Good Queen Bess
Good Queen Bess was a glorious dame,
When bonny King Jemmy from Scotland came;
We'll pepper their bodies,
Their peaceable noddies,
And give them a crack of the crown!
The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.
The tune to the following may be found in the 'English Dancing Master,' 1631, p. 37.
The rose is red, the grass is green,
Serve Queen Bess our noble queen;
Kitty the spinner
Will sit down to dinner,
And eat the leg of a frog;
All good people
Look over the steeple,
And see the cat play with the dog.
Tags - Historical - Scholastic - Flower - Rose - Grass - Royalty - Queen - Queen Bess - King - King Jemmy - Animal - Amphibian - Frog - Cat - Dog - Church - Steeple - Scotland -
Origin - Europe - British Isles -