Nature
Little Robin Red-breast (another version)
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Nature
Little Robin Red-breast,
Sat upon a hirdle;
With a pair of speckled legs,
And a green girdle.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Natural History.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Little Robin Red-breast (another version).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/524/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Little Robin Red-breast (another version).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/524/.
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