Who has seen the wind? Neither I nor you; But when the leaves hang trembling, The wind is passing through. Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I; But when the trees bow down their heads, The wind is passing by.
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?. Who has seen the wind?  [sung text not yet checked]
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), "Who has seen the wind?", appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Fly away, fly away over the sea  [sung text not yet checked]
Fly away, fly away over the sea, Sun-loving swallow, for summer is done; Come again, come again, come back to me, Bringing the summer and bringing the sun.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
?. Growing in the vale  [sung text not yet checked]
Growing in the vale By the uplands hilly, Growing straight and frail, Lady Daffadowndilly. In a golden crown, And a scant green gown While the spring blows chilly, Lady Daffadown, Sweet Daffadowndilly.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth  [sung text not yet checked]
Hope is like a harebell trembling from its birth, Love is like a rose the joy of all the earth; Faith is like a lily lifted high and white, Love is like a lovely rose the world's delight; Harebells and sweet lilies show a thornless growth, But the rose with all its thorns excels them both.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. The horses of the sea  [sung text not yet checked]
The horses of the sea Rear a foaming crest, But the horses of the land Serve us the best. The horses of the land Munch corn and clover, While the foaming sea-horses Toss and turn over.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. If a pig wore a wig  [sung text not yet checked]
If a pig wore a wig, What could we say? Treat him as a gentleman, And say "Good day." If his tail chanced to fail, What could we do? -- Send him to the tailoress To get one new.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Ferry me across the water  [sung text not yet checked]
"Ferry me across the water, Do, boatman, do." "If you've a penny in your purse I'll ferry you." "I have a penny in my purse, And my eyes are blue; So ferry me across the water, Do, boatman, do!" "Step into my ferry-boat, Be they black or blue, And for the penny in your purse I'll ferry you."
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
?. I dug and dug amongst the snow  [sung text not yet checked]
I dug and dug amongst the snow, And thought the flowers would never grow; I dug and dug amongst the sand, And still no green thing came to hand. Melt, o snow! the warm winds blow To thaw the flowers and melt the snow; But all the winds from every land Will rear no blossom from the sand.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this page: Ted Perry?. If hope grew on a bush  [sung text not yet checked]
If hope grew on a bush, And joy grew on a tree, What a nosegay for the plucking There would be! But oh! in windy autumn, When frail flowers wither, What should we do for hope and joy, Fading together?
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Is the moon tired? she looks so pale  [sung text not yet checked]
Is the moon tired? she looks so pale Within her misty veil: She scales the sky from east to west, And takes no rest. Before the coming of the night The moon shows papery white; Before the dawning of the day She fades away.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Kookoorookoo  [sung text not yet checked]
"Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!" Crows the cock before the morn; "Kikirikee! kikirikee!" Roses in the east are born. "Kookoorookoo! kookoorookoo!" Early birds begin their singing; "Kikirikee! kikirikee!" The day, the day, the day is springing.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Lullaby, oh lullaby!  [sung text not yet checked]
Lullaby, oh, lullaby! Flowers are closed and lambs are sleeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby! [Stars are up, the moon is peeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby!]1 While the birds are silence keeping, (Lullaby, oh, lullaby!) Sleep, my baby, fall a-sleeping, Lullaby, oh, lullaby!
