Mythology & Folklore
If all the seas were one sea
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
If all the seas were one sea,
What a great sea that would be!
And if all the trees were one tree,
What a great tree that would be!
And if all the axes were one axe,
What a great axe that would be!
And if all the men were one man,
What a great man he would be!
And if the great man took the great axe,
And cut down the great tree,
And let it fall into the great sea,
What a splish splash that would be!
Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Relics.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “If all the seas were one sea.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/629/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “If all the seas were one sea.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/629/.
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