I Had a Little Husband
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I Had a Little Husband
Nursery Rhyme
I had a little husband,
No bigger than my thumb;
I put him in a pint-pot,
And there I bid him drum.
I bought a little horse,
That galloped up and down;
I bridled him and saddled him,
And sent him out of town.
I gave him some garters,
To garter up his hose,
And a little handkerchief
To wipe his pretty nose.
Notes
Here's a slightly different version from The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith:
I had a little husband, no bigger than my thumb;
I put him in a pint-pot, and there I bid him drum.
I bought a little horse, that galloped up and down;
I saddled him and bridled him, and sent him out of town.
I gave him some garters, to garter up his hose,
And a little pocket handkerchief to wipe his pretty nose.
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Thanks and Acknowledgements
The illustration comes from The National Nursery Book.