Social Commentaries
Dick and Tom, Will and John
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Social Commentaries
Dick and Tom, Will and John,
Brought me from Nottingham.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Local.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Dick and Tom, Will and John.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/596/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Dick and Tom, Will and John.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/596/.
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