A Man Went A-Hunting at Reigate
A man went a-hunting at Reigate*,
And wished to leap over a high gate.
Says the owner, "Go round,
With your gun and your hound,
For you never shall leap over my gate."
Notes
*Reigate is an historic market town near London (England).
Comments
This rhyme can be found in The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright. The illustration comes from The Nursery Rhyme Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897).
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