The Winds, They Did Blow
The Nursery Rhymes of England. James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps. 1886.
The winds they did blow,
The leaves they did wag;
Along came a beggar boy,
And put me in his bag.
He took me up to London,
A lady did me buy,
Put me in a silver cage,
And hung me up on high.
With apples by the fire,
And nuts for to crack,
Besides a little feather bed
To rest my little back.
The Little Mother Goose. Jessie Willcox Smith. 1912.
The winds they did blow,
The leaves they did wag;
Along came a beggar boy,
And put me in his bag—
He took me up to London,
A lady did me buy—
Put me in a silver cage
And hung me up on high—
With apples by the fire,
And nuts for to crack,
Besides a little feather-bed,
To rest my little back.
Tags - Natural History - London - Animal - Bird - Feather - Cage - Fire - Apple - Nut - Fruit - Leaf - Beggar - Bag - Lady - Silver -
Origin - Europe - British Isles -