Living
Come and Play
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
Little baby, full of glee,
Won't you come and play with me?
Strike the stick and kick the ball,
And at the pic-nic place we'll call.
And you shall come and eat with me,
And you shall come and drink my tea.
When I invite you thus to play,
How is it that you run away?
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Come and Play.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/6/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Come and Play.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/6/.
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