Nature
Swallow's Nest
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Nature
Pat, pat,
A swallow's nest we'll make,
And if we pat some money out
We'll buy ourselves a cake.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Swallow's Nest.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/121/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Swallow's Nest.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/121/.
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