Mythology & Folklore
We're all in the dumps
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
We're all in the dumps,
For diamonds are trumps;
The kittens are gone to St. Paul's!
The babies are bit,
The moon's in a fit,
And the houses are built without walls.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Relics.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “We're all in the dumps.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/615/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “We're all in the dumps.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/615/.
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