Arts & Sciences
When I was a little boy, I had but little wit
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Arts & Sciences
When I was a little boy, I had but little wit
It is some time ago, and I've no more yet;
Nor ever ever shall, until that I die,
For the longer I live, the more fool am I.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Scholastic.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “When I was a little boy, I had but little wit.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/127/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “When I was a little boy, I had but little wit.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/127/.
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