Little Polly Flinders
Little Polly Flinders
Nursery Rhyme
Little Polly Flinders,
Sat among the cinders,
Warming her pretty little toes;
Her mother came and caught her,
And scolded her little daughter,*
For spoiling her nice new clothes.
Notes
*The Real Mother Goose has this line as, "Whipped her little daughter".
The Little Mother Goose has the line as, "And whipped her little daughter".
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The 1st illustration comes from The National Nursery Book. The 2nd illustration is from The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.
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