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The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes

by Walter Jerrold

118 of 190 · Contents · Download EPUB

St. Valentine’s Day

Good morrow to you, Valentine!
Curl your locks as I do mine;

Two before and three behind;
Good morrow to you, Valentine!

The King of France

The King of France went up the hill,

WITH twenty thousand men;
The King of France came down the hill,

And ne’er went up again.

The Latest News

What is the news of the day, Good neighbour, I pray?
They say the balloon is gone up to the moon!

The Light-hearted Fairy

Oh, who is so merry, so merry, heigh ho!
As the light-hearted fairy, heigh ho, heigh ho?
  He dances and sings
  To the sound of his wings,
With a hey, and a heigh, and a ho!

Oh, who is so merry, so merry, heigh ho!
As the light-hearted fairy, heigh ho, heigh ho?
  His nectar he sips
  From a primrose’s lips,
With a hey, and a heigh, and a ho!

Oh, who is so merry, so merry, heigh ho!
As the light-footed fairy, heigh ho, heigh ho?
    His night is the noon,
    And his sun is the moon,
With a hey, and a heigh, and a ho!

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