Elizabeth, Elspeth, Betsy, and Bess,They all went together to seek a birds nest.They found a birds nest, with five eggs in,They all took one, and left four in. Harry, good boy, went to school,And ever since has made a ruleTo please mamma, and hopes, he says,To make her happy all his days. 32 … Oh, who is so merry, so merry, heigh ho! As the light-hearted fairy ? heigh ho!He dances and singsTo the sound of his wings, With a hey, and a heigh, and a ho! Oh, who is so merry, so airy, heigh ho!As the light-headed fairy ? heigh ho! 33 His nectar he sipsFrom the primroses lips,With a hey, and a…
Nursery rhymes
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