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 59
There was an old woman, and what do you think?She livd upon nothing—but victuals and drink:Victuals and drink were the chief of her diet,And yet this old lady scarce ever was quiet. The rose is red, the violet blue,The gillyflower sweet—and so are you.These are the words you bade me sayFor a pair… … Great A., little a, bouncing _t),The Cats in the Cupboard, and she cant see. The little black dog ran round the house, And set the bull a roaring,And drove the monkey in the boat, Who set the oars a rowing,And scared the cock upon the rock, Who cracked his throat with crowing.
Nursery rhymes
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