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Two Little Blackbirds Sitting on a Wall

Two Little Blackbirds Sitting on a Wall - Mama Lisa's House of English Nursery Rhymes, Intro Image


Two little blackbirds
Sitting on the wall,
One named Peter,
One named Paul.*
Fly away Peter,
Fly away Paul.
Come back Peter,
Come back Paul.

Notes

*Or "The other named Paul."

Here's a variation of this rhyme from The Little Mother Goose (1912):

There Were Two Blackbirds Sitting on a Hill

There were two blackbirds sitting on a hill,
One named Jack and the other named Jill.
Fly away, Jack, fly away, Jill.
Come again, Jack, come again, Jill.

Photos & Illustrations

Two Little Blackbirds Sitting on a Wall - Mama Lisa's House of English Nursery Rhymes, Comment Image

Comments

This is very similar to There Were Two Birds Sitting on a Stone.

Thanks and Acknowledgements

The illustration is from The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith.

Thanks to Lila for the recording!

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