There Was a Little Boy and a Little Girl
There was a little boy and a little girl
Lived in an alley;
Says the little boy to the little girl,
"Shall I, oh, shall I?"
Says the little girl to the little boy,
"What shall we do?"
Says the little boy to the little girl,
"I will kiss you!"
Notes
Here's a slightly different version from Harry's Ladder to Learning (1850):
A little boy and a little girl
Lived in an alley.
Said the little boy to the little girl,
"Shall I? oh, shall I?"
Said the little girl to the little boy,
"What will you do?"
Said the little boy to the little girl,
"I will kiss you."
Photos & Illustrations
Thanks and Acknowledgements
The first drawing is by Sarina. The second illustration comes from Kate Greenaway's Mother Goose (1881). The third illustration is from The Nursery Rhyme Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897). The fourth illustration is from The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright. The firth illustration comes from Harry's Ladder to Learning (1850).
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