 Modest and shy as a nun is she ; One weak chirp is her only note. Braggart and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat; Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Never was I afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you...  Graded Literature Readers: Third Book - Page 203edited by - 1900 - 232 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1855 - 700 pages
...spank, spink; Never was I afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can. Chee, chee, chee. Six white eggs on a bed of hay, Flecked with purple,...a pretty sight ! There as the mother sits all day Robert is singing with all his might Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Nice good wife,... | |
 | 1855 - 692 pages
...spank, spink; Nerer was I afraid of man ; . Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can. Chee, chee, chee. Six white egg,s on a bed of hay, Flecked with purple,...a pretty sight ! There as the mother sits all day Robert is singing with all his might Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Nice good wife,... | |
 | 1855 - 688 pages
...Never was I afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can. Chee, chee, chee. Six white eg^s on a bed of hay, Flecked with purple, a pretty sight ! There as the mother sits all day Robert is singing with all his might Bob-o'-link, bbb-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Nice good wife,... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1856 - 466 pages
...Bob-o'link, Spink, spank, spink ; Never was I ' afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can. Chee, chee, chee ! 4. Six white eggs on a bed of hay, Flecked...pretty sight ! There, as the mother sits all day, Robert is singing with all his might Bob-o'-link, Bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; • I ROBERT OF... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 816 pages
...of man; j Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can. Chee, chee, chee. Modest and shy as a nun is she: Six white eggs on a bed of hay, Flecked with purple,...a pretty sight! There as the mother sits all day, Robert is singing with all his might: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-liuk, Spink, spank, spink; Nice good wife,... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 808 pages
...spank, spink ; Never was I afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can. Chee, chee, chee. Six white eggs on a bed of hay, Flecked with purple, a pretty sight 1 There as the mother sits all day, Robert is singing with all his might : Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link,... | |
 | William Sherwood - 1857 - 396 pages
...Bob-o'link, Spink, spank, spink ; Never was I ' afraid of man ; Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can. Chee, chee, chee ! 4. Six white eggs on a bed of hay, Flecked with purple, a pretty sight I There, as the mother sits all day, Robert is singing with all his might Bob-o'-link, Bob-o'-link,... | |
 | 1857 - 300 pages
...was I afraid of man, Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can. Six white eggs on a bed of hay, Freckled with purple, a pretty sight ! There as the mother sits all day, Robert is singing with all his might, — Nice good wife, that never goes out, Keeping house while... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 pages
...Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can Chee, chee, chee. 5. Six white eggs on a bed of hay, Fleek'd with purple, — a pretty sight ! There, as the mother sits all day, Robert is singing, with all his might, Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink; Nice good wife,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1859 - 720 pages
...spank, spink ; Never was I afraid of man, Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can, Chee, chee, chee. " Six white eggs on a bed of hay, Flecked with purple,...a pretty sight: There as the mother sits all day, Robert is singing with all his might: Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink ; Nice good wife... | |
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