Living

Get Up

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

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

Living

The day has come,
I hear the cock;
Get up and dress,
'Tis six o'clock.

MLA

Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Get Up.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/66/.

Chicago

Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Get Up.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/66/.

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