Mythology & Folklore
If all the world was apple-pie
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
If all the world was apple-pie,
And all the sea was ink,
And all the trees were bread and cheese,
What should we have for drink?
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Paradoxes.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “If all the world was apple-pie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/363/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “If all the world was apple-pie.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/363/.
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