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Cecily Parsley’s Selected Rhymes

November 14, 2014 by S. D. Smith 2 Comments

Cecily_Parsleys_Nursery_Rhymes_coverAre your little ones strangers to Beatrix Potter? Perhaps they have only gone so far as Peter Rabbit’s misadventures. Here is a little dose of her charming rhymes, beautifully accompanied by her much-imitated paintings. I have selected a few parts from Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes for your enjoyment today. This little book was published nearly 92 years ago. I hope your littles find them as warm and sweet as we do. Of course, we are rather fond of personified animals around here. (Especially rabbits!) –Sam

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Cecily Parsley lived in a pen,
And brewed good ale for gentlemen;

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Gentlemen came every day,
Till Cecily Parsley ran away.

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Goosey, goosey, gander,
Whither will you wander?
Upstairs and downstairs,
And in my lady’s chamber!

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This pig went to market;
This pig stayed at home;

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This pig had a bit of meat;

And this pig had none;

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This little pig cried
Wee! wee! wee!
I can’t find my way home.

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Three blind mice, three blind mice,

See how they run!
They all run after the farmer’s wife,
And she cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life
As three blind mice!

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We have a little garden,
A garden of our own,
And every day we water there
The seeds that we have sown.

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We love our little garden,
And tend it with such care,
You will not find a faded leaf
Or blighted blossom there.

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S. D. Smith is the award-losing author of The Green Ember Series. Sam loves chocolate chip cookies, soccer, and knights who kill dragons.
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  1. Matthew Westerholm says

    November 15, 2014 at 4:32 pm

    Aslan said “in my lady’s chamber!” after his resurrection. I’ve always wondered why. Perhaps he read Beatrix Potter as a cub.

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  2. Bonnie Buckingham says

    November 19, 2014 at 4:13 pm

    Love this book & Cindy Anderson found Beatrix Potter’s books in French for my Senior in High School.

    Reply

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