 And you must milk the tiny cow, Lest she should go dry ; And you must feed the little pigs That are within the sty. * And you must watch the speckled hen, Lest she should go astray ; Not forgetting the spool of yarn That I spin every day.  Harry and Lucy: with Other Tales - Page 247by Maria Edgeworth - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1837 - 344 pages
...which she immediately joined: " There was an old man who lived in a wood As you may plainly see, 11 e said he could do more work in a day Than his wife...ears, and hanging again out of the carriage window further than before. The singing in full glee was continuing, when Harry drew in his head, and, rubbing... | |
 | Juvenile verse and picture book - 1866 - 130 pages
...in one day Than his wife could do in three. " With all my heart," the old woman said, " If you will allow, You shall stay at home to-day, And I'll go follow the plough. And you must milk the tiny cow, Lest she should go dry ; And you must feed the little pigs That are... | |
 | Penny readings - 1867 - 270 pages
...in one day Than his wife could do in three. " With all my heart," the old woman said, " If you will allow, You shall stay at home to-day, And I'll go follow the plough. " And you must milk the tiny cow, Lest she should go dry ; And you must feed the little pigs That are... | |
 | 1869 - 636 pages
...plainly sec, lie said he could do more work in a week Than his wife could do in three. " With all ray heart," the old woman said, " If you will me allow, You shall tarry at home to-day, And I'll go drive the plough. But you must milk — ' ' " The Teeny cow," ' put... | |
 | William Darrah - 1874 - 220 pages
...one day Than his wife oould do in three. "With all my heart," the old woman said, " If you will but allow, You shall stay at home to-day ; And I'll go follow the plough. " And you must milk the tiny cow, Lest she should go dry ; And you must feed the little liips That... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1881 - 348 pages
...one day Than his wife could do in three. " With all my heart," the old dame said; " And if you will allow, You shall stay at home to-day, And I'll go follow the plow. " But you must milk the tiny cow, Lest she should go quite dry ; And you must feed the little... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1904 - 890 pages
...a day Than his wife could do in three. " With all my heart," the old woman said, " And if you will allow, You shall stay at home to-day, And I'll go follow the plough. " And you must milk the tiny cow, Lest she should go dry ; And you must feed the little pigs That are... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1904 - 896 pages
...a day Than his wife could do in three. " With all my heart," the old woman said, " And if you will allow, You shall stay at home to-day, And I'll go follow the plough. "And you must milk the tiny cow, Lest she should go dry ; And you must feed the little pigs That are... | |
 | Anna Callender Brackett - 1909 - 374 pages
...one day Than his wife could do in three. " With all my heart," the old dame said ; " And if you will allow, You shall stay at home to-day, And I'll go follow the plow. " But you must milk the tiny cow, Lest she should go quite dry ; And you must feed the little... | |
 | 1912 - 396 pages
...a day Than his wife could do in three. " With all my heart," the old woman said, " And if you will allow, You shall stay at home to-day, And I'll go follow the plow. And you must feed the little pigs That are within the sty. " And you must watch the speckled... | |
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