Love
Master I have, and I am his man
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Love
Master I have, and I am his man,
Gallop a dreary dun;
Master I have, and I am his man,
And I'll get a wife as fast as I can;
With a heighly gaily gamberally,
Higgledy piggledy, niggledy, niggledy,
Gallop a dreary dun.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Love and Matrimony.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Master I have, and I am his man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/465/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Master I have, and I am his man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/465/.
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