ay, mark, friend Robin Redbreast, That Goldfinch, dressed so gay;What though her gay apparel Becomes her very well,Yet Jennys modest dress and look Must bear away the bell. The Blackbird and the Thrush,And charming Nightingale, Whose sweet jug sweetly echoesThrough every grove and dale; The Sparrow… … Heres a bag of grain of many sorts, And other things beside;Now happy be the bridegroom, And happy be the bride! And will you have her, Robin,To be your wedded wife ? • Yes, I will, says Robin,And love her all my life. 96 And will you have him, Jenny, Your husband now to be ? Yes, I will, says…
Nursery rhymes · Fairy tales
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