History & Politics
William and Mary, George and Anne
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
William and Mary, George and Anne,
Four such children had never a man:
They put their father to flight and shame,
And call'd their brother a shocking bad name.
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Historical. [The following nursery song alludes to William III and George prince of Denmark.]
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