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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?. Mix a pancake  [sung text not yet checked]
Mix a pancake, Stir a pancake, Pop it in the pan; Fry the pancake, Toss the pancake, -- Catch it if you can.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. A motherless soft lambkin  [sung text not yet checked]
A motherless soft lambkin Along upon a hill; No mother's fleece to shelter him And wrap him from the cold:-- I'll run to him and comfort him, I'll fetch him, that I will; I'll care for him and feed him Until he's strong and bold.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Boats sail on the rivers  [sung text not yet checked]
Boats sail on the rivers, And ships sail on the seas; But clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier far than these. There are bridges on the rivers, As pretty as you please; But the bow that bridges heaven, And overtops the trees, And builds a road from earth to sky, Is prettier far than these.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Brown and furry  [sung text not yet checked]
Brown and furry Caterpillar in a hurry, Take your walk To the shady leaf, or stalk, Or what not, Which may be the chosen spot. No toad spy you, Hovering bird of prey pass by you; Spin and die, To live again a butterfly.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. The peacock has a score of eyes  [sung text not yet checked]
The peacock has a score of eyes, With which he cannot see; The cod-fish has a silent sound, However that may be; No dandelions tell the time, Although they turn to clocks; Cat's-cradle does not hold the cat, Nor foxglove fit the fox.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. A pin has a head but has no hair  [sung text not yet checked]
A pin has a head, but has no hair; A clock has a face, but no mouth there; Needles have eyes, but they cannot see; A fly has a trunk without lock or key; A timepiece may lose, but cannot win; A corn-field dimples without a chin; A hill has no leg, but has a foot; A wine-glass a stem, but not a root; A watch has hands, but no thumb or finger; A boot has a tongue, but is no singer; Rivers run, though they have no feet; A saw has teeth, but it does not eat; Ash-trees have keys, yet never a lock; And baby crows, without being a cock.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Sing me a song  [sung text not yet checked]
Sing me a song-- What shall I sing? -- Three merry sisters Dancing in a ring, Light and fleet upon their feet As birds upon the wing. Tell me a tale -- What shall I tell? Two mournful sisters, And a tolling knell, Tolling ding and tolling dong, Ding dong bell.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. What do the stars do?  [sung text not yet checked]
What do the stars do Up in the sky, Higher than the wind can blow, Or the clouds can fly? Each star in its own glory Circles, circles still; As it was lit to shine and set, And do its Maker's will.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. A rose has thorns as well as honey  [sung text not yet checked]
A rose has thorns as well as honey, I'll not have her for love or money; An iris grows so straight and fine, That she shall be no friend of mine; Snowdrops like the snow would chill me; Nightshade would caress and kill me; Crocus like a spear would fright me; Dragon's-mouth might bark or bite me; Convolvulus but blooms to die; A wind-flower suggests a sigh; Love-lies-bleeding makes me sad; And poppy-juice would drive me mad:-- But give me holly, bold and jolly, Honest, prickly, shining holly; Pluck me holly leaf and berry For the day when I make merry.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. A white hen sitting  [sung text not yet checked]
A white hen sitting On white eggs three: Next, three speckled chickens As plump as plump can be. An owl, and a hawk, And a bat come to see: But chicks beneath their mother's wing Squat safe as safe can be.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. Rosy maiden Winifred  [sung text not yet checked]
Rosy maiden Winifred, With a milkpail on her head, Tripping through the corn, While the dew lies on the wheat In the sunny morn. Scarlet shepherd's-weatherglass Spreads wide open at her feet As they pass; Cornflowers give their almond smell While she brushes by, And a lark sings from the sky "All is well."
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. The summer nights are short  [sung text not yet checked]
The summer nights are short Where northern days are long: For hours and hours lark after lark Trills out his song. The summer days are short Where southern nights are long: Yet short the night when nightingales Trill out their song.
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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?. The wind has such a rainy sound  [sung text not yet checked]
The wind has such a rainy sound Moaning through the town, The sea has such a windy sound, -- Will the ships go down? The apples in the orchard Tumble from their tree. -- Oh will the ships go down, go down, In the windy sea?
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]?. What is pink?  [sung text not yet checked]
What is pink? a rose is pink By the fountain's brink. What is red? a poppy's red In its barley bed. What is blue? the sky is blue Where the clouds float thro'. What is white? a swan is white Sailing in the light. What is yellow? pears are yellow, Rich and ripe and mellow. What is green? the grass is green, With small flowers between. What is violet? clouds are violet In the summer twilight. What is orange? why, an orange, Just an orange!
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- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872
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