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 56
There was an old woman, she livd in a shoe,She had so many children she didnt know what to do.She gave them some broth without any bread,She whipt them all soundly and put them to bed. Heigh ding a ding, what shall I sing ?How many holes in a skimmer ?Tour and twenty. Im half starving!Mother, pray… … Hey rub-a-dub, ho rub-a-dub, three maids in a tub, And who do you think was there ?The butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker, And all of them gone to the fair. To be sung in a high wind. Arthur OBower has broken his band,And he comes roaring up the land,King of Scots with all his powerNever can…
Nursery rhymes
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