Nature
The Pig-Stye
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Nature
On the top of a mountain
There stands a pig-stye
And the fighting of parents
Has made the child cry.
Baby, baby,
Don't you cry,
Wait, and I'll whip
The old man by-and-by.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Pig-Stye.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/124/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Pig-Stye.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/124/.
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