 | James Henry - 1889 - 966 pages
...let him or no;" and ' ' Malbrouk /te went to the barber, the barber [he ?] wasn't at home ; " and " old king Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he : he called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, and he called for his harpers three ; " in the last... | |
 | Frederic Edward Weatherly - Curiosity - 1874 - 168 pages
...forget my cares, and have a very merry time of it." And His Majesty trolled forth in a mellow voice : " Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three." " But are you... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 588 pages
...MATRIMONY . 4C2 NINETEENTH CLASS. ACCUMULATIVE STORIES : 439 TWENTIETH CLASS. FIRESIDE STORIES 458 OLD King Cole Was a. merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler... | |
 | John Timbs - Humorists - 1874 - 360 pages
...dung-cart, and got squeezed to death by the wheel ? Was he the same person of whom the song says — "Old King Cole Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he V And was his dog proud because his master was called King ? Here are questions to be proposed in the... | |
 | Joseph Edwards (versifier.) - 1875 - 326 pages
...shall dare To sneer at the holes in that jolly old pair ? OLD KING COAL. A NEW VERSION. j OLD King Coal was a merry old soul, And a merry 'old soul was he, When the highest price known Was twelve shillings a ton And at that delivered free. Then every good... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1877 - 362 pages
...principle.. — ED. BCRKE. — The right divine of KINGS to govern wrong. — POPE, Duneiad. King Cole— Old KING COLE Was a merry old soul. And a merry old soul was he. HALLIWELL, Nursery Rhymes of England — The venerable KING COLE would find few subjects here to acknowledge... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1878 - 252 pages
...beard, Without tooth or tongue, If you'll give me your finger, I'll give you my thumb. Old King Cole90 Was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; He called for his pipe, And he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler,... | |
 | James Barmby - Children's plays - 1879 - 224 pages
...(Beefeater places a punch-bowl on the table. The King fills his glass, and begins the song.) (Song.) Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he ! He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, and he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler... | |
 | James Robinson Planché - Children's plays - 1879 - 388 pages
...COURTIERS, GUARDS, 6-v., discovered. Air and Chorus — AMBASSADOR and SUITE — " Old King Cole." Old King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he ; 'Till he lost his only daughter, Who was taken on the water, And drowned in her infancy. Ever since... | |
 | James Barmby - 1880 - 224 pages
...(Beefeaterplaces a punch-bowl on the table. The King fills his glass, and begins the song,) (Song.) Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he ! He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, and he called for his fiddlers three. Every fiddler... | |
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OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three. 
