Mythology & Folklore
Of all the gay birds that e'er I did see
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Of all the gay birds that e'er I did see,
The owl is the fairest by far to me;
For all the day long she sits on a tree,
And when the night comes away flies she.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Songs.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Of all the gay birds that e'er I did see.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/154/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Of all the gay birds that e'er I did see.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/154/.
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