Mythology & Folklore
Handy Spandy, Jack-a-dandy
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Handy Spandy, Jack-a-dandy,
Loved plum-cake and sugar-candy;
He bought some at a grocer's shop,
And out he came, hop, hop, hop.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Jingles.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Handy Spandy, Jack-a-dandy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/408/.
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