Mythology & Folklore
What's the news of the day
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
What's the news of the day,
Good neighbour, I pray?
They say the balloon
Is gone up to the moon.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Relics.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “What's the news of the day.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/616/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “What's the news of the day.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/616/.
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