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Bump

by Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes traditional (collected in Peking, 1890s)

Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)

Living

Bump, bump go away,
Do not let our mama see;
If she sees you on baby's head,
She'll give no money for nurse's bread.

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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Bump.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/49/.

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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Bump.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/49/.

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