童謠
1.My mother has killed me
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My mother has killed me
My father is eating me,
My brothers and sisters sit under the table,
Picking up my bones,?
And they bury them under the cold marble stones. ?
2. Lizzie Borden
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Lizzie Borden took an axe, ?
Hit her father forty whacks.??
When she saw what she had done, ?
She hit her mother forty-one.?
3.Who killed Cock Robin
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Who killed Cock Robin? ?
I, said the Sparrow, ?
With my bow and arrow,?
I killed Cock Robin. ?
Who saw him die?
I, said the Fly,
With my little eye,
I saw him die. ?
Who caught his blood?
I, said the Fish,
With my little dish,
I caught his blood. ?
Who'll make his shroud?
I, said the Bettle,
With my thread and needle,
I'll make the shroud.
Who'll dig his grave?
I, said the Owl,?
With my pick and shovel,
I'll dig his grave.
Who'll be the parson?
I, said the Rook,
With my little book,
I'll be the parson.
Who'll be the clerk?
I, said the Lark,
If it's not in the dark,
I'll be the clerk.
Who'll carry the link?
I, said the Linnet,
I'll fetch it in a minute,
I'll carry the link.
Who'll be the chief mourner?
I, said the Dove,
I mourn for my love,
I'll be chief mourner.
Who'll carry the coffin?
I, said the Kite,?
If it's not through the night,
I'll carry the coffin.
Who'll bear the pall?
We, said the Wren,
Both the cock and the hen,
We'll bear the pall.
Who'll sing a psalm?
I, said the Thrush,
As she sat on a bush,
I'll sing a psalm.
Who'll toll the bell?
I, said the Bull,
Because I can pull,
I'll toll the bell.
All the birds of the air
Fell a-sighing and a-sobbing,
When they heard the bell toll
For poor Cock Robin.
NOTICE
To all it concerns,
This notice apprises,
The Sparrow's for trial,
At next bird assizes.?
4.When a good King Arthur rule this land ?
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When good King Arthur ruled this land, ?
He was a goodly king; ?
He stole three pecks of barley-meal ?
To make a bag-pudding.
A bag-pudding the king did make, ?
And stuffed it well with plum; ?
And in it put great lumps of fat, ?
As big as my two thumbs.
The king and queen did eat thereof, ?
And noblemen beside; ?
And what they could not eat that night, ?
The queen next morning fried.
5.Solomon Grundy ?
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Solomon Grundy, ?
Born on a Monday, ?
Christened on Tuesday, ?
Married on Wednesday, ?
Took ill on Thursday, ?
Worse on Friday, ?
Died on Saturday, ?
Buried on Sunday. ?
This is the end ?
Of Solomon Grundy. ?