Round, round, round goes the merry-go-round, With the swings and the boats on the old fair-ground. Never mind the long way home, Never mind tea. Little painted horses, Wait for me.
Six children's songs
Song Cycle by Muriel Emily Herbert (1897 - 1984)
1. Merry‑go‑round
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Ada Harrison (1900 - 1958)
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]2. The gypsies
Language: English
In the dell are camped the gypsies, Brown as berries to a man; They live, the lucky creatures, In a painted caravan. A perfect little house that the horse draws about, And a perfect little chimney with the smoke coming out.
Text Authorship:
- by Ada Harrison (1900 - 1958)
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]3. The tadpole
Language: English
Kitten of course is the small for cat, Puppy the small for dog; Yet who would have guessed in a hundred years, That tadpole was small for frog. Birds grow feathers and mice grow fur, Ev'ry thing swells in size; But to grow four legs from a head and a tail, Could you believe your eyes?
Text Authorship:
- by Ada Harrison (1900 - 1958)
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]4. Jack Spratt
Language: English
Jack Spratt could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean. Some like rosy apples, I like them green. Some, when they eat an egg Only like the white, I only like the yolk, So that's all right. Some like their beef done red, Others like it brown; Some like the country, Others like the town. Some like buttercups And some like diamond rings, Isn't it a mercy We all like diff'rent things?
Text Authorship:
- by Ada Harrison (1900 - 1958)
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]5. Acorn and willow
Language: English
The acorn that we planted will grow into a tree When I'm about ninety and you're sixty three; So don't we find it charming to see how fine and big Is the two year old willow From our willow twig.
Text Authorship:
- by Ada Harrison (1900 - 1958)
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Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]6. The bunny
Language: English
It always seems funny but it's true that a bunny Can be lifted by the ears and it does no harm; If you lift him by the middle, before you can say fiddle, He's bolted like a rabbit over your arm.
Text Authorship:
- by Ada Harrison (1900 - 1958)
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