Mythology & Folklore
I'll tell you a story
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
I'll tell you a story
About Jack a Nory,--
And now my story's begun:
I'll tell you another
About Jack his brother,--
And now my story's done.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Tales.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “I'll tell you a story.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/62/.
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