 | 1915 - 488 Seiten
...wife? I have nothing, I spend nothing, I love nothing better than my wife. "I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND" I HAD a little husband No bigger than my thumb; I put him in a pint pot, And there I bade him drum. I bought him a little horse, That galloped up and down; I bridled him and saddled him,... | |
 | William Thomas Fernie - 1913 - 442 Seiten
...a woman three ells and three quarters long.' See Mr. Thoms' Preface to Tom o' Lincoln,' p. xi.] ' ' I had a little husband, No bigger than my thumb ;...pot, And there I bid him drum. "I bought a little horse, That galloped up and down ; I bridled him, and saddled him, And sent him out of town. ' ' I... | |
 | 1913 - 700 Seiten
...closet. We know exactly, shameful eavesdroppers that we are, how Mr. Henpecked spends his domestic hours. I had a little husband no bigger than my thumb, I put him in a pint-pot, and there I bid him drum. And no doubt he drummed away most vigorously. We know, too, how... | |
 | 1923 - 658 Seiten
...market, to market, to buy a plum bun, Home again, home again, market is done. "I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND" I had a little husband No bigger than my thumb; I...pint pot, And there I bid him drum. I bought a little horse That galloped up and down; I bridled him and saddled him, And sent him out of town. I gave him... | |
 | BLANCHE FISHER WRIGHT - 1916 - 132 Seiten
...scarlet, Silk in the collar and gold in the hem, So merrily march the merchant men. I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND I had a little husband no bigger than my thumb, I...And a pair of little garters to tie his little hose. TO BABYLON How many miles is it to Babylon?— Threescore miles and ten. Can I get there by candle-light?-—... | |
 | Laura Fry Kready - 1916 - 344 Seiten
...Tom Thumb, is among Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes. It may refer to the Danish History of Tom Thumb: — I had a little husband No bigger than my thumb; I put him in a pint pot And there I bade him drum: I bridled him and saddled him, And sent him out of town; I gave him a pair of garters... | |
 | Jean Sherwood Rankin - 1917 - 212 Seiten
...kind sir, I may.'' "What is your fortune, my pretty maid?" "My face is my fortune, sir," she said. *» I had a little husband, No bigger than my thumb; I put him in a pint-pot, And there I bid him drum. I bought a little horse That galloped up and down; I bridled him,... | |
 | 1918 - 2030 Seiten
...the milk is ready, too, S« you can guess the rest. Emilie Poiilsson [1853"I HAD A LITTLE HUSBAND" I HAD a little husband No bigger than my thumb; I put him in a pint pot, And there I bade him drum. I bought a little horse, That galloped up and down; I bridled him and saddled him, And... | |
 | Lawrence Elmendorf - 1919 - 286 Seiten
...Eating a Christmas pie ; He put in his thumb, and took out a plum, And said, "What a brave boy am I!"3 I HAD a little husband, No bigger than my thumb; I put him in a pint pot, And then I bade him drum; I bridled him, and saddled him, And sent him out of town: I gave him a pair of... | |
 | Fergus Reddie - 1919 - 128 Seiten
...Mother Hubbard. And brats, say'st thou? She put her brats to bed while we were there! MOTHER G. (Sings) I had a little husband, no bigger than my thumb! I put him in a pint-pot, and there I bade him drum. PETER P. That is sure a reflection on her own son, thy husband,... | |
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I HAD a little husband, No bigger than my thumb, I put him in a pint pot, And there I bid him drum. I bought a little horse, That galloped up and down; I bridled him, and saddled him, And sent him out of town. I gave him some garters, To garter up his... 
