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 49
wondrous high,As Ive been plainly told, sir, they reached up to the sky. The sky, the sky, the sky,As Ive been plainly told, sir,they reached up tothesky. The tail grew on his back, sir, was six yards and an ell,And it was sent to Derby to toll the market bell, The bell, the bell the bell,And it… … The Cuckoo is a bonny bird,She sings as she flies, She brings us good tidings,And tells us no lies. She sucks little birds eggsTo make her voice clear, And never cries Cuckoo!Till Spring of the year. Lavender blue, and Rosemary green,When I am king, you shall be queen,Call up my maids at four of…
Nursery rhymes
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