Living
Froggie
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
Froggie, old froggie,
Come over to me;
You'll never go back
To your home in the sea.
You're an idle old croker
As ever I saw,
And if not calling papa,
You're calling mama.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Froggie.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/95/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Froggie.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/95/.
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