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The ANNOTATED Mother Goose BRAMHALL HOUSE NEWYORK • The ANNOTATED Mother Goose NURSERY RHYMES OLD AND NEW, ARRANGED AND EXPLAINED BY WILUAM BARING-GOULD S. CEIL BARING-GOULD ILLUSTRATED BY WALTER CRANE,RANDOLPH CALDECOTT, KATE GREENAWAY, ARTHUR RACKHAM, MAXFIELD PARRISH, AND EARLY HISTORICALWOODCUTS With ChapterDecorations by E. M. Simon LibraryofCongressCardCatalogNumber62-21606 Copyright© mcmlxii byWilliamS.andCeilBaring-Gould AllRightsReserved Manufactured in theUnitedStatesofAmerica DesignedbyHaroldBackman,MarilynBrooks,andAaron Heller (G) This book ISfor ourdaughter,Judy, andourson.Bill. Acknowledgments TheAuthorswishtoacknowledgethegenerosityandassistanceot: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., for permission to reproduce Illustrations from the followingbooks: mothergoose,ortheoldnurseryrhymesillustratedby KateGreenaway;baby'soperaillustratedbyWalterCrane;Randolphcalde- cott's first collection of pictures and song; the hey diddle diddle picturebookillustratedby RandolphCaldecott;TheBritishMuseum,for permission toreproducesomeofthepictures fromtommythumb's pretty songbook;TheAmericanAntiquarianSociety,forpermissiontoreproduce illustrationsfromtheiredition ofmothergoose'smelody; theexecutor of the Arthur Rackham Estate for permission to reproduce a numberof the artist's illustrations in mothergoose,theoldnurseryrhymes, published byWilliamHeinemannLtd.;andJustinSchillerforhiskindnessinlending mother goose in prose by L. Frank Baum, so that the Maxfield Parrish illustrations can grace these pages. Table of Contents I All About "Mother Goose" 11 II The PrettySongsofTommy Thumb 23 III And a Melody ofTwenty-five Others 49 IV Simple Simon and Nancy Cock 67 V GammerGurton'sGarland 75 VI Tom Tit—The Piper's Son—and Some ChristmasBoxes 101 VII Old Mother Hubbardand OtherSongs fortheNmisery 109 VIII More Catches and Dittiesand Jingles andChimes 121 IX SomeThatCameLaterThat Might Have Come Before 133 X Young Father (ioosc 141 XI Mollicr Cloosc's Almanack 179 XII MotherGoose'sCharms,Auguries, andNatureLore 201 XIII MotherGoose'sLullabiesandGameSongs 223 XIV MotherCioose'sRiddlesandTongueTwisters 267 XV MotherGoose's\ViseSayings 287 XVI Nineteenth-Century Boutjuet 295 XVII ModernOld MotherGoose 313 XVIII MotherGooseTomorro^v 329 Bibliography 333 IndexofFirst Lines 341 smooth stones from the brook of time, . . . worn round by constant friction of tongues long silent. AndrewLang Here MotherGooseon WinterNights Theoldandyoungshebothdelights. SCOTCHCHAPBOOKOF 1817
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