 | George Henry H. Hutchinson - Fishing - 1871 - 206 pages
...out, not in the soft strains of " Sweet Kichmond '111," but in a deep, rich, almost bass voice : — " Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; He called for his pipe, he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three." Poor C. ! from that time all was over... | |
 | A. Hoppe - English language - 1871 - 504 pages
...£elb cincS launigcit SicbeS : Old King Cole was a jolly old soul And a jolly old soul was he ; And he called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. ©tott bet fiddlers loerbcn in ben fotgcnben Stctnjcn Qiibcrc Siuftlanten gcfcfct, unb am Gnbc jcbcr... | |
 | English prose literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...dung-cart, and got squeezed to death by the wheel ? Was he the same person of whom the song says : — " Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he 1" And was his dog proud because his master was called king ? Here are questions to be proposed in... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - Fiction - 1872 - 462 pages
...successor of Asclepiad. He is further relegated to the realms of fable by the rhyme that sings, — " Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he." See Halliwell's "Nursery Rhymes of England," where much curious information in regard to this celebrated... | |
 | James Henry - 1889 - 966 pages
...let him or no;" and ' ' Malbrouk /te went to the barber, the barber [he ?] wasn't at home ; " and " old king Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old...and he called for his bowl, and he called for his harpers three ; " in the last of which not only the " he " of the third Hue, Imt the whole third line... | |
 | Frederic Edward Weatherly - Curiosity - 1874 - 168 pages
...forget my cares, and have a very merry time of it." And His Majesty trolled forth in a mellow voice : " Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old...for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three." " But are you Old King Cole ? " asked Elsie, in astonishment. "Of course I am, my dear ! — don't... | |
 | mrs. Granville Ryder - 1874 - 108 pages
...to whom we're told We ne'er must turn a shoulder cold. IS Old King Cole was a merry old soul, A nd a merry old soul was he ; He called for his pipe and he called for his wine, And he called for his glasses three. 1. Liquid and deep. 2. The first word in most love verses.... | |
 | John Timbs - Humorists - 1874 - 360 pages
...dung-cart, and got squeezed to death by the wheel ? Was he the same person of whom the song says — "Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he V And was his dog proud because his master was called King ? Here are questions to be proposed in the... | |
 | Fannie N. Smith - 1875 - 468 pages
...was the end of Absalom's merry-making. CHAPTER XVIII. " Old King Cole was a jolly old soul, A jolly old soul was he : He called for his pipe and he called...for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. And every fiddler had a very fine fiddle, And a very fine fiddle had he." jjHE next morning Peace took... | |
 | Fannie N. Smith - 1875 - 470 pages
...merry-making. CHAPTER XVIII. " Old King Cole was a jolly old soul, A jolly old soul was he : He called for Ms pipe and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. And every fiddler had a very fine fiddle, And a very fine fiddle had he." jjiHE next morning Peace... | |
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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. 
