![]() Many memorize it at first hearing:“Little Robin Redbreast Sitting on a pole-Niddle noddle went his headAnd poop went his hole.”That was printed in early Mother Goose books in England, but maybe suppressed (like Sir John Suckling’s “Love is the fart / Of every heart,” 1646) until unearthed in the last few decades.Speaking of England, these have a distinctly British accent, like "Little Robin Redbreast": that's the British bird, very small, while the American Robin is good-sized for a songbird. ![]() ![]() The Real Mother Goose may not include my favorite kids’ rhyme to teach college freshmen. ![]()
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