by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
On the grassy banks
Language: English
On the grassy banks Lambkins at their pranks; Woolly sisters, woolly brothers Jumping off their feet While their woolly mothers Watch by them and bleat.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894), no title, appears in Sing-song: a nursery rhyme book, first published 1872 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 26