Mythology & Folklore
Up stairs, down stairs, upon my lady's window
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Up stairs, down stairs, upon my lady's window,
There I saw a cup of sack and a race of ginger;
Apples at the fire, and nuts to crack,
A little boy in the cream-pot up to his neck.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Paradoxes.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Up stairs, down stairs, upon my lady's window.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/361/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Up stairs, down stairs, upon my lady's window.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/361/.
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