Living
The fair maid who, the first of May
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Living
The fair maid who, the first of May,
Goes to the fields at break of day,
And washes in dew from the hawthorn tree
Will ever after handsome be.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Proverbs.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “The fair maid who, the first of May.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/107/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “The fair maid who, the first of May.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/107/.
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