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 282
^Majesty, when he comes by.Should ask, you must say, or ere sunrise you die,To the Marquis of Carabas. — Yes, said the men.And away galloped Puss with a chuckle again.Then he came to a wheat-field, the reapers, amazed.Like the woodmen stood trembling and sheepishly gazedOn the small, hairy man of… … To whom does this wheat-held belong? said the cat — To the fearful magician. — Ah, ha, say you that ?If 3^ou have no particular fancy to beThis moment cut up into mincemeat for me,Be sure, when the king comes this way to explain,That this is the Marquis of Carabas grain.-They took off their hats,…
Nursery rhymes
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