Mythology & Folklore
There was a king and he had three daughter
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Mythology & Folklore
There was a king and he had three daughter,
And they all lived in a basin of water;
The basin bended,
My story's ended.
If the basin had been stronger,
My story would have been longer.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Tales.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was a king and he had three daughter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/74/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “There was a king and he had three daughter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/74/.
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