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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 102

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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,… … Were three brethren out of Spain,Come to court your daughter Jane.My daughter Jane she is too young,She has no skill in a flattering tongue.Be she young or be she old,Its for her gold she must be sold,So fare you well, my lady gay,We shall return another day. Mistress Mary, quite contrary,How does…

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