The Project Gutenberg eBook, Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin, by H. L. Stephens

Title: Death and Burial of Poor Cock Robin

Author: H. L. Stephens

Release Date: November 13, 2005 [eBook #17060]

Language: English

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From Original Designs by

H. L. STEPHENS

NEW-YORK.

Published by Hurd & Houghton.

401 Broadway cor. Walker St.

1865.

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1864 by H. Stern in the Clerk's Office
of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.

Lithographed & Printed

BY

Julius Bien

24 Vesey St. New York

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Who killed Cock Robin? With my bow and arrow, I, said the Sparrow, I kill'd Cock Robin. Who saw him die? With my little eye, I, said the Fly, I saw him die. Who caught his blood? With my little dish, I, said the Fish, I caught his blood. Who'll make his shroud? With my thread and needle, I, said the Beetle, I'll make his shroud. Who'll dig his grave? With my spade and trowel, I, said the Owl, I'll dig his grave.

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summary="poem stanza"> While the cruel Cock Sparrow, Was hung on a gibbet The cause of their grief, Next day, like a thief.

 

 

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