Mythology & Folklore
Bryan O'Lin, and his wife, and wife's mother
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
Bryan O'Lin, and his wife, and wife's mother,
They all went over a bridge together:
The bridge was broken, and they all fell in,
The deuce go with all! quoth Bryan O'Lin.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Tales.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Bryan O'Lin, and his wife, and wife's mother.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/60/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Bryan O'Lin, and his wife, and wife's mother.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/60/.
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