CECILY PARSLEY'S
NURSERY RHYMES
FOR LITTLE PETER
IN NEW ZEALAND
BY
BEATRIX POTTER
Author of
"The Tale of Peter Rabbit," etc.
NEW YORK
FREDERICK WARNE & CO., LTD.
[All rights reserved]
Copyright, 1922,
by
Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd.
Though flattered by imitators galore Miss Potter's work stands supreme.Her many picture stories should be among the first books owned bychildren.
Cecily Parsley lived in a pen,
And brewed good ale for gentlemen;
Gentlemen came every day,
Till Cecily Parsley ran away.
Goosey, goosey, gander,
Whither will you wander?
Upstairs and downstairs,
And in my lady's chamber!
This pig went to market;
This pig stayed at home;
This pig had a bit of meat;
And this pig had none;
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