 | Extraordinary nursery rhymes - 1876 - 170 pages
...befel, Saying, ' Am I not as good a shot as famous William Tell ? ' Taffy the Welshman. was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house and stole a joint of beef. I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was from home, I searched but found nought of the beef... | |
 | Margaret Wolfe Hungerford - 1879 - 332 pages
...know the old rhyme ? ' turning to Lady Chetwoode with a blush and a light laugh, Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house And stole a piece of beef. There is a good deal more of it, quite as interesting, but of course you know it. Nurse... | |
 | Boyd Dawkins - Prehistoric peoples - 1879 - 28 pages
...The idea I have of these people is represented in the familiar rhyme : — " 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, Tafly wasn't at home, Taffy came to my house and stole a marrow... | |
 | Duchess - 1879 - 384 pages
...the old rhyme?" turning to Lady Chetwoode with a blush and a light laugh : " Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house And stole a piece of beef. There is a good deal more of it, quite as interesting, but of course you know it. Nurse... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1886 - 686 pages
...Irishman, but he has never once been conquered by the mountaineers in return. Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief, Taffy came to my house and stole a leg of beef ; but Taffy never dreamt of attempting to overrun the shires of the Midland and the pastures of the... | |
 | Duchess - 1886 - 440 pages
...the old rhyme ? ' turning to Lady Chetwoode with a blush and a light laugh — Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief : Taffy came to my house, And stole a piece of beef. There is a good deal more of it, quite as interesting, but of course you know it. Nurse... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1886 - 504 pages
...origin of the name. You have heard, have you not ? the old rhyme about Taffy: 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 wasn't home; Taffy came to my house and stole a mutton-bone,... | |
 | Adeline Dutton Train Whitney - 1887 - 258 pages
...heart finds heart in the uttermost things Two thoughts may revisit so 1 TAFFY. " 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 n't at home ; Taffy came to my house And stole a... | |
 | Folklore - 1918 - 620 pages
...made of a little white pig, And a penny she paid. 350. TAFFY WAS A WELSHMAN. Taffy was a Welshman; Taffy was a thief; Taffy came to my house, And stole...a leg of beef. I went to Taffy's house, Taffy was in bed ; 1 This was played as a game in Brant County. A piece of paper was pasted on a finger of each... | |
 | Kindergarten - 1895 - 748 pages
...of such rhymes as: "Tom. Tom the piper's son Stole a pig and away he run." " Taffy was a Wclchman, Taffy was a thief. Taffy came to my house. And stole a leg of beef. ; ' " Nanty, panty, Jack-a-Dandy, Stole a piece of sujrar candy From the grocer's shoppy-shop. And... | |
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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. 
