The Girl in the Lane
The girl in the lane,
That couldn't speak plain,
Cried gobble, gobble,
Gobble:
The man on the hill,
That couldn't stand still,
Went hobble, hobble,
Hobble.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in Harry's Ladder to Learning (1850). The illustration is from The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright.
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