by Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
What will you give me for my pound?
Language: English
What will you give me for my pound? Full twenty shillings round. What will you give me for my shilling? Twelve pence to give I'm willing. What will you give me for my penny? Four farthings, just so many.
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- 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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