Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 · London : Frederick Warne and Co. · leaf 278
s the owner, Go round,With your gun and your hound,For you never shall leap over my gate. 2 M 274 The Nursery Rhyme Book THERE was a little nobby colt,His name was Nobby Gray;His head was made of pouce straw,His tail was made of hav. j He could ramble, he could trot,He could carry a… … Notes. THE origin of the right nursery rhymes is,like the origin of ballads, tales (Marcheri)and, indeed, of literature in general. They areland, of no great antiquity, except in certainsupply the words to some childs ballet, somegame may be of prehistoric antiquity, as appearsforms of backgammon,…
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