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Trip upon trenchers, and dance upon dishes
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Trip upon trenchers, and dance upon dishes,
My mother sent me for some barm, some barm;
She bid me tread lightly, and come again quickly,
For fear the young men should do me some harm.
Yet didn't you see, yet didn't you see,
What naughty tricks they put upon me:
They broke my pitcher,
And spilt the water,
And huff'd my mother,
And chid her daughter,
And kiss'd my sister instead of me.
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Songs.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Trip upon trenchers, and dance upon dishes.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/143/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Trip upon trenchers, and dance upon dishes.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/143/.
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