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The only true Mother Goose melodies : an exact reproduction of the text and illustrations of the original edition published and copyrighted in Boston in the year 1833 by Munroe & Francis ; (1905)

Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909 · Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. · leaf 100

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Away, pretty robin, fly home to your nest, To make you my captive I still should like best, And feed you with worms and with bread:Your eyes are so sparkling, your feathers so soft,Your little wings flutter so pretty aloft, And your breast is all coverd with red. Handy-spandy, Jacky dandy,Loves… … When good King Arthur ruled his land He was a goodly king;He stole three pecks of barley meal To make a bag-pudding.A bag-pudding the king did make, And stuffd it well with plums;And in it put great lumps of fat, As big as my two thumbs.The king and queen did eat thereof, And noblemen beside;And…

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