Mythology & Folklore
Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more,
On the king's kitchen-door;
All the king's horses,
And all the king's men,
Couldn't drive Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more,
Off the king's kitchen-door!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [Sunshine.]
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/183/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Hick-a-more, Hack-a-more.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/183/.
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