Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 462
to bed, and sleepTill morning light begins to peep. GOOD DOBBm Oh ! Thank you, good Dobbin, you ve been a long track,And have carried papa all the way on your back; You shall have some nice oats, faithful Dobbin, indeed.For you ve brought papa home to his darling with speed. The howling wind blew,… … The sun it was setting a long while ago, And papa could not see the road where he should go;But Dobbin kept on through the desolate wild, And has brought papa home to his dear little child. Now, go to the stable, the night is so raw, Go, Dobbin, and rest your old bones on the straw^; Dont stand any…
Nursery rhymes
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