 And ere three shrill notes the pipe uttered, You heard as if an army muttered; And the muttering grew to a grumbling; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny...  Punch - Page 2511849Full view - About this book
 | Mother Angela Gillespie - Elocution - 1877 - 350 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. 11. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, eou§in§,... | |
 | Alfred Macleod - 1877 - 238 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling : And out of the house the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers. Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 424 pages
...grumbling; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling; And out of the house the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cocking... | |
 | English poetry - 1877 - 276 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodders, gay young friskers, Cocking tails and pricking whiskers,... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878 - 488 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the house the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...young friskers, Fathers, mothers, uncles, cousins, Cncking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - Readers - 1878 - 874 pages
...reat rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, gray rats, tawny rat", tirave old plodders, gay young friskers, Fathers, mothers,...Cocking tails, and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street... | |
 | James Burton (schoolmaster.) - English language - 1878 - 124 pages
...bless. 24. (§ 15.) Tell out the single-word adjectives — Out of the houses the rats came tumbling ; Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats. There are seven pillars of Gothic mould In Chillon's dungeons deep and cold. A brave old man was he.... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - Children's poetry, English - 1879 - 376 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling — Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...Cocking tails, and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street... | |
 | Helen A Hertz - 1879 - 292 pages
...grumbling ; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling. Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...Cocking tails and pricking whiskers, Families by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, — Followed the Piper for their lives. From street... | |
 | Herbert Courthope Bowen - 1879 - 318 pages
...; And the grumbling grew to a mighty rumbling ; And out of the houses the rats came tumbling ; 110 Great rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown...uncles, cousins, Cocking tails, and pricking whiskers, 115 Families by tens and dozens ; Brothers, sisters, husbands, wives — Followed the Piper for their... | |
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