Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston, New York : Houghton Miffin Company · leaf 192
TWO LITTLE DOGS Two little dogs were basking in the cinders,Two little cats were playing in the windows,AVlien two little mice popped out of a hole.And up to a fine piece of cheese they stole.The two little dogs cried, Cheese is nice IBut the two little cats jumped down in a triceAnd cracked the… … A CAT CAME FIDDLIISTG A CAT came fiddling out of a barn,With a pair of bag-pipes under her arm:She could sing nothing but fiddle-de-dee,The mouse has married the bumble-bee;Pipe, cat,—dance, mouse,—We 11 have a wedding at our good house. 1 lOVK SIXPENCE 17.S
Nursery rhymes
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