. From the grocer's... | |
 | Dame Goslin (pseud.) - Children's rhymes - 1851 - 110 pages
...history of one) two, and three, Johnny Pringle, Betty Pringle, and Piggy Wiggie. TAFFY was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to my house and stole a... | |
 | Charles Dickens - Household words - 1853 - 504 pages
...of the favourite points of humour and good fun with our Nursery Witch .— "Taffy was a Welshman — Taffy was a thief: Taffy came to my house, and stole a leg of beef. " Here are two others — "Nanty, Panty, Jaek-a-Dandy, Stole a piece of sugar-candy From the grocer's... | |
 | William Burns - Great Britain - 1855 - 98 pages
...much known by name, is the same person celebrated in the popular rhymes — " Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was'nt at home; Taffy came to my house, and stole a marrow... | |
 | Charles Henry Bennett - Drawing - 1858 - 82 pages
...sit in a barn, To kee.i himself warm, Aud hide his head under his wing. Poor thing! was a Wclchman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef ; I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was not at home ; Taffy came to' my house, and stole... | |
 | George Borrow - Wales - 1862 - 466 pages
...was turned, or regaling his ears with the harmonious and wellknown distich of " Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief : Taffy came to my house and stole a piece of beef." It had, however, a very different effect upon me. I was trying to learn Welsh, and... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1864 - 554 pages
...illustration of the history of this word. For, to speak quite gravely, we hold that Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief : Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef, &c. was, on the day when first it was sung, not a more nursery rhyme, as now, but an... | |
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TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house, and stole a piece of beef. 
