 | Fergus Reddie - 1919 - 128 pàgines
...Hubbard. And brats, say'st thou? She put her brats to bed while we were there! MOTHER G. (Sings) I had a little husband, no bigger than my thumb! I put him in a pint-pot, and there I bade him drum. PETER P. That is sure a reflection on her own son, thy husband,... | |
 | James Branch Cabell - 1921 - 48 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 ; •*•...pint pot and there I bid him drum; I bought a little handkerchief to wipe his little nose, And a pair of little garters to tie his little hose. I bought... | |
 | Hallam Walker Davis - 1926 - 192 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...was she on Thursday, Dead was she on Friday, Sad was Tom on Saturday, To bury his wife on Sunday. I had a little husband no bigger than my thumb, I put...pint pot, and there I bid him drum; I bought a little handkerchief to wipe his little nose, And a pair of little garters to lie his little hose. As I was... | |
 | 1914 - 668 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 put...pint pot, and there I bid him drum, I bought a little handkerchief to wipe his little nose, And a pair of little garters to tie his little hose. TO BABYLON... | |
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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... 
