Love
As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Love
As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks
Were walking out one Sunday,
Says Tommy Snooks to Bessy Brooks,
"To-morrow will be Monday."
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Love and Matrimony.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/446/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “As Tommy Snooks and Bessy Brooks.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/446/.
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