One Moonshiny Night
One moonshiny night
As I sat high,
Waiting for one
To come by;
The boughs did bend,
My heart did ache
To see what hole the fox did make.
Comments
Halliwell (a 19th century collector of nursery rhymes) wrote: "The following lines [above] were obtained in Oxfordshire. The story to which it alludes is related by Matthew Paris."
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This rhyme can be found in "The Nursery Rhymes of England", 5th edition (1886), collected by James Orchard Halliwell and illustrated by W. B. Scott.
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