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Moreover,—this evinces His kindness, you’ll allow,— He fed them all like princes, And lived himself on cow. He set them all regaling On curious wines, and dear, While he would s...

A LEAFY cot, where no dry rot Had ever been by tenant seen, Where ivy clung and wopses stung, Where beeses hummed and drummed and strummed, Where treeses grew and breezes blew—...

At length, when four o’clock arrived, and it was time to go, The carriage was announced, but decent SARAH answered “No! Upon my word, I’d rather sleep my everlasting nap, Than g...

But did my BERNARD swear and curse? Oh no—to murmur loth, He only said, “Go, get a nurse: Be thankful that it isn’t worse; You might have broken both!”

Transcribed from the 1920 Macmillan and Co edition of “The Bab Ballads”, also from “Fifty Bab Ballads” 1884 George Routledge and Sons edition by David Price, email [email protected]

ONCE a fairy Light and airy Married with a mortal; Men, however, Never, never Pass the fairy portal. Slyly stealing, She to Ealing Made a daily journey; There she found him, Cli...