Mythology & Folklore
As I went over the water (another version)
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
As I went over the water,
The water went over me,
I heard an old woman crying,
Will you buy some furmity?
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Relics.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “As I went over the water (another version).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/642/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “As I went over the water (another version).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/642/.
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