Nature

Rowsty dowt, my fire's all out

by Anonymous (English nursery rhymes) traditional; recorded 17th–19th century

From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)

Nature

Rowsty dowt, my fire's all out,
My little dame is not at home!
I'll saddle my cock, and bridle my hen,
And fetch my little dame home again!
Home she came, tritty trot,
She asked for the porridge she left in the pot;
Some she ate and some she shod,
And some she gave to the truckler's dog;
She took up the ladle and knocked its head,
And now poor Dapsy dog is dead!

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Halliwell's class: Natural History.

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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Rowsty dowt, my fire's all out.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/584/.

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