Mythology & Folklore
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man!
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man!
So I will, master, as fast as I can:
Pat it, and prick it, and mark it with T,
Put in the oven for Tommy and me.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Literal.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/40/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/40/.
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