Poor Old Robinson Crusoe
The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.
Big Book of Nursery Rhymes. Edited by Walter Jerrold. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. 1920.
The following is a fragment of a song on the subject, which was introduced by Russell in the character of Jerry Sneak.
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
They made him a coat
Of an old nanny goat,
I wonder how they could do so!
With a ring a ting tang,
And a ring a ting tang,
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. Walter Crane. 1877.
Poor old Robinson Crusoe! poor old Robinson Crusoe!
They made him a coat of an old Nanny goat,
I wonder how they could do so!
With a ring-a-ting-tang, and a ring-a-ting-tang,
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
Denslow's Mother Goose. William Wallace Denslow. 1901.
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
They made him a coat
Of an old nanny goat
I wonder how they could do so!
With a ring-a-ting tang,
And a ring-a-ting tang,
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
The Real Mother Goose. Blanche Fisher Wright. 1916.
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
They made him a coat
Of an old Nanny goat.
I wonder why they should do so!
With a ring-a-ting-tang,
And a ring-a-ting-tang,
Poor old Robinson Crusoe!
Tags - Historical - Robinson Crusoe - Coat - Animal - Goat -
Origin - Europe - British Isles -