by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901)
Polly's, Peg's, and Poppety's
Language: English
Polly's, Peg's, and Poppety's Mamma was kind and good. She gave them each, one happy day, A little scarf and hood. A bonnet for each girl she bought; To shield them from the sun; They wore them in the snow and rain; And thought it mighty fun; But sometimes there were naughty boys, Who called to them at play, And made this rude remark -- " My eye! Three Grannies out to-day!"
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Confirmed with Kate Greenaway, Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, New York: George Routledge & Sons, [1880], page 41.
Text Authorship:
- by Catherine "Kate" Greenaway (1846 - 1901), no title, appears in Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children, first published 1879 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Kate Freiligrath Kroeker (1845 - 1904) , no title, appears in Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway ; composed by Ernst Frank.
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