Nature
Snail, snail, shut out your horns
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Nature
Snail, snail, shut out your horns;
Father and mother are dead:
Brother and sister are in the back yard,
Begging for barley bread.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Natural History.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Snail, snail, shut out your horns.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/561/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Snail, snail, shut out your horns.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/561/.
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