Relationships
Family Needs
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Relationships
You'll find whene'er the new year come,
The kitchen god will want a plum;
The girls will want some flowers new,
The boys will want some crackers, too;
A new felt cap will please papa,
And sugar-cake will please mama.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Family Needs.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/135/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Family Needs.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/135/.
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