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A New Baby
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
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A gilt-wood mace,
And silvered things,
My grandfather plays,
And grandmother sings;
My grandmother sings till broad daylight,
And a baby comes to our home at night;
They place the child by the pot on the ground,
And it eats rice soup with a sucking sound.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “A New Baby.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/91/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “A New Baby.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/91/.
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