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 80
Bide a cock horse to Shrewsbury-cross, To buy little Johnny a galloping horse It trots behind and it ambles before, And Johnny shall ride till he can ride no more. … Jemmy Jed went into a shed, And made of a ted of straw his bed; An owl came out and flew about, And Jemmy Jed up stakes and fled. Want Jemmy Jed a staring fool, Born in the woods to be scard by an owl ? How many miles to Babylon ?Threescore miles and ten.Can I get there by candle-light?Yes, and…
Nursery rhymes
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