 | James Branch Cabell - 1921 - 48 Seiten
...no less heartily than Sosimenes his laud of Nicanor." 18 PROLEGOMENA Nee caput habentia, nee caudam "I had a little husband, no bigger than my thumb, I put him in my pint-pot, and there I bid him drum. ' PROLEGOMENA Q BE-EMINENTLY the most engaging feature of a... | |
 | Ruth Comfort Mitchell - 1924 - 364 Seiten
...at his instrument she looked over the woman with secret scorn and quoted Mother Goose to herself. "/ had a little husband, no bigger than my thumb; I put him in a pint pot, and there I bade him drum." Only, they must never find it out, the blind, silly, worshiping things; they must think... | |
 | Olive Beaupré Miller - 1920 - 466 Seiten
...hopped she, Twice so merrily hopped she, Thrice so merrily hopped she, Heigh O, heigh O, heigh O! T HAD a little husband no bigger than my thumb ; •*•...And a pair of little garters to tie his little hose. I bought a little horse that galloped up and down; I bridled him and saddled him and sent him out of... | |
 | Hallam Walker Davis - 1926 - 192 Seiten
...opened, the doves sang gospel hymns, And all wore broadcloth pantalets to hide their lower limbs. in I had a little husband, no bigger than my thumb, I put him in a pint pot (of the kind used for measuring molasses) and there I bid him drum. WHATYOUMAYCALLHER '(The Florida... | |
 | Mother Goose - 1970 - 148 Seiten
...rigadoon, now let him fly. Sit upon mother's foot, jump him up high. Tom, Tom, of Islington, Martied a wife on Sunday, Bro't her home on Monday, Hired...wipe his little nose, And a pair of little garters to lie his little hose. As I was going to St. Ives, I met seven wives, Every wife had seven sacks, Every... | |
 | 1914 - 668 Seiten
...a child. Try it. 1 Daffy Down Dilly has come up to town, In a yellow petticoat and a green gown. 2 I had a little husband, No bigger than my thumb, I put him in a pint pot, And there I bid him drum. 3 Baby, dear baby, come in fro'm the yard, The clock in the steeple strikes two, You said in a minute... | |
 | Ved P. Varma - 1993 - 228 Seiten
...paints a different marital state, this time the hen-pecked man speaking through the mouth of the woman: 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,... | |
 | Paul S. Boyer - 2002 - 521 Seiten
...being subjected to varying interpretations, Cabell quoted in Taboo several Mother Goose selections, eg: "I had a little husband, no bigger than my thumb, I put him in my pint-pot, and there I bid him drum." 2o. Emergency Committee, Jurgen and the Censor, pp. 2o-21,... | |
 | William Roetzheim - 2007 - 808 Seiten
...story's begun. I'll tell you another About his brother: And now my story is done. 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?—... | |
 | 2007 - 130 Seiten
...better; Sneeze on Friday, sneeze for sorrow; Sneeze on Saturday, joy tomorrow. I +t*da tittle 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,... | |
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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... 
