Living
Wash
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
Wash your face, you little tease,
And you'll be free from all disease;
Wash your head, your face, and throat,
And you shall have a red silk coat.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Wash.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/118/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Wash.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/118/.
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