Mythology & Folklore
As I look'd out o' my chamber window
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
As I look'd out o' my chamber window
I heard something fall;
I sent my maid to pick it up,
But she couldn't pick it all.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Riddles. [Snuff.]
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