The Oxford Nursery Rhyme BookThe Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book contains 800 nursery rhymes and ditties which are the heritage of our oral tradition. All the well-known rhymes are included as well as many rare ones. Special sections are devoted to lullabies and dandling rhymes, toe rhymes, catches, charms, traditional street cries, riddle verses, nursery maxims, and humorous ballads. The text is further enlivened by 600 illustrations, many of them eighteenth- and nineteenth-century woodcuts and engravings. |
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Page 63
... fiddler he had a fiddle , And a very fine fiddle had he ; Oh , there's none so rare As can compare With King Cole and his fiddlers three . a BILLY AND ME ONE , two , three , I love coffee , And Billy loves tea , How good you be , One ...
... fiddler he had a fiddle , And a very fine fiddle had he ; Oh , there's none so rare As can compare With King Cole and his fiddlers three . a BILLY AND ME ONE , two , three , I love coffee , And Billy loves tea , How good you be , One ...
Page 127
... fiddle To any man alive . If I should give my fiddle , They'll think that I'm gone mad , For many a joyful day My fiddle and I have had . I WON'T be my father's Jack , I won't be my mother's Jill , I will be the fiddler's wife And have ...
... fiddle To any man alive . If I should give my fiddle , They'll think that I'm gone mad , For many a joyful day My fiddle and I have had . I WON'T be my father's Jack , I won't be my mother's Jill , I will be the fiddler's wife And have ...
Page 182
... fiddle - i - fee . I had a hen and the hen pleased me , I fed my hen by yonder tree ; Hen goes chimmy - chuck , chimmy - chuck , Cat goes fiddle - i - fee . I had a duck and the duck pleased me , I fed my duck by yonder tree ; Duck goes ...
... fiddle - i - fee . I had a hen and the hen pleased me , I fed my hen by yonder tree ; Hen goes chimmy - chuck , chimmy - chuck , Cat goes fiddle - i - fee . I had a duck and the duck pleased me , I fed my duck by yonder tree ; Duck goes ...
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