Mythology & Folklore
Tom Brown's two little Indian boys
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Tom Brown's two little Indian boys,
One ran away,
The other wouldn't stay,--
Tom Brown's two little Indian boys.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Games.
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