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 101
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… … Rock-a-bye, baby, your cradle is green, Fathers a nobleman, mothers a queen, And Bettys a lady, and wears a gold ring, And Johnnys a drummer, and drums for the king. See saw, Jack-a-daw,Johnny shall have a new master;Johnny shall have but a penny a day,Because he can work no faster. About the bush,…
Nursery rhymes
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