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If Wishes Were Horses

If Wishes Were Horses - Mama Lisa's House of English Nursery Rhymes, Intro Image


If wishes were horses,
Beggars would ride.
If turnips were watches,
I would wear one by my side.

Notes

The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright, has these additional lines:

And if "ifs" and "ands"
Were pots and pans,
There'd be no work for tinkers!

Photos & Illustrations

If Wishes Were Horses - Mama Lisa's House of English Nursery Rhymes, Comment Image

If Wishes Were Horses - Mama Lisa's House of English Nursery Rhymes 1

Thanks and Acknowledgements

Illustrations from:
-The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes (circa 1920) edited by Walter Jerrold (1865 - 1929) and illustrated by Charles Robinson (with some graphical editing of the above image by Lisa Yannucci) a
-The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright.
-In the Nursery of My Bookhouse (1920), edited by Olive Beaupre Miller.

1st recording by KerrieRae Clarke.

Thanks to Jason Pomerantz for the 2nd recording.

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