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 337
DANCING Oh, dear, I must wear my Iecl slippers to-day,And where are my gloves, and my parasol, pray?Im always delighted when Friday is come, better than stajnng at home. For I like dancing But my mother says dancing was never designed,To be to positions and stej^ping confined;But dancing should… … Al^ CHUIKJII \v chui-ch last Sunday aftcrjioon,TIkIc was a naiii;lity l)<)y;Who talked and played,A 11(1 noises made.And wonld i^o home loo sofui.And made j)ietenee to ery. His sistei, whom he sadly teased,AVas foreed to take him ont: 318 FAVOURITES OF A NURSERY And kindly said, My dearest…
Nursery rhymes
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