The Robin and The Wren
The Robin and the Wren
Fought about the parritch-pan* ;
And ere the Robin got a spoon,
The Wren had ate the parritch** down.
Notes
*Porridge-pan
**Porridge
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme and illustration can be found in The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes (circa 1920) edited by Walter Jerrold (1865 - 1929) and illustrated by Charles Robinson (with some graphical editing by Lisa Yannucci).
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