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 51
Little Johnny Pringle had a little Pig.It was very little, so was not very big.As it was playing beneath the shed,In half a minute poor Piggy was dead.So Johnny Pringle he sat down and cried,And Betty Pringle she laid down and died.There is the history of one, two and three,Johnny Pringle, Betty… … You owe me five shillings,Say the bellsof St HelensWhen will you pay me ?SaythebellsofOldBailey. When I grow rich, Say the bellsof Shoreditch When will that be ?Say the bells of Stepney. I do not know, Says the great Bell of Bow Two sticks in an apple, King the bells of Whitechapel. Halfpence and…
Nursery rhymes
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