Living
Grab the Knee
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
One grab silver,
Two grabs gold,
Three, don't laugh
And you'll grow old.
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MLA
Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Grab the Knee.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/34/.
Chicago
Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Grab the Knee.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/34/.
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