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 68
Ding dong bell, the cats in the well, Who put her in ? little Johnny Green.Who pulled her out ? great Johnny Stout. What a naughty boy was that, To drown poor pussy cat;Who never did him any harm,And killed the mice in his fathers barn. Lazy Tom \vith jacket blue,Stole his fathers gouty shoe. The… … Bonny lass ! bonny lass! Will you be mine ?You shall neither wash dishes Nor serve the wine, But sit on a cushion and sew up a seam,And you shall have strawberries, sugar and cream. I wont be my fathers Jack, I wont be my fathers Jill,I will be the fiddlers wife, And*have music when I will.Tother…
Nursery rhymes
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