Love
Brave news is come to town
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Love
Brave news is come to town,
Brave news is carried;
Brave news is come to town,
Jemmy Dawson's married.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Love and Matrimony.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Brave news is come to town.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/436/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Brave news is come to town.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/436/.
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