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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SAD, SAD STORY, by MOTHER GOOSE Poet's Biography
First Line: Three children sliding on the ice
Last Line: Pray keep them safe at home.
Variant Title(s): The Three Children;a Warning (attrib. To John Gay)
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: Three children sliding on the ice
Last Line: Pray keep them safe at home.
Variant Title(s): The Three Children;a Warning (attrib. To John Gay)
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
THREE children sliding on the ice
Upon a summer's day,
As it fell out they all fell in,
The rest they ran away.
Now, had these children been at home,
Or sliding on dry ground,
Ten thousand pounds to one penny
They had not all been drowned.
You parents all that children have,
And you too that have none,
If you would have them safe abroad
Pray keep them safe at home.
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