Living
Go to bed first, a golden purse
From The Nursery Rhymes of England, collected by J. O. Halliwell (London: Warne; first ed. 1842; this printing 1886)
Living
Go to bed first, a golden purse;
Go to bed second, a golden pheasant;
Go to bed third, a golden bird!
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Codex Note
Halliwell's class: Proverbs.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Go to bed first, a golden purse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/84/.
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Anonymous (English nursery rhymes). “Go to bed first, a golden purse.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-english-nursery-rhymes/84/.
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