Mother Goose's melodies : or Songs for the nursery (1879)
Kappes, Alfred, 1850-1894, ill · Boston : Houghton, Osgood and Company · leaf 154
, They shotdd be made to smart. The diamond king I fain would sing,And likewise his fair queen; But that the knave, A haughty slave,Must needs step in between : Good diamond king. With hempen string.This haughty knave destroy ! Then may your queen, With mind serene.Your royal bed enjoy. There was a… … Mother Gooses Melodies. 117 There was a fat man of Bombay, Who was smoking one sunshiny day, When a bird, called a snipe, Flew away with his pipe. Which vexed the fat man of Bombay. 116 There was a girl in our town,^ Silk an satin was her gown, Silk an satin, gold an velvet. Guess her name, three…
Nursery rhymes
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