Mythology & Folklore
Here we come a piping
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Here we come a piping,
First in spring, and then in May;
The queen she sits upon the sand,
Fair as a lily, white as a wand:
King John has sent you letters three,
And begs you'll read them unto me.--
We can't read one without them all,
So pray, Miss Bridget, deliver the ball!
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Games.
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