Living
The Cake Seller
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
My pretty little son,
I love him best of all,
Three years I have not seen him,
And he's grown so very tall.
My horse he can ride,
My knife he can take,
Can shoulder up my kneading board
And help me sell my cake.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Cake Seller.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/51/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Cake Seller.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/51/.
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