Living
If wishes were horses
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Living
If wishes were horses,
Beggars would ride;
If turnips were watches,
I would wear one by my side.
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Proverbs.
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