Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXXXIII. Love And Matrimony. [Cumberland courtship.]

    Bonny lass, canny lass, willta be mine?
    Thou'se neither wesh dishes, nor sarrah ( serve) the swine,
    Thou sall sit on a cushion, and sew up a seam,
    And thou sall eat strawberries, sugar, and cream!

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Nursery Rhyme. CC. Riddles.

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Spring

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Nursery Rhyme. CCLXXXVIII. Games.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXIV. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCXLII. Love And Matrimony.

    It's once I courted as pretty a lass,
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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXVII. Love And Matrimony.

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                    You shall see a pretty show, my love,
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Nursery Rhyme. CCCCLXXIII. Love And Matrimony.

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