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 63
D There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise,He jumpd into a bramble-bush, And scratched out both his eyes;And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and mainHe jumpd into another bush, And scratchd them in again. 50 … As I was going to sell my eggs, I met a thief with bandy legs, Bandy legs and crooked toes, I tript up his heels and he fell on his nose. Old mistress McSlmttleLived in a coal-scuttle, Along with her dog and her cat;What they ate I cant tell,But tis known very well, That none of the party were fat.…
Nursery rhymes
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