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 99
There was a Piper had a Cow, And he had naught to give her,He pulld out his pipes and playd her a tune, And bade the cow consider. The cow considered very well,And gave the piper a penny, And bade him play the other tune, Corn rigs are bonny. 86 … Away, pretty robin, fly home to your nest, To make you my captive I still should like best, And feed you with worms and with bread:Your eyes are so sparkling, your feathers so soft,Your little wings flutter so pretty aloft, And your breast is all coverd with red. Handy-spandy, Jacky dandy,Loves…
Nursery rhymes
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