Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 49, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Mother shake the cherry-tree
Last Line: Knocking at the door.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Variant Title(s): Let's Be Merry


MOTHER shake the cherry-tree,
Susan catch a cherry;
Oh how funny that will be,
Let's be merry!

One for brother, one for sister,
Two for mother more,
Six for father, hot and tired,
Knocking at the door.





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