Mythology & Folklore
Wooley Foster has gone to sea
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Wooley Foster has gone to sea,
With silver buckles at his knee,
When he comes back he'll marry me,--
Bonny Wooley Foster!
Wooley Foster has a cow,
Black and white about the mow,
Open the gates and let her through,
Wooley Foster's ain cow!
Wooley Foster has a hen,
Cockle button, cockle ben,
She lay eggs for gentlemen,
But none for Wooley Foster!
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Songs.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Wooley Foster has gone to sea.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/159/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Wooley Foster has gone to sea.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/159/.
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