Mythology & Folklore
Dame, get up and bake your pies
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Dame, get up and bake your pies,
Bake your pies, bake your pies;
Dame, get up and bake your pies,
On Christmas-day in the morning.
Dame, what makes your maidens lie,
Maidens lie, maidens lie;
Dame, what makes your maidens lie,
On Christmas-day in the morning?
Dame, what makes your ducks to die,
Ducks to die, ducks to die;
Dame, what makes your ducks to die,
On Christmas-day in the morning?
Their wings are cut and they cannot fly,
Cannot fly, cannot fly;
Their wings are cut and they cannot fly,
On Christmas-day in the morning.
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Songs.
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MLA
Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Dame, get up and bake your pies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/180/.
Chicago
Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Dame, get up and bake your pies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/180/.
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